diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f13e1da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.bundle
+/vendor/cache
diff --git a/.rbenv-version b/.rbenv-version
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bec3a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rbenv-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+system
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..932761a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+gem "boxen", "0.0.0", # FIX: just during extraction/porting
+  :path => File.expand_path("../../boxen", __FILE__)
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da9bd88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+PATH
+  remote: /Users/jbarnette/github/boxen
+  specs:
+    boxen (0.0.0)
+      ansi
+      json_pure
+      octokit
+
+GEM
+  remote: http://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    addressable (2.3.2)
+    ansi (1.4.3)
+    faraday (0.8.4)
+      multipart-post (~> 1.1)
+    faraday_middleware (0.8.8)
+      faraday (>= 0.7.4, < 0.9)
+    hashie (1.2.0)
+    json_pure (1.7.5)
+    multi_json (1.3.6)
+    multipart-post (1.1.5)
+    octokit (1.15.1)
+      addressable (~> 2.2)
+      faraday (~> 0.8)
+      faraday_middleware (~> 0.8)
+      hashie (~> 1.2)
+      multi_json (~> 1.3)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  boxen (= 0.0.0)!
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2580f1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Our Boxen
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6dd1254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Make sure all our local dependencies are available.
+
+# FIX: only sudo if gem home isn't writable
+
+(gem spec bundler -v '~> 1.2.0' > /dev/null 2>&1) ||
+  sudo gem install bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri
+
+# We don't want old config hanging around.
+
+rm -rf .bundle/config
+
+# Export CC to explicitly set the compiler used for cexts.
+
+export CC=gcc
+
+# Bundle install unless we're already up to date.
+
+bundle install --binstubs bin --path .bundle --quiet "$@"