diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3732653a15..ce9b8bc9d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1730,6 +1730,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 1.0.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crdb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "rope",
+ "sum_tree",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.4.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 640384a792..2a004b199c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/context_menu",
     "crates/copilot",
     "crates/copilot_button",
+    "crates/crdb",
     "crates/db",
     "crates/diagnostics",
     "crates/drag_and_drop",
diff --git a/crates/crdb/Cargo.toml b/crates/crdb/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0684a94c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/crdb/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "crdb"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+sum_tree = { path = "../sum_tree" }
+rope = { path = "../rope" }
diff --git a/crates/crdb/src/document_fragment.rs b/crates/crdb/src/document_fragment.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a7391ef92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/crdb/src/document_fragment.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+use super::DocumentFragment;
+use crate::Ordering;
+use rope::TextSummary;
+
+impl sum_tree::Item for DocumentFragment {
+    type Summary = DocumentFragmentSummary;
+
+    fn summary(&self) -> Self::Summary {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug)]
+pub struct DocumentFragmentSummary {
+    size: TextSummary,
+    max_id: Ordering,
+}
+
+impl sum_tree::Summary for DocumentFragmentSummary {
+    type Context = ();
+
+    fn add_summary(&mut self, summary: &Self, cxfg: &Self::Context) {
+        todo!()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/crdb/src/lib.rs b/crates/crdb/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e34fc4405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/crdb/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+mod document_fragment;
+
+use std::{cmp::Reverse, ops::Range};
+use sum_tree::{SumTree, TreeMap};
+type OrderedMap<K, T> = TreeMap<K, T>;
+
+/// All the state
+pub struct Db {
+    document_fragments: Sequence<DocumentFragment>,
+    insertion_fragments: OrderedMap<InsertionRange, DocumentFragmentId>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Default, Debug)]
+struct InsertionRange {
+    insertion: InsertionId,
+    range: Range<usize>,
+}
+
+impl Ord for InsertionRange {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> std::cmp::Ordering {
+        self.partial_cmp(other).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for InsertionRange {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<std::cmp::Ordering> {
+        Some(
+            self.insertion
+                .cmp(&other.insertion)
+                .then_with(|| self.range.start.cmp(&other.range.start)),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+type Sequence<T> = SumTree<T>;
+type DocumentFragmentId = Ordering;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct DocumentFragment {
+    id: DocumentFragmentId,
+    insertion: InsertionId,
+    text: Rope,
+}
+
+pub struct InsertionFragment {}
+
+/// A group of documents with a permissions boundary.
+///
+/// This type is actually a windowed reference to `Db`.
+pub struct Context {}
+
+/// A coherent body of editable text.
+pub struct Document {}
+
+/// The document is identified with its creation operation.
+pub type DocumentId = OperationId;
+
+/// A sequence of one or more characters inserted into a `Document`
+pub struct Insertion {
+    id: OperationId,
+    position: Anchor,
+    text: Rope,
+}
+
+/// An insertion is identified with its occurrence.
+type InsertionId = OperationId;
+
+/// A unique identifier for a change in state applied on a given branch.
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Eq)]
+pub struct OperationId {
+    branch: BranchId,
+    op_count: OperationCount,
+    causality: Reverse<LamportTime>,
+}
+
+/// Causal ordering between events produced on different branches.
+type LamportTime = u64;
+
+/// How many operations have occurred on a given branch?
+struct OperationCount(u32);
+
+/// Unique to each context on each installation.
+struct BranchId {
+    context: ContextId,
+    installation: InstallationId,
+}
+
+/// Assigned by our server on first connection.
+type InstallationId = u32;
+
+/// Handed out by our server on context creation.
+/// We could potentially make this amenable to distribution,
+struct ContextId(UserId, ContextCount);
+
+/// We'll need a bigger data type before we know it.
+type UserId = u32;
+
+/// The number of contexts created by a given user.
+type ContextCount = u32;
+
+/// A logical "anchor point" into a document.
+/// If you create an anchor to a word and its containing document
+/// is subsequently edited, the anchor still resolves to the same word.
+/// If the word has been deleted, the anchor resolves to the site of its tombstone.
+struct Anchor {
+    insertion_id: InsertionId,
+}
+
+/// A dense, totally-ordered CRDT, such as LSEQ.
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Debug)]
+struct Ordering {}
+
+/// An efficiently-editable an cloneable chunk of text.
+type Rope = rope::Rope;