diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..299a962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.o
+nntpchan
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..530acd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+EXE = nntpchan
+
+CXX = clang++
+
+SRC_PATH = ./src
+
+SOURCES := $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/*.cpp)
+HEADERS := $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/*.hpp)
+OBJECTS := $(SOURCES:.cpp=.o)
+
+PKGS := libuv
+
+LD_FLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --libs $(PKGS))
+INC_FLAGS := -I $(SRC_PATH) $(shell pkg-config --cflags $(PKGS))
+CXXFLAGS := -std=c++14 -Wall -Wextra $(INC_FLAGS)
+
+
+
+all: $(EXE)
+
+$(EXE): $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CXX) -o $(EXE) $(LD_FLAGS) $(OBJECTS)
+
+%.o: src/%.cpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -o $@ 
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(OBJECTS) $(EXE)
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/nntpchan.ini b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/nntpchan.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b50894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/nntpchan.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[nntp]
+bind = [::]:1199
+
+
+[storage]
+path = ./storage/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/buffer.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/buffer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..938cc7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/buffer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#include "buffer.hpp"
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  WriteBuffer::WriteBuffer(const char * b, const size_t s)
+  {
+    char * buf = new char[s];
+    std::memcpy(buf, b, s);
+    this->b = uv_buf_init(buf, s);
+    w.data = this;
+  };
+
+  WriteBuffer::WriteBuffer(const std::string & s) : WriteBuffer(s.c_str(), s.size()) {}
+
+  WriteBuffer::~WriteBuffer()
+  {
+    delete [] b.base;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/buffer.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/buffer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be9beee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/buffer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef NNTPCHAN_BUFFER_HPP
+#define NNTPCHAN_BUFFER_HPP
+#include <uv.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  struct WriteBuffer
+  {
+    uv_write_t w;
+    uv_buf_t b;
+
+    WriteBuffer(const std::string & s);
+    WriteBuffer(const char * b, const size_t s);
+    ~WriteBuffer();
+  };
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/event.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/event.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b269816
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/event.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "event.hpp"
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  Mainloop::Mainloop()
+  {
+    m_loop = uv_default_loop();
+    assert(uv_loop_init(m_loop) == 0);
+  }
+
+  Mainloop::~Mainloop()
+  {
+    uv_loop_close(m_loop);
+  }
+
+  void Mainloop::Stop()
+  {
+    uv_stop(m_loop);
+  }
+
+  void Mainloop::Run(uv_run_mode mode)
+  {
+    uv_run(m_loop, mode);
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/event.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/event.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bd1acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/event.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef NNTPCHAN_EVENT_HPP
+#define NNTPCHAN_EVENT_HPP
+#include <uv.h>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  class Mainloop
+  {
+  public:
+
+    Mainloop();
+    ~Mainloop();
+
+    operator uv_loop_t * () const { return m_loop; }
+
+    void Run(uv_run_mode mode = UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+    void Stop();
+    
+  private:
+
+    uv_loop_t * m_loop;
+    
+  };
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/ini.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/ini.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..724e346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/ini.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+/** 
