diff --git a/tree_structurer/cpp/bindings.cpp b/tree_structurer/cpp/bindings.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aa031a
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+++ b/tree_structurer/cpp/bindings.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
+#include <Python.h>
+#include "tree_structurer.hpp"
+
+static PyObject* TreeStructurerError;
+static TreeStructurer* g_tree_structurer = nullptr;
+
+static PyObject* create_tree_structurer(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+    if (g_tree_structurer != nullptr) {
+        delete g_tree_structurer;
+    }
+    g_tree_structurer = new TreeStructurer();
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
+
+static PyObject* get_structure(PyObject* self, PyObject* args) {
+    const char* path = nullptr;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|s", &path)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (g_tree_structurer == nullptr) {
+        PyErr_SetString(TreeStructurerError, "TreeStructurer not initialized");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        std::string path_str = path ? path : "";
+        std::vector<std::string> structure = g_tree_structurer->get_directory_structure(path_str);
+        PyObject* list = PyList_New(structure.size());
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < structure.size(); i++) {
+            PyList_SET_ITEM(list, i, PyUnicode_FromString(structure[i].c_str()));
+        }
+        return list;
+    } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+        PyErr_SetString(TreeStructurerError, e.what());
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef TreeStructurerMethods[] = {
+    {"create_tree_structurer", create_tree_structurer, METH_NOARGS, 
+     "Create a new TreeStructurer instance"},
+    {"get_structure", get_structure, METH_VARARGS,
+     "Get the directory structure for the given path"},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
+};
+
+static struct PyModuleDef tree_structurer_module = {
+    PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
+    "_tree_structurer",  // Changed module name to match Python import
+    "Module for analyzing directory structures",
+    -1,
+    TreeStructurerMethods
+};
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit__tree_structurer(void) {  // Changed function name to match module name
+    PyObject* m = PyModule_Create(&tree_structurer_module);
+    if (m == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    TreeStructurerError = PyErr_NewException("tree_structurer.error", NULL, NULL);
+    Py_XINCREF(TreeStructurerError);
+    if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "error", TreeStructurerError) < 0) {
+        Py_XDECREF(TreeStructurerError);
+        Py_CLEAR(TreeStructurerError);
+        Py_DECREF(m);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return m;
+}
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diff --git a/tree_structurer/cpp/tree_structurer.cpp b/tree_structurer/cpp/tree_structurer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..219455f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tree_structurer/cpp/tree_structurer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#include "tree_structurer.hpp"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <filesystem>
+
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
+bool TreeStructurer::should_ignore_dir(const std::string& dirname) {
+    return dirname[0] == '.' || 
+           dirname.find("build") != std::string::npos ||
+           dirname == "venv" || 
+           dirname == "myenv";
+}
+
+bool TreeStructurer::should_ignore_file(const std::string& filename) {
+    return filename[0] == '.' || 
+           filename.find("build") != std::string::npos;
+}
+
+std::string TreeStructurer::create_indent(int level) {
+    return std::string(4 * level, ' ');
+}
+
+std::string TreeStructurer::get_relative_path(const fs::path& path, const fs::path& base) {
+    const fs::path rel = fs::relative(path, base);
+    return rel.string();
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> TreeStructurer::get_directory_structure(const std::string& startpath) {
+    std::vector<std::string> result;
+    fs::path start = startpath.empty() ? fs::current_path() : fs::path(startpath);
+    
+    try {
+        std::vector<fs::path> paths;
+        for(const auto& entry : fs::recursive_directory_iterator(start)) {
+            paths.push_back(entry.path());
+        }
+        
+        // Sort paths for consistent output
+        std::sort(paths.begin(), paths.end());
+        
+        for(const auto& path : paths) {
+            std::string rel_path = get_relative_path(path, start);
+            int level = std::count(rel_path.begin(), rel_path.end(), fs::path::preferred_separator);
+            
+            if(fs::is_directory(path)) {
+                if(!should_ignore_dir(path.filename().string())) {
+                    result.push_back(create_indent(level) + path.filename().string() + "/");
+                }
+            } else {
+                if(!should_ignore_file(path.filename().string())) {
+                    result.push_back(create_indent(level) + path.filename().string());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch (const fs::filesystem_error& e) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to access directory: " + std::string(e.what()));
+    }
+    
+    return result;
+}
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diff --git a/tree_structurer/cpp/tree_structurer.hpp b/tree_structurer/cpp/tree_structurer.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..102bf26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tree_structurer/cpp/tree_structurer.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <filesystem>
+
+class TreeStructurer {
+public:
+    TreeStructurer() = default;
+    std::vector<std::string> get_directory_structure(const std::string& startpath = std::filesystem::current_path().string());
+
+private:
+    bool should_ignore_dir(const std::string& dirname);
+    bool should_ignore_file(const std::string& filename);
+    std::string create_indent(int level);
+    std::string get_relative_path(const std::filesystem::path& path, const std::filesystem::path& base);
+};
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