diff --git a/.main.go.kate-swp b/.main.go.kate-swp
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diff --git a/database/.database.go.kate-swp b/database/.database.go.kate-swp
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diff --git a/database/database.go b/database/database.go
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+++ b/database/database.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package database
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"log"
+
+	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
+)
+
+func Open(path string) *sql.DB {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to open database:", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := db.Ping(); err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to connect to database:", err)
+	}
+
+	createTables(db)
+	return db
+}
+
+func createTables(db *sql.DB) {
+	query := `
+	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS project (
+		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+		name TEXT NOT NULL,
+		slug TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+		description TEXT,
+		repo_url TEXT,
+		created_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+		show_timestamps INTEGER DEFAULT 1
+	);
+
+	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS release (
+		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+		project_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+		version TEXT NOT NULL,
+		title TEXT,
+		changelog TEXT,
+		is_latest INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+		published_at DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+		FOREIGN KEY (project_id) REFERENCES project(id)
+	);
+
+	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS asset (
+		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+		release_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+		filename TEXT NOT NULL,
+		filepath TEXT NOT NULL,
+		os TEXT,
+		arch TEXT,
+		size INTEGER,
+		sha256 TEXT,
+		alt_url TEXT,
+		FOREIGN KEY (release_id) REFERENCES release(id)
+	);
+
+	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS page (
+		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+		project_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+		slug TEXT NOT NULL,
+		title TEXT NOT NULL,
+		body TEXT,
+		sort_order INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+		FOREIGN KEY (project_id) REFERENCES project(id)
+	);
+
+	CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS screenshot (
+		id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+		project_id INTEGER NOT NULL,
+		filename TEXT NOT NULL,
+		caption TEXT,
+		sort_order INTEGER DEFAULT 0,
+		FOREIGN KEY (project_id) REFERENCES project(id)
+	);
+	`
+
+	_, err := db.Exec(query)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to create tables:", err)
+	}
+
+	log.Println("Database tables ready")
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf825ad..52ce2c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module 192.168.1.180/odonax/filehost-home
 
 go 1.26.2
+
+require github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.44 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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index 0000000..cf1e561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.44 h1:3VSe+xafpbzsLbdr2AWlAZk9yRHiBhTBakioXaCKTF8=
+github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.44/go.mod h1:pjEuOr8IwzLJP2MfGeTb0A35jauH+C2kbHKBr7yXKVQ=