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) <2015> <carriez.md@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+ * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+ * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+ * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+  * 
+  */
+  
+#ifndef INI_HPP
+#define INI_HPP
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <map>
+#include <list>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <string>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+
+namespace INI {
+
+struct Level 
+{
+  Level() : parent(NULL), depth(0) {}
+  Level(Level* p) : parent(p), depth(0) {}
+
+  typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> value_map_t;
+  typedef std::map<std::string, Level> section_map_t;
+  typedef std::list<value_map_t::const_iterator> values_t;
+  typedef std::list<section_map_t::const_iterator> sections_t;
+  value_map_t values;
+  section_map_t sections;
+  values_t ordered_values; // original order in the ini file
+  sections_t ordered_sections;
+  Level* parent;
+  size_t depth;
+
+  const std::string& operator[](const std::string& name) { return values[name]; }
+  Level& operator()(const std::string& name) { return sections[name]; }
+};
+
+class Parser
+{
+public:
+  Parser(const char* fn);
+  Parser(std::istream& f) : f_(&f), ln_(0) { parse(top_); }
+  Level& top() { return top_; }
+  void dump(std::ostream& s) { dump(s, top(), ""); }
+
+private:
+  void dump(std::ostream& s, const Level& l, const std::string& sname);
+  void parse(Level& l);
+  void parseSLine(std::string& sname, size_t& depth);
+  void err(const char* s);
+
+private:
+  Level top_;
+  std::ifstream f0_;
+  std::istream* f_;
+  std::string line_;
+  size_t ln_;
+};
+
+inline void
+Parser::err(const char* s)
+{
+  char buf[256];
+  sprintf(buf, "%s on line #%ld", s, ln_);
+  throw std::runtime_error(buf);
+}
+
+inline std::string trim(const std::string& s)
+{
+  char p[] = " \t\r\n";
+  long sp = 0;
+  long ep = s.length() - 1;
+  for (; sp <= ep; ++sp)
+    if (!strchr(p, s[sp])) break;
+  for (; ep >= 0; --ep)
+    if (!strchr(p, s[ep])) break;
+  return s.substr(sp, ep-sp+1);
+}
+
+inline 
+Parser::Parser(const char* fn) : f0_(fn), f_(&f0_), ln_(0)
+{ 
+  if (!f0_) 
+    throw std::runtime_error(std::string("failed to open file: ") + fn);
+
+  parse(top_); 
+}
+
+inline void 
+Parser::parseSLine(std::string& sname, size_t& depth)
+{
+  depth = 0;
+  for (; depth < line_.length(); ++depth)
+    if (line_[depth] != '[') break;
+
+  sname = line_.substr(depth, line_.length() - 2*depth);
+}
+
+inline void
+Parser::parse(Level& l)
+{
+  while (std::getline(*f_, line_)) {
+    ++ln_;
+    if (line_[0] == '#' || line_[0] == ';') continue;
+    line_ = trim(line_);
+    if (line_.empty()) continue;
+    if (line_[0] == '[') {
+      size_t depth;
+      std::string sname;
+      parseSLine(sname, depth);
+      Level* lp = NULL;
+      Level* parent = &l;
+      if (depth > l.depth + 1)
+        err("section with wrong depth");
+      if (l.depth == depth-1)
+        lp = &l.sections[sname];
+      else {
+        lp = l.parent;
+        size_t n = l.depth - depth;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) lp = lp->parent;
+        parent = lp;
+        lp = &lp->sections[sname];
+      }
+      if (lp->depth != 0)
+        err("duplicate section name on the same level");
+      if (!lp->parent) {
+        lp->depth = depth;
+        lp->parent = parent;
+      }
+      parent->ordered_sections.push_back(parent->sections.find(sname));
+      parse(*lp);
+    } else {
+      size_t n = line_.find('=');
+      if (n == std::string::npos)
+        err("no '=' found");
+      std::pair<Level::value_map_t::const_iterator, bool> res = 
+        l.values.insert(std::make_pair(trim(line_.substr(0, n)), 
+              trim(line_.substr(n+1, line_.length()-n-1))));
+      if (!res.second)
+        err("duplicated key found");
+      l.ordered_values.push_back(res.first);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+inline void
+Parser::dump(std::ostream& s, const Level& l, const std::string& sname)
+{
+  if (!sname.empty()) s << '\n';
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < l.depth; ++i) s << '[';
+  if (!sname.empty()) s << sname;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < l.depth; ++i) s << ']';
