diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index adf8f72..e6c17e1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@
 # Go workspace file
 go.work
 
+# sqlite3 databases
+*.db
diff --git a/cmd/web/handlers.go b/cmd/web/handlers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04be353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/web/handlers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "net/http"
+)
+
+func (app *application) home(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+    app.render(w, r, http.StatusOK, "home.tmpl.html", templateData{})
+}
+
+func getUserRegister(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
+
+func postUserRegister(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
+
+func getUsersList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
+
+func getUser(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
+
+func postGuestbooksCreate(w http.ResponseWriter, r* http.Request) {
+}
+
+func getGuestbooksList(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
+
+func getGuestbook(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+}
diff --git a/cmd/web/helpers.go b/cmd/web/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d5bda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/web/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "net/http"
+    "fmt"
+)
+
+func (app *application) serverError(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, err error) {
+    var (
+        method = r.Method
+        uri = r.URL.RequestURI()
+    )
+
+    app.logger.Error(err.Error(), "method", method, "uri", uri)
+    http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusInternalServerError), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+}
+
+func (app *application) clientError(w http.ResponseWriter, status int) {
+    http.Error(w, http.StatusText(status), status)
+}
+
+func (app *application) render(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, status int, page string, data templateData) {
+    ts, ok := app.templateCache[page]
+    if !ok {
+        err := fmt.Errorf("the template %s does not exist", page)
+        app.serverError(w, r, err)
+        return
+    }
+
+    w.WriteHeader(status)
+    err := ts.ExecuteTemplate(w, "base", data)
+    if err != nil {
+        app.serverError(w, r, err)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cmd/web/main.go b/cmd/web/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8af985d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/web/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+	"flag"
+	"log/slog"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"git.32bit.cafe/32bitcafe/guestbook/internal/models"
+	_ "modernc.org/sqlite"
+)
+
+type application struct {
+    logger *slog.Logger
+    templateCache map[string]*template.Template
+    guestbooks *models.GuestbookModel
+    users *models.UserModel
+    guestbookComments *models.GuestbookCommentModel
+}
+
+func main() {
+    addr := flag.String("addr", ":3000", "HTTP network address")
+    dsn := flag.String("dsn", "guestbook.db", "data source name")
+    flag.Parse()
+
+    logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(os.Stdout, nil))
+
+    db, err := openDB(*dsn)
+    if err != nil {
+        logger.Error(err.Error())
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+    defer db.Close()
+
+    templateCache, err := newTemplateCache()
+    if err != nil {
+        logger.Error(err.Error())
+        os.Exit(1)
+    }
+
+    app := &application{
+        templateCache: templateCache,
+        logger: logger,
+        guestbooks: &models.GuestbookModel{DB: db},
+        users: &models.UserModel{DB: db},
+        guestbookComments: &models.GuestbookCommentModel{DB: db},
+    }
+
+    logger.Info("Starting server on %s", slog.Any("addr", ":4000"))
+
+    err = http.ListenAndServe(*addr, app.routes());
+    logger.Error(err.Error())
+    os.Exit(1)
+}
+
+func openDB(dsn string) (*sql.DB, error) {
+    db, err := sql.Open("sqlite", dsn)
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+    if err = db.Ping(); err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+    return db, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/web/routes.go b/cmd/web/routes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c426ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "net/http"
+)
+
+func (app *application) routes() *http.ServeMux {
+    mux := http.NewServeMux()
+    mux.HandleFunc("/", app.home);
+    return mux
+}
+
diff --git a/cmd/web/templates.go b/cmd/web/templates.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e03d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/web/templates.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+    "net/http"
+    "path/filepath"
+    "text/template"
+    "time"
+)
+
+type templateData struct {
+    CurrentYear int
+}
+
+func humanDate(t time.Time) string {
+    return t.Format("02 Jan 2006 at 15:04")
+}
+
+var functions = template.FuncMap {
+    "humanDate": humanDate,
+}
+
+func newTemplateCache() (map[string]*template.Template, error) {
+    cache := map[string]*template.Template{}
+    pages, err := filepath.Glob("./ui/html/pages/*.tmpl.html")
