diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index d9112808..eba85fd6 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ android_app {
     srcs: [
         "app/src/main/java/**/*.kt",
         "app/src/main/java/**/*.java",
+        "app/src/main/proto/*.proto",
     ],
     resource_dirs: [
         "app/src/main/res",
     ],
+    proto: {
+        type: "lite",
+        local_include_dirs: ["app/src/main/proto"],
+    },
     static_libs: [
         "kotlin-stdlib-jdk8",
+        "libprotobuf-kotlin-lite",
         "androidx.core_core-ktx",
         "androidx.fragment_fragment-ktx",
         "androidx.activity_activity-ktx",
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 985822f3..421fb697 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+import com.google.protobuf.gradle.id
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.testing.logging.TestExceptionFormat
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream
 
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
     alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
+    alias(libs.plugins.google.protobuf)
 }
 
 val gitDescribe = {
@@ -93,6 +95,32 @@ android {
         }
     }
 
+    protobuf {
+        protoc {
+            artifact = if ("aarch64" == System.getProperty("os.arch")) {
+                // mac m1
+                "com.google.protobuf:protoc:${libs.versions.protobuf.get()}:osx-x86_64"
+            } else {
+                // other
+                "com.google.protobuf:protoc:${libs.versions.protobuf.get()}"
+            }
+        }
+        generateProtoTasks {
+            all().forEach { task ->
+                task.plugins {
+                    id("java") {
+                        option("lite")
+                    }
+                }
+                task.builtins {
+                    id("kotlin") {
+                        option("lite")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     lint {
         abortOnError = true
 
@@ -132,6 +160,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.androidx.work.runtime.ktx)
     implementation(libs.google.material)
 
+    implementation(libs.google.protobuf.kotlin.lite)
     implementation(libs.google.tink.android)
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/proto/snapshot.proto b/app/src/main/proto/snapshot.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e5e20823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/proto/snapshot.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+package com.stevesoltys.seedvault.proto;
+
+option java_multiple_files = true;
+
+message Snapshot {
+  uint32 version = 1;
+  uint64 token = 2;
+  string name = 3;
+  string androidId = 4;
+  uint32 sdkInt = 5;
+  string androidIncremental = 6;
+  bool d2d = 7;
+  map<string, App> apps = 8;
+  repeated bytes iconChunkIds = 9;
+  map<string, Blob> blobs = 10;
+
+  message App {
+    uint64 time = 1;
+    string state = 2;
+    BackupType type = 3;
+    string name = 4;
+    bool system = 5;
+    bool launchableSystemApp = 6;
+    repeated bytes chunkIds = 7;
+    Apk apk = 8;
+  }
+
+  enum BackupType {
+    FULL = 0;
+    KV = 1;
+  }
+
+  message Apk {
+    /**
+     * Attention: Has default value of 0
+     */
+    uint64 versionCode = 1;
+    string installer = 2;
+    repeated bytes signatures = 3;
+    repeated Split splits = 4;
+  }
+
+  message Split {
+    string name = 1;
+    repeated bytes chunkIds = 2;
+  }
+
+  message Blob {
+    bytes id = 1;
+    uint32 length = 2;
+    uint32 uncompressedLength = 3;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index e4c40d10..65b43704 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ thirdegg-lint-rules = { module = "com.github.thirdegg:lint-rules", version.ref =
 # Google dependencies
 google-tink-android = { module = "com.google.crypto.tink:tink-android", version.ref = "tink" }
 google-protobuf-javalite = { module = 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite', version.ref = 'protobuf' }
+google-protobuf-kotlin-lite = { module = 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-kotlin-lite', version.ref = 'protobuf' }
 google-material = { module = 'com.google.android.material:material', version.ref = 'material' }
 
 # Coroutines dependencies
diff --git a/storage/lib/build.gradle.kts b/storage/lib/build.gradle.kts
index 5ada1faa..9719b4b8 100644
--- a/storage/lib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/storage/lib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ android {
 
     protobuf {
         protoc {
-            if ("aarch64" == System.getProperty("os.arch")) {
+            artifact = if ("aarch64" == System.getProperty("os.arch")) {
                 // mac m1
-                artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:${libs.versions.protobuf.get()}:osx-x86_64"
+                "com.google.protobuf:protoc:${libs.versions.protobuf.get()}:osx-x86_64"
             } else {
                 // other
-                artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:${libs.versions.protobuf.get()}"
+                "com.google.protobuf:protoc:${libs.versions.protobuf.get()}"
             }
         }
         generateProtoTasks {