+  if (!sname.empty()) s << std::endl;
+  for (Level::values_t::const_iterator it = l.ordered_values.begin(); it != l.ordered_values.end(); ++it)
+    s << (*it)->first << '=' << (*it)->second << std::endl;
+  for (Level::sections_t::const_iterator it = l.ordered_sections.begin(); it != l.ordered_sections.end(); ++it) {
+    assert((*it)->second.depth == l.depth+1);
+    dump(s, (*it)->second, (*it)->first);
+  }
+}
+
+}
+
+#endif // INI_HPP
+
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/main.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad575f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#include "ini.hpp"
+
+#include "storage.hpp"
+#include "nntp_server.hpp"
+#include "event.hpp"
+
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+
+int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
+  if (argc != 2) {
+    std::cerr << "usage: " << argv[0] << " config.ini" << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  nntpchan::Mainloop loop;
+  
+  nntpchan::NNTPServer nntp(loop);
+  
+  std::string fname(argv[1]);
+
+  std::ifstream i(fname);
+
+  if(i.is_open()) {
+    INI::Parser conf(i);
+    
+    std::vector<std::string> requiredSections = {"nntp", "storage"};
+    
+    auto & level = conf.top();
+    
+    for ( const auto & section : requiredSections ) {
+      if(level.sections.find(section) == level.sections.end()) {
+        std::cerr << "config file " << fname << " does not have required section: ";
+        std::cerr << section << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    auto & storeconf = level.sections["storage"].values;
+
+    if (storeconf.find("path") == storeconf.end()) {
+      std::cerr << "storage section does not have 'path' value" << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    nntp.SetStoragePath(storeconf["path"]);
+    
+    auto & nntpconf = level.sections["nntp"].values;
+
+    if (nntpconf.find("bind") == nntpconf.end()) {
+      std::cerr << "nntp section does not have 'bind' value" << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+    auto & a = nntpconf["bind"];
+    
+    try {
+      nntp.Bind(a);  
+    } catch ( std::exception & ex ) {
+      std::cerr << "failed to bind: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
+      return 1;
+    }
+    try {
+      std::cerr << "run mainloop" << std::endl;
+      loop.Run();
+    } catch ( std::exception & ex ) {
+      std::cerr << "exception in mainloop: " << ex.what() << std::endl;
+      return 2;
+    }
+    
+  } else {
+    std::cerr << "failed to open " << fname << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+    
+  
+}
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/message.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/message.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..772540b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/message.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include "message.hpp"
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  bool IsValidMessageID(const MessageID & msgid)
+  {
+    auto itr = msgid.begin();
+    auto end = msgid.end();
+    --end;
+    if (*itr != '<') return false;
+    if (*end != '>') return false;
+    bool atfound = false;
+    while(itr != end) {
+      auto c = *itr;
+      ++itr;
+      if(atfound && c == '@') return false;
+      if(c == '@') {
+        atfound = true;
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (c == '$' || c == '_' || c == '-') continue;
+      if (c > '0' && c < '9') continue;
+      if (c > 'A' && c < 'Z') continue;
+      if (c > 'a' && c < 'z') continue;
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/message.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/message.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be4dddf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/message.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef NNTPCHAN_MESSAGE_HPP
+#define NNTPCHAN_MESSAGE_HPP
+
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <map>
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  typedef std::string MessageID;
+
+  bool IsValidMessageID(const MessageID & msgid);
+
+  typedef std::pair<std::string, std::string> MessageHeader;
+  
+  typedef std::map<std::string, std::string> MIMEPartHeader;
