diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eb171a6..7f01ab5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3051,6 +3051,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indoc"
+version = "2.0.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79cf5c93f93228cf8efb3ba362535fb11199ac548a09ce117c9b1adc3030d706"
+dependencies = [
+ "rustversion",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "inflections"
 version = "1.1.1"
@@ -3433,6 +3442,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memoffset"
+version = "0.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "488016bfae457b036d996092f6cb448677611ce4449e970ceaf42695203f218a"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "metal"
 version = "0.32.0"
@@ -4369,6 +4387,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "processing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "processing_pyo3"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "glfw",
+ "processing",
+ "pyo3",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "processing_render"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -4414,6 +4441,67 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3"
+version = "0.27.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ab53c047fcd1a1d2a8820fe84f05d6be69e9526be40cb03b73f86b6b03e6d87d"
+dependencies = [
+ "indoc",
+ "libc",
+ "memoffset",
+ "once_cell",
+ "portable-atomic",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+ "pyo3-ffi",
+ "pyo3-macros",
+ "unindent",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-build-config"
+version = "0.27.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b455933107de8642b4487ed26d912c2d899dec6114884214a0b3bb3be9261ea6"
+dependencies = [
+ "target-lexicon",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-ffi"
+version = "0.27.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1c85c9cbfaddf651b1221594209aed57e9e5cff63c4d11d1feead529b872a089"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros"
+version = "0.27.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0a5b10c9bf9888125d917fb4d2ca2d25c8df94c7ab5a52e13313a07e050a3b02"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "pyo3-macros-backend",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pyo3-macros-backend"
+version = "0.27.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03b51720d314836e53327f5871d4c0cfb4fb37cc2c4a11cc71907a86342c40f9"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "pyo3-build-config",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "qoi"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -5072,6 +5160,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "slotmap",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "target-lexicon"
+version = "0.13.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df7f62577c25e07834649fc3b39fafdc597c0a3527dc1c60129201ccfcbaa50c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.23.0"
@@ -5401,6 +5495,12 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ebc1c04c71510c7f702b52b7c350734c9ff1295c464a03335b00bb84fc54f853"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unindent"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7264e107f553ccae879d21fbea1d6724ac785e8c3bfc762137959b5802826ef3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf8parse"
 version = "0.2.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5557513..045e1c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ bevy = { git = "https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy", branch = "main", no-default
     "bevy_color",
 ] }
 processing = { path = "." }
+processing_pyo3 = { path = "crates/processing_pyo3" }
 processing_render = { path = "crates/processing_render" }
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/processing_pyo3/.gitignore b/crates/processing_pyo3/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f0442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/processing_pyo3/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/target
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+.pytest_cache/
+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+.venv/
+env/
+bin/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+include/
+man/
+venv/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+pip-selfcheck.json
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
+
+# Rope
+.ropeproject
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+*.pot
+
+.DS_Store
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyCharm
+.idea/
+
+# VSCode
+.vscode/
+
+# Pyenv
+.python-version
diff --git a/crates/processing_pyo3/Cargo.toml b/crates/processing_pyo3/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f732d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/processing_pyo3/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "processing_pyo3"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
+
+[lib]
+name = "pycessing"
+crate-type = ["cdylib"]
+
+[dependencies]
+pyo3 = "0.27.0"
+processing = { workspace = true }
+glfw = "0.60.0"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
+glfw = { version = "0.60.0", features = ["wayland"] }
diff --git a/crates/processing_pyo3/README.md b/crates/processing_pyo3/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f94d27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/processing_pyo3/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Pycessing
+
+Prototype for python bindings to libprocessing
+
+## To Get Started
+
+### Install venv and maturin 
+Follow these [installation instructions](https://pyo3.rs/v0.27.2/getting-started.html)
+
+### Running code
+```
+$ maturin develop
+#
+# ...
+#
+$ python
+>>> import pycessing
+>>> pycessing.size(500, 500)
+```
diff --git a/crates/processing_pyo3/pyproject.toml b/crates/processing_pyo3/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a5b09c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/processing_pyo3/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["maturin>=1.10,<2.0"]
+build-backend = "maturin"
+
+[project]
+name = "pycessing"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Rust",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.maturin]
+manifest-path = "Cargo.toml"
diff --git a/crates/processing_pyo3/src/glfw.rs b/crates/processing_pyo3/src/glfw.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba56a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/processing_pyo3/src/glfw.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/// Minimal GLFW helper for Processing examples
+use glfw::{Glfw, GlfwReceiver, PWindow, WindowEvent, WindowMode};
+use processing::prelude::error::Result;
+
+pub struct GlfwContext {
+    glfw: Glfw,
+    window: PWindow,
+    events: GlfwReceiver<(f64, WindowEvent)>,
+}
+
+impl GlfwContext {
+    pub fn new(width: u32, height: u32) -> Result<Self> {
+        let mut glfw = glfw::init(glfw::fail_on_errors).unwrap();
+
+        glfw.window_hint(glfw::WindowHint::ClientApi(glfw::ClientApiHint::NoApi));
+        glfw.window_hint(glfw::WindowHint::Visible(false));
+
+        let (mut window, events) = glfw
+            .create_window(width, height, "Processing", WindowMode::Windowed)
+            .unwrap();
+
+        window.set_all_polling(true);
+        window.show();
+
+        Ok(Self {
+            glfw,
+            window,
+            events,
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
+    pub fn get_window(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.window.get_cocoa_window() as u64
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    pub fn get_window(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.window.get_win32_window() as u64
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn get_window(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.window.get_wayland_window() as u64
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    pub fn get_display(&self) -> u64 {
+        0
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    pub fn get_display(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.glfw.get_wayland_display() as u64
+    }
+
+    pub fn poll_events(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.glfw.poll_events();
+
+        for (_, event) in glfw::flush_messages(&self.events) {
+            match event {
+                WindowEvent::Close => return false,
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        !self.window.should_close()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/processing_pyo3/src/lib.rs b/crates/processing_pyo3/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b253cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/processing_pyo3/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+mod glfw;
+use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+#[pymodule]
+mod pycessing {
+    use crate::glfw::GlfwContext;
+    use processing::prelude::*;
+    use pyo3::prelude::*;
+
+    /// create surface
+    #[pyfunction]
+    fn size(width: u32, height: u32) -> PyResult<String> {
+        let mut glfw_ctx = GlfwContext::new(400, 400).unwrap();
+        init().unwrap();
+
+        let window_handle = glfw_ctx.get_window();
+        let display_handle = glfw_ctx.get_display();
+        let surface = surface_create(window_handle, display_handle, width, height, 1.0).unwrap();
+
+        while glfw_ctx.poll_events() {
+            begin_draw(surface).unwrap();
+
+            record_command(
+                surface,
+                DrawCommand::Rect {
+                    x: 10.0,
+                    y: 10.0,
+                    w: 100.0,
+                    h: 100.0,
+                    radii: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
+                },
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+            end_draw(surface).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        Ok("OK".to_string())
+    }
+}