diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..042eb9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+bin/
+pkg/
+
diff --git a/src/jsh/common.go b/src/jsh/common.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..784eb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jsh/common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* Common structures and methods used across all coreutils */
+
+package jsh
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+type JshOutput struct {
+	StdOut interface{}
+	StdErr interface{}
+}
+
+// Converts a Jshoutput into a JSON string
+func (j JshOutput) ToJson() *string {
+	jsonOut, err := json.Marshal(j)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	jsonString := string(jsonOut)
+	return &jsonString
+}
diff --git a/src/jsh/process.go b/src/jsh/process.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af2c0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jsh/process.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* File for Process-related structs and methods */
+
+package jsh
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+)
+
+// Process is a struct for marshalling into JSON output for the ps utility.
+type Process struct {
+	User       string
+	Pid        string
+	PercentCpu string
+	PercentMem string
+	Vsz        string
+	Rss        string
+	Tty        string
+	Stat       string
+	Start      string
+	Time       string
+	Command    string
+}
+
+// NewProcess
+func NewProcess(args []string) (procPtr *Process, err error) {
+	err = nil
+	// 11 = number of fields in the Process struct
+	if len(args) != 11 {
+		procPtr = &Process{}
+		err = errors.New("Unexpected number of columns")
+	} else {
+		// TODO: figure out nicer way to do this
+		procPtr = &Process{
+			args[0], args[1], args[2], args[3], args[4], args[5],
+			args[6], args[7], args[8], args[9], args[10]}
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/jsh/ps/main.go b/src/jsh/ps/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9edfc2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jsh/ps/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"jsh"
+	"math"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+// FieldsN slices s into substrings after each instance of a whitespace
+// character (according to unicode.IsSpace) and returns a slice of those
+// substrings. The slice's length is guaranteed to be at most maxN, and
+// all leftover fields are put into the last substring.
+func FieldsN(s string, maxN int) []string {
+	// First count the fields.
+	n := 0
+	inField := false
+	for _, rune := range s {
+		wasInField := inField
+		inField = !unicode.IsSpace(rune)
+		if inField && !wasInField {
+			n++
+		}
+	}
+	n = int(math.Min(float64(n), float64(maxN)))
+
+	// Now create them.
+	a := make([]string, n)
+	na := 0
+	fieldStart := -1 // Set to -1 when looking for start of field.
+	for i, rune := range s {
+		if unicode.IsSpace(rune) && na+1 < maxN {
+			if fieldStart >= 0 {
+				a[na] = s[fieldStart:i]
+				na++
+				fieldStart = -1
+			}
+		} else if fieldStart == -1 {
+			fieldStart = i
+		}
+	}
+	if fieldStart >= 0 { // Last field might end at EOF.
+		a[na] = s[fieldStart:]
+	}
+	return a
+}
+
+// Falls back to procps-ng passing the space-separated arguments in the given
+// args slice. If args is nil, we default to the arguments passed to the command
+// line using os.Args
+func fallbackCompletelyWithArgs(args []string) *[]byte {
+	if args == nil {
+		args = os.Args[1:]
+	}
+	out, err := exec.Command("/usr/bin/ps", args...).Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return &out
+}
+
+// Falls back to procps-ng with no default arguments
+func fallbackCompletely() *[]byte {
+	return fallbackCompletelyWithArgs(nil)
+}
+
+// Converts raw output of "ps" into a slice of Process objects
+func psOutputToProcesses(out string) *[]jsh.Process {
+	processes := []jsh.Process{}
+	lines := strings.Split(out, "\n")
+	header, procs := lines[0], lines[1:]
+	numFields := len(strings.Fields(header))
+
+	for _, proc := range procs {
+		p, err := jsh.NewProcess(FieldsN(proc, numFields))
+		if err == nil {
+			processes = append(processes, *p)
+		}
+	}
+	return &processes
+}
+
+func runJsonMode() {
+	// Run procps-ng "ps" with full output
+	psOut := string(*fallbackCompletelyWithArgs([]string{"auxww"}))
+
+	processesPtr := psOutputToProcesses(psOut)
+	finalOut := jsh.JshOutput{*processesPtr, []string{}}
+	fmt.Printf("%s", *finalOut.ToJson())
+}
+
+func main() {
+	// Parse for JSON flag.
+	jsonModePtr := flag.Bool("json", false, "a bool")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	if !*jsonModePtr {
+		fmt.Printf("%s", fallbackCompletely())
+	} else {
+		runJsonMode()
+	}
+}