+
+  typedef std::function<bool(const MessageHeader &)> MessageHeaderFilter;
+
+  typedef std::function<bool(const MIMEPartHeader &)> MIMEPartFilter;
+
+  /**
+     read MIME message from i, 
+     filter each header with h, 
+     filter each part with p, 
+     store result in o
+
+     return true if we read the whole message, return false if there is remaining 
+   */
+  bool StoreMIMEMessage(std::istream & i, MessageHeaderFilter h, MIMEPartHeader p, std::ostream & o);
+  
+}
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/net.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/net.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aea582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/net.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#include "net.hpp"
+#include <uv.h>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  std::string NetAddr::to_string()
+  {
+    std::string str("invalid");
+    const size_t s = 128;
+    char * buff = new char[s];
+    if(uv_ip6_name(&addr, buff, s) == 0) {
+      str = std::string(buff);
+      delete [] buff;
+    }
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << "[" << str << "]:" << ntohs(addr.sin6_port);
+    return ss.str();
+  }
+
+  NetAddr::NetAddr()
+  {
+    std::memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
+  }
+  
+  NetAddr ParseAddr(const std::string & addr)
+  {
+    NetAddr saddr;
+    auto n = addr.rfind("]:");
+    if (n == std::string::npos) {
+      throw std::runtime_error("invalid address: "+addr);
+    }
+    if (addr[0] != '[') {
+      throw std::runtime_error("invalid address: "+addr);
+    }
+    auto p = addr.substr(n+2);
+    int port = std::atoi(p.c_str());
+    auto a = addr.substr(0, n);
+    uv_ip6_addr(a.c_str(), port, &saddr.addr);
+    return saddr;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/net.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/net.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42fe4dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/net.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#ifndef NNTPCHAN_NET_HPP
+#define NNTPCHAN_NET_HPP
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  struct NetAddr
+  {
+    NetAddr();
+    
+    sockaddr_in6 addr;
+    operator sockaddr * () { return (sockaddr *) &addr; }
+    operator const sockaddr * () const { return (sockaddr *) &addr; }
+    std::string to_string();
+  };
+
+  NetAddr ParseAddr(const std::string & addr);
+}
+
+#endif 
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/nntp_server.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/nntp_server.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..353e2f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/nntp_server.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#include "buffer.hpp"
+#include "nntp_server.hpp"
+#include "net.hpp"
+#include <cassert>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  NNTPServer::NNTPServer(uv_loop_t * loop)
+  {
+    uv_tcp_init(loop, &m_server);
+    m_loop = loop;
+  }
+
+  NNTPServer::~NNTPServer()
+  {
+    uv_close((uv_handle_t*)&m_server, [](uv_handle_t *) {});
+  }
+
+  void NNTPServer::Bind(const std::string & addr)
+  {
+    auto saddr = ParseAddr(addr);
+    assert(uv_tcp_bind(*this, saddr, 0) == 0);
+    std::cerr << "nntp server bound to " << saddr.to_string() << std::endl;
+    m_server.data = this;
+    auto cb = [] (uv_stream_t * s, int status) {
+      NNTPServer * self = (NNTPServer *) s->data;
+      self->OnAccept(s, status);
+    };
+    
+    assert(uv_listen(*this, 5, cb) == 0);
+  }
+
+  void NNTPServer::OnAccept(uv_stream_t * s, int status)
+  {
+    if(status < 0) {
+      std::cerr << "nntp server OnAccept fail: " << uv_strerror(status) << std::endl;
+      return;
+    }
+    NNTPServerConn * conn = new NNTPServerConn(m_loop, s, m_storagePath);
+    conn->SendCode(200, "Posting Allowed");
+  }
+
+
+  void NNTPServer::SetStoragePath(const std::string & path)
+  {
+    m_storagePath = path;
+  }
+  
+  NNTPServerConn::NNTPServerConn(uv_loop_t * l, uv_stream_t * s, const std::string & storage) :
+    m_handler(storage)
+  {
+    uv_tcp_init(l, &m_conn);
+    m_conn.data = this;
+    uv_accept(s, (uv_stream_t*) &m_conn);
+    uv_read_start((uv_stream_t*) &m_conn, [] (uv_handle_t * h, size_t s, uv_buf_t * b) {