+    if err != nil {
+        return nil, err
+    }
+    for _, page := range pages {
+        name := filepath.Base(page)
+        ts, err := template.New(name).Funcs(functions).ParseFiles("./ui/html/base.tmpl.html")
+        if err != nil {
+            return nil, err
+        }
+        ts, err = ts.ParseGlob("./ui/html/partials/*.tmpl.html")
+        if err != nil {
+            return nil, err
+        }
+        ts, err = ts.ParseFiles(page)
+        if err != nil {
+            return nil, err
+        }
+        cache[name] = ts
+    }
+    return cache, nil
+}
+
+func (app *application) newTemplateData(r *http.Request) *templateData {
+    return &templateData {
+        CurrentYear: time.Now().Year(),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/db/create-tables-sqlite.sql b/db/create-tables-sqlite.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddb41cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/create-tables-sqlite.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+CREATE TABLE users (
+    Id blob(16) primary key,
+    Username varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+    Email varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+    IsDeleted boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE
+) WITHOUT ROWID;
+
+CREATE TABLE guestbooks (
+    Id blob(16) primary key,
+    SiteUrl varchar(512) NOT NULL,
+    UserId blob(16) NOT NULL,
+    IsDeleted boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    IsActive boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT TRUE,
+    FOREIGN KEY (UserId) REFERENCES users(Id)
+        ON DELETE RESTRICT
+        ON UPDATE RESTRICT
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE guestbook_comments (
+    Id blob(16) primary key,
+    GuestbookId blob(16) NOT NULL,
+    ParentId blob(16),
+    AuthorName varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+    AuthorEmail varchar(256) NOT NULL,
+    AuthorSite varchar(256),
+    CommentText text NOT NULL,
+    PageUrl varchar(256),
+    IsPublished boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT TRUE,
+    IsDeleted boolean NOT NULL DEFAULT FALSE,
+    FOREIGN KEY (GuestbookId) 
+        REFERENCES guestbooks(Id)
+        ON DELETE RESTRICT
+        ON UPDATE RESTRICT,
+    FOREIGN KEY (ParentId)
+        REFERENCES guestbook_comments(Id)
+        ON DELETE RESTRICT
+        ON UPDATE RESTRICT
+);
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61161d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module git.32bit.cafe/32bitcafe/guestbook
+
+go 1.23.1
+
+require (
+	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
+	github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 // indirect
+	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/gc/v3 v3.0.0-20240107210532-573471604cb6 // indirect
+	modernc.org/libc v1.55.3 // indirect
+	modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/memory v1.8.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/sqlite v1.33.1 // indirect
+	modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0 // indirect
+	modernc.org/token v1.1.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db23520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=
+github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1/go.mod h1:Mu1zIs6XwVuF/gI1OepvI0qD18qycQx+mFykh5fBlto=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9 h1:bY0MQC28UADQmHmaF5dgpLmImcShSi2kHU9XLdhx/f4=
+github.com/ncruces/go-strftime v0.1.9/go.mod h1:Fwc5htZGVVkseilnfgOVb9mKy6w1naJmn9CehxcKcls=
+github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec h1:W09IVJc94icq4NjY3clb7Lk8O1qJ8BdBEF8z0ibU0rE=
+github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+modernc.org/gc/v3 v3.0.0-20240107210532-573471604cb6 h1:5D53IMaUuA5InSeMu9eJtlQXS2NxAhyWQvkKEgXZhHI=
+modernc.org/gc/v3 v3.0.0-20240107210532-573471604cb6/go.mod h1:Qz0X07sNOR1jWYCrJMEnbW/X55x206Q7Vt4mz6/wHp4=
+modernc.org/libc v1.55.3 h1:AzcW1mhlPNrRtjS5sS+eW2ISCgSOLLNyFzRh/V3Qj/U=
+modernc.org/libc v1.55.3/go.mod h1:qFXepLhz+JjFThQ4kzwzOjA/y/artDeg+pcYnY+Q83w=
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+modernc.org/sqlite v1.33.1/go.mod h1:pXV2xHxhzXZsgT/RtTFAPY6JJDEvOTcTdwADQCCWD4k=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0 h1:agBi9dp1I+eOnxXeiZawM8F4LawKv4NzGWSaLfyeNZA=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/mdcBmfOibveCTBxUl5B5l6W+TTH1FXPLHZE6bTosX0=
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diff --git a/internal/models/guestbook.go b/internal/models/guestbook.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09875ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/models/guestbook.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+type Guestbook struct {
+    ID uuid.UUID
+    SiteUrl string
+    UserId uuid.UUID
+    IsDeleted bool
+    IsActive bool
+}
+
+type GuestbookModel struct {
+    DB *sql.DB
+}
+
+func (m *GuestbookModel) Insert(siteUrl string, userId uuid.UUID) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+    id := uuid.New()
+    stmt := `INSERT INTO guestbooks (Id, SiteUrl, UserId, IsDeleted, IsActive)
+    VALUES(?, ?, FALSE, TRUE)`
+    _, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, id, siteUrl, userId)
