diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0b9f2eb..70686a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ update/*
 !update/index.html
 
 include/config.php
+
+/vendor/
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c133fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "name": "xeonproductions/software-admin-panel",
+    "description": "A protected software administration front-end and API written in PHP.",
+    "type": "project",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Brandon Scott",
+            "email": "xeons@users.noreply.github.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "smarty/smarty": "~3.1"
+    }
+}