diff --git a/include/libtrx/arg_parser.h b/include/libtrx/arg_parser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aacdfc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/libtrx/arg_parser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+    ARG_PARSER_TYPE_BOOL,
+    ARG_PARSER_TYPE_STRING,
+    ARG_PARSER_TYPE_INT,
+    ARG_PARSER_TYPE_FLOAT,
+} ARG_PARSER_TYPE;
+
+typedef struct {
+    char *id;
+    bool is_named;
+    char *short_name; // for named arguments like -v
+    char *long_name; // for named arguments like --verbose
+    ARG_PARSER_TYPE type;
+    bool mandatory;
+    struct {
+        bool bool_val;
+        char *string_val;
+        int32_t int_val;
+        float float_val;
+    } value;
+    bool provided;
+} ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT;
+
+typedef struct {
+    ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *args;
+    int32_t argc;
+    int32_t capacity;
+} ARG_PARSER;
+
+void ArgParser_Init(ARG_PARSER *const parser);
+void ArgParser_Destroy(ARG_PARSER *const parser);
+
+void ArgParser_AddArgument(
+    ARG_PARSER *const parser, const ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *user_arg);
+
+const ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *ArgParser_GetArgument(
+    const ARG_PARSER *const parser, const char *id);
+
+bool ArgParser_ParseCmdline(ARG_PARSER *parser, const char *cmdline);
+bool ArgParser_ParseArgs(ARG_PARSER *parser, int32_t argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3bfa0c8..486e563 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ if not staticdeps
 endif
 
 sources = [
+  'src/arg_parser.c',
   'src/benchmark.c',
   'src/config/config_file.c',
   'src/engine/audio.c',
diff --git a/src/arg_parser.c b/src/arg_parser.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b0733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/arg_parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+#include "arg_parser.h"
+
+#include "memory.h"
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define TOKEN_BUFSIZE 64
+#define TOKEN_DELIM " \t\r\n\a"
+
+static void ArgParser_FillValue(ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *target, const char *value);
+static bool ArgParser_ValueMatches(
+    ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *target, const char *value);
+static char **ArgParser_ShellSplit(const char *cmdline, int *argc);
+
+static char **ArgParser_ShellSplit(const char *cmdline, int *const argc)
+{
+    int32_t bufsize = TOKEN_BUFSIZE;
+    int32_t position = 0;
+    char **tokens = Memory_Alloc(bufsize * sizeof(char *));
+    char *token;
+    const char *str_i;
+    char *token_ptr;
+    int32_t token_length;
+
+    while (*cmdline) {
+        while (isspace(*cmdline)) {
+            cmdline++;
+        }
+
+        if (*cmdline == '\0') {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (*cmdline == '"' || *cmdline == '\'') {
+            char quote = *cmdline++;
+            str_i = cmdline;
+            token_ptr = token = Memory_Alloc(bufsize);
+            while (*cmdline && *cmdline != quote) {
+                if (*cmdline == '\\'
+                    && (*(cmdline + 1) == quote || *(cmdline + 1) == '\\')) {
+                    cmdline++; // Skip escape character
+                    *token_ptr++ = *cmdline++;
+                } else {
+                    *token_ptr++ = *cmdline++;
+                }
+
+                if (token_ptr - token >= bufsize) {
+                    bufsize += TOKEN_BUFSIZE;
+                    token = Memory_Realloc(token, bufsize);
+                    token_ptr = token + (token_ptr - token);
+                }
+            }
+            *token_ptr = '\0';
+            if (*cmdline) {
+                cmdline++;
+            }
+        } else {
+            str_i = cmdline;
+            token_ptr = token = Memory_Alloc(bufsize);
+            while (*cmdline && !isspace(*cmdline) && *cmdline != '"'
+                   && *cmdline != '\'') {
+                if (*cmdline == '\\'
+                    && (*(cmdline + 1) == '"' || *(cmdline + 1) == '\''
+                        || *(cmdline + 1) == '\\' || isspace(*(cmdline + 1)))) {
+                    cmdline++; // Skip escape character
+                    *token_ptr++ = *cmdline++;
+                } else {
+                    *token_ptr++ = *cmdline++;
+                }
+                if (token_ptr - token >= bufsize) {
+                    bufsize += TOKEN_BUFSIZE;
+                    token = Memory_Realloc(token, bufsize);
+                    token_ptr = token + (token_ptr - token);
+                }
+            }
+            *token_ptr = '\0';
+        }
+
+        tokens[position++] = token;
+        if (position >= bufsize) {
+            bufsize += TOKEN_BUFSIZE;
+            tokens = Memory_Realloc(tokens, bufsize * sizeof(char *));
+        }
+    }
+    tokens[position] = NULL;
+    *argc = position;
+    return tokens;
+}
+
+static void ArgParser_FillValue(
+    ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *const target, const char *const value)
+{
+    switch (target->type) {
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_BOOL:
+        target->value.bool_val =
+            (strcmp(value, "1") == 0 || strcmp(value, "on") == 0);
+        break;
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_STRING:
+        target->value.string_val = Memory_DupStr(value);
+        break;
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_INT:
+        target->value.int_val = atoi(value);
+        break;
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_FLOAT:
+        target->value.float_val = atof(value);
+        break;
+    }
+}
+
+static bool ArgParser_ValueMatches(
+    ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *target, const char *value)
+{
+    // Checks whether a value can be coerced into a type.
