diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 842a72b..5972d7d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,3 +2,10 @@ module source.toby3d.me/toby3d/middleware
 
 go 1.17
 
+require github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.31.0
+
+require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..436f1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.2 h1:JKnhI/XQ75uFBTiuzXpzFrUriDPiZjlOSzh6wXogP0E=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.2/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4 h1:V7DdXeJtZscaqfNuAdSRuRFzuiKlHSC/Zh3zl9qY3JY=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.4/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=
+github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.4 h1:0zhec2I8zGnjWcKyLl6i3gPqKANCCn5e9xmviEEeX6s=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.4/go.mod h1:8dP1Hq4DHOhN9w426knH3Rhby4rFm6D8eO+e+Dq5Gzg=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6 h1:P76CopJELS0TiO2mebmnzgWaajssP/EszplttgQxcgc=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.6/go.mod h1:/3/Vjq9QcHkK5uEr5lBEmyoZ1iFhe47etQ6QUkpK6sk=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.31.0 h1:lrauRLII19afgCs2fnWRJ4M5IkV0lo2FqA61uGkNBfE=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.31.0/go.mod h1:2rsYD01CKFrjjsvFxx75KlEUNpWNBY9JWD3K/7o2Cus=
+github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0/go.mod h1:T0xQ8SeCZGxckz9qRXTfG43PvQ/mcWh7FwZEA7Ioqkc=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210513164829-c07d793c2f9a/go.mod h1:P+XmwS30IXTQdn5tA2iutPOUgjI07+tq3H3K9MVA1s8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v0D8zg8gWTRqZa9RBIspLL5mdg=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210423082822-04245dca01da/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210514084401-e8d321eab015/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.3/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a16683e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Package middleware provides methods to analyze and mutate data delivered over
+// HTTP.
+package middleware
+
+import http "github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+
+type (
+	// BeforeFunc is an alias of fasthttp.RequestHandler to execute its own
+	// logic before middleware.
+	BeforeFunc = http.RequestHandler
+
+	// Chain describes the middlewares call chain.
+	Chain []Interceptor
+
+	// Interceptor describes the middleware contract.
+	Interceptor func(*http.RequestCtx, http.RequestHandler)
+
+	// RequestHandler is an alias of fasthttp.RequestHandler for the
+	// extension.
+	RequestHandler http.RequestHandler
+
+	// Skipper defines a function to skip middleware. Returning true skips
+	// processing the middleware.
+	Skipper func(*http.RequestCtx) bool
+)
+
+// DefaultSkipper is the default skipper, which always returns false.
+//nolint: gochecknoglobals
+var DefaultSkipper Skipper = func(*http.RequestCtx) bool { return false }
+
+// Intercept wraps the RequestHandler in middleware input.
+func (count RequestHandler) Intercept(middleware Interceptor) RequestHandler {
+	return func(ctx *http.RequestCtx) {
+		middleware(ctx, http.RequestHandler(count))
+	}
+}
+
+// RequestHandler wraps the input into the middlewares chain starting from the
+// last to first and returns fasthttp.RequestHandler.
+func (chain Chain) RequestHandler(handler http.RequestHandler) http.RequestHandler {
+	current := RequestHandler(handler)
+
+	for i := len(chain) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		m := chain[i]
+		current = current.Intercept(m)
+	}
+
+	return http.RequestHandler(current)
+}