diff --git a/travis-matrix-preview/.gitignore b/matriarch/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from travis-matrix-preview/.gitignore
rename to matriarch/.gitignore
diff --git a/travis-matrix-preview/Gemfile b/matriarch/Gemfile
similarity index 84%
rename from travis-matrix-preview/Gemfile
rename to matriarch/Gemfile
index 6ba5029..e6fa230 100644
--- a/travis-matrix-preview/Gemfile
+++ b/matriarch/Gemfile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
+gem 'activesupport'
 gem 'puma'
 gem 'sinatra'
 gem 'sinatra-contrib', require: 'sinatra/contrib'
diff --git a/matriarch/config.ru b/matriarch/config.ru
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c3944c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matriarch/config.ru
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
+
+require 'matriarch'
+run Matriarch::App
diff --git a/matriarch/lib/matriarch.rb b/matriarch/lib/matriarch.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f09eedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matriarch/lib/matriarch.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module Matriarch
+  autoload :App, 'matriarch/app'
+  autoload :Config, 'matriarch/config'
+end
diff --git a/matriarch/lib/matriarch/app.rb b/matriarch/lib/matriarch/app.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..786528d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matriarch/lib/matriarch/app.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'matriarch'
+require 'json'
+require 'sinatra/base'
+require 'sinatra/json'
+
+module Matriarch
+  class App < Sinatra::Base
+    get '/' do
+      "oh hai\n"
+    end
+
+    post '/matrix' do
+      config = ::Matriarch::Config.new(JSON.parse(request.body.read))
+      json data: config.expand
+    end
+
+    run! if app_file == $PROGRAM_NAME
+  end
+end
diff --git a/matriarch/lib/matriarch/config.rb b/matriarch/lib/matriarch/config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dee99ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/matriarch/lib/matriarch/config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+require 'active_support/core_ext/array/wrap'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/keys'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
+require 'active_support/core_ext/object/try'
+
+module Matriarch
+	class Config
+		DEFAULT_LANG = 'ruby'.freeze
+
+		ENV_KEYS = [
+			:compiler,
+			:csharp,
+			:d,
+			:dart,
+			:elixir,
+			:env,
+			:fsharp,
+			:gemfile,
+			:ghc,
+			:go,
+			:haxe,
+			:jdk,
+			:julia,
+			:mono,
+			:node_js,
+			:otp_release,
+			:perl,
+			:perl6,
+			:php,
+			:python,
+			:ruby,
+			:rust,
+			:rvm,
+			:scala,
+			:visualbasic,
+			:xcode_scheme,
+			:xcode_sdk
+		].freeze
+
+		EXPANSION_KEYS_FEATURE = [:os].freeze
+
+		EXPANSION_KEYS_LANGUAGE = {
+			'c' => [:compiler],
+			'c++' => [:compiler],
+			'clojure' => [:lein, :jdk],
+			'cpp' => [:compiler],
+			'csharp' => [:csharp, :mono],
+			'd' => [:d],
+			'dart' => [:dart],
+			'elixir' => [:elixir, :otp_release],
+			'erlang' => [:otp_release],
+			'fsharp' => [:fsharp, :mono],
+			'go' => [:go],
+			'groovy' => [:jdk],
+			'haskell' => [:ghc],
+			'haxe' => [:haxe],
+			'java' => [:jdk],
+			'julia' => [:julia],
+			'node_js' => [:node_js],
+			'objective-c' => [:rvm, :gemfile, :xcode_sdk, :xcode_scheme],
+			'perl' => [:perl],
+			'perl6' => [:perl6],
+			'php' => [:php],
+			'python' => [:python],
+			'ruby' => [:rvm, :gemfile, :jdk, :ruby],
+			'rust' => [:rust],
+			'scala' => [:scala, :jdk],
+			'visualbasic' => [:visualbasic, :mono]
+		}.freeze
+
+    EXPANSION_KEYS_UNIVERSAL = [:env, :branch].freeze
+
+    def self.matrix_keys_for(config, options = {})
+      keys = matrix_keys(config, options)
+      keys & config.keys.map(&:to_sym)
+    end
+
+    def self.matrix_keys(config, options = {})
+      lang = Array(config.symbolize_keys[:language]).first
+      keys = ENV_KEYS
+      keys &= EXPANSION_KEYS_LANGUAGE.fetch(lang, EXPANSION_KEYS_LANGUAGE[DEFAULT_LANG])
+      keys << :os if options[:multi_os]
+      keys += [:dist, :group] if options[:dist_group_expansion]
+      keys | EXPANSION_KEYS_UNIVERSAL
+    end
+
+		def initialize(config, options = {})
+      @config = config.symbolize_keys
+      @options = options
+    end
+
+    def expand
+      configs = expand_matrix
+      configs = include_matrix_configs(exclude_matrix_configs(configs))
+      configs = configs.map { |config| cleanup_config(merge_config(Hash[config])) }
+      configs
+      # configs.map { |config| Build::Config::OS.new(config, options).run }
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    attr_reader :config, :options
+
+    def allow_failure_configs
+      (settings[:allow_failures] || []).select do |config|
+        config = config.to_hash.symbolize_keys if config.respond_to?(:to_hash)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def fast_finish?