+    // This is to make sure optional positional arguments do not try to
+    // populate numbers with strings.
+
+    switch (target->type) {
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_BOOL:
+        return (strcmp(value, "1") == 0 || strcmp(value, "on") == 0)
+            || (strcmp(value, "0") == 0 || strcmp(value, "off") == 0);
+
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_INT:
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(value); i++) {
+            if (!isdigit(value[i])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_FLOAT: {
+        bool has_dot = false;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < strlen(value); i++) {
+            if (!isdigit(value[i])) {
+                if (value[i] == '.') {
+                    if (has_dot) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    has_dot = true;
+                } else {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    case ARG_PARSER_TYPE_STRING:
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
+void ArgParser_Init(ARG_PARSER *const parser)
+{
+    parser->capacity = 10;
+    parser->argc = 0;
+    parser->args = Memory_Alloc(sizeof(ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT) * parser->capacity);
+}
+
+void ArgParser_Destroy(ARG_PARSER *const parser)
+{
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < parser->argc; i++) {
+        ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *const arg = &parser->args[i];
+        Memory_FreePointer(&arg->value.string_val);
+        Memory_FreePointer(&arg->id);
+        Memory_FreePointer(&arg->short_name);
+        Memory_FreePointer(&arg->long_name);
+    }
+    Memory_FreePointer(&parser->args);
+}
+
+void ArgParser_AddArgument(
+    ARG_PARSER *const parser, const ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *user_arg)
+{
+    if (parser->argc == parser->capacity) {
+        parser->capacity *= 2;
+        parser->args = Memory_Realloc(
+            parser->args, sizeof(ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT) * parser->capacity);
+    }
+
+    ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *const arg = &parser->args[parser->argc++];
+    arg->id = Memory_DupStr(user_arg->id);
+    arg->is_named = user_arg->is_named;
+    arg->short_name =
+        user_arg->short_name ? Memory_DupStr(user_arg->short_name) : NULL;
+    arg->long_name =
+        user_arg->long_name ? Memory_DupStr(user_arg->long_name) : NULL;
+    arg->type = user_arg->type;
+    arg->mandatory = user_arg->mandatory;
+
+    arg->provided = false;
+    arg->value.bool_val = false;
+    arg->value.string_val = NULL;
+    arg->value.int_val = 0;
+    arg->value.float_val = 0.0f;
+}
+
+const ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *ArgParser_GetArgument(
+    const ARG_PARSER *const parser, const char *id)
+{
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < parser->argc; i++) {
+        ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *arg = &parser->args[i];
+        if (strcmp(arg->id, id) == 0 && arg->provided) {
+            return arg;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+bool ArgParser_ParseCmdline(ARG_PARSER *const parser, const char *const cmdline)
+{
+    int32_t argc;
+    char **argv = ArgParser_ShellSplit(cmdline, &argc);
+    const bool result = ArgParser_ParseArgs(parser, argc, (const char **)argv);
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+        Memory_FreePointer(&argv[i]);
+    }
+    Memory_FreePointer(&argv);
+    return result;
+}
+
+bool ArgParser_ParseArgs(
+    ARG_PARSER *const parser, const int32_t argc, const char **const argv)
+{
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+        bool matched = false;
+
+        for (int32_t j = 0; j < parser->argc; j++) {
+            ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *arg = &parser->args[j];
+            if (!arg->is_named) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ((arg->short_name && strcmp(argv[i], arg->short_name) == 0)
+                || (arg->long_name && strcmp(argv[i], arg->long_name) == 0)) {
+                matched = true;
+                if (arg->type == ARG_PARSER_TYPE_BOOL) {
+                    arg->value.bool_val = true;
+                } else {
+                    if (++i >= argc) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    if (!ArgParser_ValueMatches(arg, argv[i])) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    ArgParser_FillValue(arg, argv[i]);
+                }
+                arg->provided = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (!matched) {
+            for (int32_t j = 0; j < parser->argc; j++) {
+                ARG_PARSER_ARGUMENT *arg = &parser->args[j];
+                if (!arg->is_named && !arg->provided
+                    && ArgParser_ValueMatches(arg, argv[i])) {
+                    matched = true;
+                    ArgParser_FillValue(arg, argv[i]);
+                    arg->provided = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (!matched) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (int32_t i = 0; i < parser->argc; i++) {
+        if (parser->args[i].mandatory && !parser->args[i].provided) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}