diff --git a/specdiff/.gitignore b/specdiff/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ae9ea50078ef99e806d95bb3ac4275a15df0c52f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specdiff/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+/target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+
+#Added by cargo
+#
+#already existing elements are commented out
+
+/target
+#**/*.rs.bk
+
+# IDE
+.idea
diff --git a/specdiff/Cargo.toml b/specdiff/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2342ae1fd3e7cbe7f0bc4aeaa29ae81cd81f88e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specdiff/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[package]
+name = "specdiff"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/specdiff/src/main.rs b/specdiff/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e7a11a969c037e00a796aafeff6258501ec15e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specdiff/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}