+    if err != nil {
+        return uuid.UUID{}, err
+    }
+    return id, nil
+}
+
+func (m *GuestbookModel) Get(id uuid.UUID) (Guestbook, error) {
+    stmt := `SELECT Id, SiteUrl, UserId, IsDeleted, IsActive FROM guestbooks
+    WHERE id = ?`
+    row := m.DB.QueryRow(stmt, id)
+    var g Guestbook
+    err := row.Scan(&g.ID, &g.SiteUrl, &g.UserId, &g.IsDeleted, &g.IsActive)
+    if err != nil {
+        return Guestbook{}, err
+    }
+    
+    return g, nil
+}
+
+func (m *GuestbookModel) GetAll(userId uuid.UUID) ([]Guestbook, error) {
+    return []Guestbook{}, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/models/guestbookcomment.go b/internal/models/guestbookcomment.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74685f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/models/guestbookcomment.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+type GuestbookComment struct {
+    ID uuid.UUID
+    GuestbookId uuid.UUID
+    ParentId uuid.UUID
+    AuthorName string
+    AuthorEmail string
+    AuthorSite string
+    CommentText string
+    PageUrl string
+    IsPublished bool
+    IsDeleted bool
+}
+
+type GuestbookCommentModel struct {
+    DB *sql.DB
+}
+
+func (m *GuestbookCommentModel) Insert(guestbookId, parentId uuid.UUID, authorName,
+    authorEmail, authorSite, commentText, pageUrl string, isPublished bool) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+    id := uuid.New()
+    stmt := `INSERT INTO guestbook_comments (Id, GuestbookId, ParentId, AuthorName,
+    AuthorEmail, AuthorSite, CommentText, PageUrl, IsPublished, IsDeleted)
+    VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, FALSE)`
+    _, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, id, guestbookId, parentId, authorName, authorEmail,
+	authorSite, commentText, pageUrl, isPublished)
+    if err != nil {
+	return uuid.UUID{}, err
+    }
+    return id, nil
+}
+
+func (m *GuestbookCommentModel) Get(id uuid.UUID) (GuestbookComment, error) {
+    stmt := `SELECT Id, GuestbookId, ParentId, AuthorName, AuthorEmail, AuthorSite,
+    CommentText, PageUrl, IsPublished, IsDeleted FROM guestbook_comments WHERE id = ?`
+    row := m.DB.QueryRow(stmt, id)
+    var c GuestbookComment
+    err := row.Scan(&c.ID, &c.GuestbookId, &c.ParentId, &c.AuthorName, &c.AuthorEmail, &c.AuthorSite, &c.CommentText, &c.PageUrl, &c.IsPublished, &c.IsDeleted)
+    if err != nil {
+	return GuestbookComment{}, err
+    }
+    return c, nil
+}
+
+func (m *GuestbookCommentModel) GetAll(guestbookId *uuid.UUID) {
+}
diff --git a/internal/models/user.go b/internal/models/user.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7e65cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/models/user.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package models
+
+import (
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+type User struct {
+    ID uuid.UUID
+    Username string
+    Email string
+    IsDeleted bool
+}
+
+type UserModel struct {
+    DB *sql.DB
+}
+
+func (m *UserModel) Insert(username string, email string) (uuid.UUID, error) {
+    id := uuid.New()
+    stmt := `INSERT INTO users (Id, Username, Email, IsDeleted)
+    VALUES (?, ?, ?, FALSE)`
+    _, err := m.DB.Exec(stmt, id, username, email)
+    if err != nil {
+	return uuid.UUID{}, err
+    }
+    return id, nil
+}
+
+func (m *UserModel) Get(id uuid.UUID) (User, error) {
+    stmt := `SELECT Id, Username, Email, IsDeleted FROM users WHERE id = ?`
+    row := m.DB.QueryRow(stmt, id)
+    var u User
+    err := row.Scan(&u.ID, &u.Username, &u.Email, &u.IsDeleted)
+    if err != nil {
+	return User{}, err
+    }
+    return u, nil
+}
diff --git a/ui/html/base.tmpl.html b/ui/html/base.tmpl.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..674d9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/html/base.tmpl.html
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{{ define "base" }}
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+    <head>
+        <title>{{ template "title" }} - Guestbook</title>
+        <meta charset="UTF-8">
+        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+        <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <header>
+            <h1><a href="/">Guestbook</a></h1>
+        </header>
+        {{ template "nav" . }}
+        <main>
+            {{ template "main" . }}
+        </main>
+        <footer>
+            <p>A 32-bit Cafe Project</p>
+        </footer>
+    </body>
+</html>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl.html b/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e116764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/html/pages/home.tmpl.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{ define "title" }}Home{{ end }}
+{{ define "main" }}
+<h2>Latest Guestbooks</h2>
+<p>There's nothing here yet</p>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/ui/html/partials/nav.tmpl.html b/ui/html/partials/nav.tmpl.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9636855
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/html/partials/nav.tmpl.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{ define "nav" }}
+<nav>
+    <a href="/">Home</a>
+</nav>
+{{ end }}