+        NNTPServerConn * self = (NNTPServerConn*) h->data;
+        b->base = self->m_readbuff;
+        if (s > sizeof(self->m_readbuff))
+          b->len = sizeof(self->m_readbuff);
+        else
+          b->len = s;
+      }, [] (uv_stream_t * s, ssize_t nread, const uv_buf_t * b) {
+        NNTPServerConn * self = (NNTPServerConn*) s->data;
+        if(nread > 0) {
+          self->ProcessData(b->base, nread);
+          self->SendNextReply();
+        } else {
+          if (nread != UV_EOF) {
+            std::cerr << "error in nntp server conn alloc: ";
+            std::cerr << uv_strerror(nread);
+            std::cerr << std::endl;
+          }
+           
+          delete self;
+          s->data = nullptr;
+          
+        }
+      });
+  }
+
+  NNTPServerConn::~NNTPServerConn()
+  {
+    uv_close((uv_handle_t*)&m_conn, [] (uv_handle_t *) {});
+  }
+
+  void NNTPServerConn::ProcessData(const char *d, ssize_t l)
+  {
+    m_handler.OnData(d, l);
+  }
+
+  void NNTPServerConn::SendNextReply()
+  {
+    if(m_handler.HasNextLine()) {
+      auto line = m_handler.GetNextLine();
+      SendLine(line);
+    }
+  }
+  
+  void NNTPServerConn::SendCode(const int code, const std::string & msg)
+  {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << code << " " << msg << std::endl;
+    SendString(ss.str());
+  }
+
+  void NNTPServerConn::SendString(const std::string & line)
+  {
+    WriteBuffer * b = new WriteBuffer(line);
+    uv_write(&b->w, *this, &b->b, 1, [](uv_write_t * w, int status) {
+        WriteBuffer * wb = (WriteBuffer *) w->data;
+        delete wb;
+    });
+  }
+
+  NNTPServerHandler::NNTPServerHandler(const std::string & storagepath) :
+    m_state(eNNTPStateGreet)
+  {
+    m_storage.SetPath(storagepath);
+  }
+
+  NNTPServerHandler::~NNTPServerHandler()
+  {
+  }
+
+  void NNTPServerHandler::OnData(const char * d, ssize_t l)
+  {
+    
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/nntp_server.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/nntp_server.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea2fffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/nntp_server.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#ifndef NNTPCHAN_NNTP_SERVER_HPP
+#define NNTPCHAN_NNTP_SERVER_HPP
+#include <uv.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include "storage.hpp"
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+
+  class NNTPServerConn;
+  
+  class NNTPServer
+  {
+  public:
+    NNTPServer(uv_loop_t * loop);
+    ~NNTPServer();
+
+    void Bind(const std::string & addr);
+
+    void OnAccept(uv_stream_t * s, int status);
+
+    void SetStoragePath(const std::string & path);
+    
+  private:
+    
+    operator uv_handle_t * () { return (uv_handle_t*) &m_server; }
+    operator uv_tcp_t * () { return &m_server; }
+    operator uv_stream_t * () { return (uv_stream_t *) &m_server; }
+    
+    uv_tcp_t m_server;
+    uv_loop_t * m_loop;
+    
+    std::vector<NNTPServerConn *> m_conns;
+
+    std::string m_storagePath;
+    
+  };
+
+
+    class NNTPServerHandler
+  {
+  public:
+
+    enum State {
+      eNNTPStateGreet,
+      eNNTPStateHandshake,
+      eNNTPStateReader,
+      eNNTPStateStream,
+      eNNTPStateTAKETHIS,
+      eNNTPStateIHAVE,
+      eNNTPStateARTICLE,
+      eNNTPStatePOST
+    };
+    
+    NNTPServerHandler(const std::string & storagepath);
+    ~NNTPServerHandler();
+    
+    void OnData(const char * data, ssize_t s);
+
+    bool HasNextLine();
+    std::string GetNextLine();
+    
+  private:
+    State m_state;
+    ArticleStorage m_storage;
+  };
+
+  
+  class NNTPServerConn
+  {
+  public:
+    NNTPServerConn(uv_loop_t * l, uv_stream_t * s, const std::string & storage);
+    virtual ~NNTPServerConn();
+
+    void Close();
+
+    void Quit();
+
+    void SendLine(const std::string & line);
+    void SendCode(const int code, const std::string & message);
+
+    void ProcessData(const char * d, ssize_t l);
+    
+    void SendNextReply();
+    
+  private:
+
+    void SendString(const std::string & line);
+    
+    
+    operator uv_stream_t * () { return (uv_stream_t *) &m_conn; }
+    
+    uv_tcp_t m_conn;
+
+    NNTPServerHandler m_handler;
+    
+    char m_readbuff[1024];
+    
+  };