+      settings[:fast_finish]
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def settings
+      @settings ||= config[:matrix] || {}
+      @settings = {} if @settings.is_a?(Array)
+      @settings
+    end
+
+    def expand_matrix
+      rows = config.slice(*expand_keys).values.select { |value| value.is_a?(Array) }
+      max_size = rows.max_by(&:size).try(:size) || 1
+
+      array = expand_keys.inject([]) do |result, key|
+        values = Array.wrap(config[key])
+        values += [values.last] * (max_size - values.size)
+        result << values.map { |value| [key, value] }
+      end
+
+      permutations(array).uniq
+    end
+
+    # recursively builds up permutations of values in the rows of a nested array
+    def permutations(base, result = [])
+      base = base.dup
+      base.empty? ? [result] : base.shift.map { |value| permutations(base, result + [value]) }.flatten(1)
+    end
+
+    def expand_keys
+      @expand_keys ||= config.keys.map(&:to_sym) & self.class.matrix_keys_for(config, options)
+    end
+
+    def exclude_matrix_configs(configs)
+      configs.reject { |config| exclude_config?(config) }
+    end
+
+    def exclude_config?(config)
+      exclude_configs = normalize_matrix_filter_configs(settings[:exclude] || [])
+      config = config.map { |config| [config[0].to_s, *config[1..-1]] }.sort
+      exclude_configs.any? do |excluded|
+        excluded.all? { |matrix_key| config.include? matrix_key }
+      end
+    end
+
+    def include_matrix_configs(configs)
+      include_configs = normalize_matrix_filter_configs(settings[:include] || [])
+      if configs.flatten.empty? && settings.has_key?(:include)
+        include_configs
+      else
+        configs + include_configs
+      end
+    end
+
+    def normalize_matrix_filter_configs(configs)
+      configs = configs.select { |c| c.is_a?(Hash) }
+      configs = configs.compact.map(&:stringify_keys)
+      configs.map(&:to_a).map(&:sort)
+    end
+
+    def merge_config(row)
+      config.select { |key, value| include_key?(key) }.merge(row)
+    end
+
+    def cleanup_config(config)
+      config.delete(:matrix)
+      config
+    end
+
+    def include_key?(key)
+      self.class.matrix_keys_for(config, options).include?(key.to_sym) || !known_env_key?(key.to_sym)
+    end
+
+    def known_env_key?(key)
+      (ENV_KEYS | EXPANSION_KEYS_FEATURE).include?(key)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/travis-matrix-preview/app.rb b/travis-matrix-preview/app.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ca7ba..0000000
--- a/travis-matrix-preview/app.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-require 'sinatra/base'
-
-class App < Sinatra::Base
-  run! if app_file == $PROGRAM_NAME
-end
diff --git a/travis-matrix-preview/config.ru b/travis-matrix-preview/config.ru
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b106e2..0000000
--- a/travis-matrix-preview/config.ru
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-require './app'
-run App