diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb978eb8..34c47b9f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ LINUX_DIR=$(RESOURCES_DIR)/linux-x86-64
 LINUX_SHARED_LIB=$(LINUX_DIR)/libenry.so
 DARWIN_DIR=$(RESOURCES_DIR)/darwin
 DARWIN_SHARED_LIB=$(DARWIN_DIR)/libenry.dylib
+STATIC_LIB=$(RESOURCES_DIR)/libenry.a
 HEADER_FILE=libenry.h
 NATIVE_LIB=./shared/enry.go
 
@@ -79,4 +80,10 @@ $(LINUX_SHARED_LIB):
 	CGO_ENABLED=1 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -buildmode=c-shared -o $(LINUX_SHARED_LIB) $(NATIVE_LIB) && \
 	mv $(LINUX_DIR)/$(HEADER_FILE) $(RESOURCES_DIR)/$(HEADER_FILE)
 
+
+static: $(STATIC_LIB)
+
+$(STATIC_LIB):
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -buildmode=c-archive -o $(STATIC_LIB) $(NATIVE_LIB)
+
 .PHONY: benchmarks benchmarks-samples benchmarks-slow
diff --git a/java/Makefile b/java/Makefile
index 0fadca6d..08ed5eb1 100644
--- a/java/Makefile
+++ b/java/Makefile
@@ -59,4 +59,6 @@ package:
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(JAR)
 	rm -rf $(RESOURCES_DIR)
+	rm -rf $(JNAERATOR_JAR)
 
+.PHONY: test package clean linux-shared darwin-shared os-shared-lib
diff --git a/python/README.md b/python/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe4ec132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Python bindings for enry
+
+Python bingings thoug cFFI (API, out-of-line) for calling enr Go functions though CGo wrapper.
+
+## Build
+
+```
+$ make static
+$ python enry_build.py
+```
+
+Will build static library for Cgo wrapper `libenry`, then generate and build `enry.c` 
+- a CPython extension that
+
+## Run
+
+Example for single exposed API function is provided.
+
+```
+$ python enry.py
+```
+
+## TODOs
+ - [ ] try ABI mode, to aviod dependency on C compiler on install (+perf test?)
+ - [ ] ready `libenry.h` and generate `ffibuilder.cdef` content
+ - [ ] helpers for sending/recieving Go slices to C
+ - [ ] cover the rest of enry API
+ - [ ] add `setup.py`
+ - [ ] build/release automation on CI (publish on pypi)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/enry.py b/python/enry.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd388ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/enry.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""
+Python library calling enry Go implementation trough cFFI (API, out-of-line) and Cgo.
+"""
+
+from _c_enry import ffi, lib
+
+## Helpers
+
+
+def go_str_to_py(go_str):
+    str_len = go_str.n
+    if str_len > 0:
+        return ffi.unpack(go_str.p, go_str.n).decode()
+    return ""
+
+
+def py_str_to_go(py_str):
+    str_bytes = py_str.encode()
+    c_str = ffi.new("char[]", str_bytes)
+    go_str = ffi.new("_GoString_ *", [c_str, len(str_bytes)])
+    return go_str[0]
+
+
+def go_bool_to_py(go_bool):
+    return go_bool == 1
+
+
+## API
+
+
+def language_by_extension(filename: str) -> str:
+    fName = py_str_to_go(filename)
+    guess = lib.GetLanguageByExtension(fName)
+    lang = go_str_to_py(guess.r0)
+    return lang
+
+
+def language_by_filename(filename: str) -> str:
+    fName = py_str_to_go(filename)
+    guess = lib.GetLanguageByFilename(fName)
+    lang = go_str_to_py(guess.r0)
+    return lang
+
+
+def is_vendor(filename: str) -> bool:
+    fName = py_str_to_go(filename)
+    guess = lib.IsVendor(fName)
+    return go_bool_to_py(guess)
+
+
+## Tests
+
+
+def main():
+    files = [
+        "Parse.hs", "some.cpp", "and.go", "type.h", ".bashrc", ".gitignore"
+    ]
+
+    print("strategy: extension")
+    for filename in files:
+        lang = language_by_extension(filename)
+        print("file: {:10s} language: '{}'".format(filename, lang))
+
+    print("\nstrategy: filename")
+    for filename in files:
+        lang = language_by_filename(filename)
+        print("file: {:10s} language: '{}'".format(filename, lang))
+
+    print("\ncheck: is vendor?")
+    for filename in files:
+        vendor = is_vendor(filename)
+        print("file: {:10s} vendor: '{}'".format(filename, vendor))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/python/enry_build.py b/python/enry_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96ca8f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/enry_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from cffi import FFI
+ffibuilder = FFI()
+
+# cdef() expects a single string declaring the C types, functions and
+# globals needed to use the shared object. It must be in valid C syntax.
+ffibuilder.cdef("""
+typedef struct { const char *p; ptrdiff_t n; } _GoString_;
+typedef _GoString_ GoString;
+typedef unsigned char GoUint8;
+
+/* Return type for GetLanguageByExtension */
+struct GetLanguageByExtension_return {
+	GoString r0; /* language */
+	GoUint8 r1; /* safe */
+};
+
+extern struct GetLanguageByExtension_return GetLanguageByExtension(GoString p0);
+
+/* Return type for GetLanguageByFilename */
+struct GetLanguageByFilename_return {
+	GoString r0; /* language */
+	GoUint8 r1; /* safe */
+};
+
+extern struct GetLanguageByFilename_return GetLanguageByFilename(GoString p0);
+
+extern GoUint8 IsVendor(GoString p0);
+""")
+
+# set_source() gives the name of the python extension module to
+# produce, and some C source code as a string.  This C code needs
+# to make the declarated functions, types and globals available,
+# so it is often just the "#include".
+ffibuilder.set_source("_c_enry",
+                      """
+     #include "../.shared/libenry.h"   // the C header of the library
+""",
+                      libraries=['enry'],
+                      library_dirs=['../.shared'
+                                    ])  # library name, for the linker
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    ffibuilder.compile(verbose=True)
diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28dbbb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cffi==1.12.3
+Click==7.0
+pycparser==2.19
+yapf==0.27.0