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/storage.cpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/storage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b81e8f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/storage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "storage.hpp"
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sstream>
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  ArticleStorage::ArticleStorage()
+  {
+  }
+
+  ArticleStorage::~ArticleStorage()
+  {
+  }
+
+  void ArticleStorage::SetPath(const std::string & fpath)
+  {
+    basedir = fpath;
+    // quiet fail
+    // TODO: check for errors
+    mkdir(basedir.c_str(), 0700);
+  }
+
+  bool ArticleStorage::Accept(const MessageID & msgid)
+  {
+    if (!IsValidMessageID(msgid)) return false;
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << basedir << GetPathSep() << msgid;
+    auto s = ss.str();
+    FILE * f = fopen(s.c_str(), "r");
+    if ( f == nullptr) return errno == ENOENT;
+    fclose(f);
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  char ArticleStorage::GetPathSep()
+  {
+    return '/';
+  }
+
+  
+}
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/storage.hpp b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/storage.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60e2a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/cpp/nntpchan-daemon/src/storage.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#ifndef NNTPCHAN_STORAGE_HPP
+#define NNTPCHAN_STORAGE_HPP
+
+#include <string>
+#include "message.hpp"
+
+namespace nntpchan
+{
+  class ArticleStorage
+  {
+  public:
+    ArticleStorage();
+    ~ArticleStorage();
+
+    void SetPath(const std::string & fpath);
+
+    std::ostream & OpenWrite(const MessageID & msgid);
+    std::istream & OpenRead(const MessageID & msgid);
+
+    /**
+       return true if we should accept a new message give its message id
+     */
+    bool Accept(const MessageID & msgid);
+    
+  private:
+
+    static char GetPathSep();
+    
+    std::string basedir;
+    
+  };
+}
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/py/README.md b/contrib/frontends/py/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cacb381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/py/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# python nntpchan demo frontend #
+
+## usage ##
+
+add to nntpchan.json hooks section:
+
+    {
+      "name": "pyfront",
+      "exec": "/path/to/frontend.py"
+    }
+
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/py/frontend.py b/contrib/frontends/py/frontend.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdce5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/py/frontend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import nntpchan
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    msgid = sys.argv[1]
+    group = sys.argv[2]
+    if nntpchan.addArticle(msgid, group):
+        nntpchan.regenerate(msgid, group)
diff --git a/contrib/frontends/py/nntpchan/__init__.py b/contrib/frontends/py/nntpchan/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66c9e23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/frontends/py/nntpchan/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+
+from nntpchan import store
+from nntpchan import message
+from nntpchan import preprocess
+
+
+def addArticle(msgid, group):
+    """
+    add article to system
+    :return True if we need to regenerate otherwise False:
+    """
+    msg = None
+    # open message
+    with store.openArticle(msgid) as f:
+        # read article header
+        hdr = message.readHeader(f)
+
+        mclass = message.MultipartMessage
+        if hdr.isTextOnly:
+            # treat as text message instead of multipart
+            mclass = message.TextMessage
+        elif hdr.isSigned:
+            # treat as signed message
+            mclass = message.TripcodeMessage
+        # create messgae
+        msg = mclass(hdr, f)
+        
+    if msg is not None:
+        # we got a message that is valid
+        store.storeMessage(msg)
+    else:
+        # invalid message
+        print("invalid message: {}".format(msgid))
+    return msg is not None
+        
+        
+def regenerate(msgid, group):
+    """
+    regenerate markup
+    """
+    pass
+