diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f9648c5b..1a094980 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ set(
   app/gui/widgets.cc
   app/gui/color.cc
   app/gui/pipeline.cc
+  app/gui/zeml.cc
 )
 
 set(
diff --git a/src/app/gui/zeml.cc b/src/app/gui/zeml.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9326bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/gui/zeml.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+
+#include "app/gui/zeml.h"
+
+#include <imgui/imgui.h>
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <map>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace yaze {
+namespace app {
+namespace gui {
+namespace zeml {
+
+std::vector<Token> Tokenize(const std::string& input) {
+  std::vector<Token> tokens;
+  std::istringstream stream(input);
+  char ch;
+
+  while (stream.get(ch)) {
+    if (isspace(ch)) continue;
+
+    if (ch == '{') {
+      tokens.push_back({TokenType::OpenBrace, "{"});
+    } else if (ch == '}') {
+      tokens.push_back({TokenType::CloseBrace, "}"});
+    } else if (ch == ',') {
+      tokens.push_back({TokenType::Comma, ","});
+    } else if (std::isalnum(ch) || ch == '_') {
+      std::string ident(1, ch);
+      while (stream.get(ch) && (std::isalnum(ch) || ch == '_')) {
+        ident += ch;
+      }
+      stream.unget();
+      tokens.push_back({TokenType::Identifier, ident});
+    } else if (ch == '"' || ch == '\'') {
+      std::string str;
+      char quoteType = ch;
+      while (stream.get(ch) && ch != quoteType) {
+        str += ch;
+      }
+      tokens.push_back({TokenType::String, str});
+    }
+  }
+
+  tokens.push_back({TokenType::EndOfStream, ""});
+  return tokens;
+}
+
+WidgetType MapType(const std::string& type) {
+  static std::map<std::string, WidgetType> typeMap = {
+      {"Window", WidgetType::Window},
+      {"Button", WidgetType::Button},
+      {"Slider", WidgetType::Slider},
+      {"Text", WidgetType::Text},
+      {"CollapsingHeader", WidgetType::CollapsingHeader},
+      {"Columns", WidgetType::Columns},
+      {"HexInputByte", WidgetType::HexInputByte},
+      {"HexInputWord", WidgetType::HexInputWord},
+      {"Table", WidgetType::Table},
+      {"Selectable", WidgetType::Selectable},
+      {"TableSetupColumn", WidgetType::TableSetupColumn},
+      {"TableHeadersRow", WidgetType::TableHeadersRow},
+      {"TableNextColumn", WidgetType::TableNextColumn},
+      {"Function", WidgetType::Function},
+      {"BeginChild", WidgetType::BeginChild},
+      {"BeginMenu", WidgetType::BeginMenu},
+      {"MenuItem", WidgetType::MenuItem},
+      {"BeginMenuBar", WidgetType::BeginMenuBar},
+      {"Separator", WidgetType::Separator},
+  };
+  return typeMap[type];
+}
+
+Node ParseNode(const std::vector<Token>& tokens, size_t& index,
+           const std::map<std::string, void*>& data_bindings) {
+  Node node;
+  if (index >= tokens.size() || tokens[index].type == TokenType::EndOfStream) {
+    return node;
+  }
+
+  while (index < tokens.size() &&
+         tokens[index].type != TokenType::EndOfStream) {
+    Token token = tokens[index];
+    if (token.type == TokenType::Identifier) {
+      node.type = MapType(token.value);
+      index++;  // Move to the next token for attributes
+      node.attributes =
+          ParseAttributes(tokens, index, node.type, data_bindings);
+    }
+
+    // Handle the opening brace indicating the start of child nodes
+    if (index < tokens.size() && tokens[index].type == TokenType::OpenBrace) {
+      index++;  // Skip the opening brace
+
+      while (index < tokens.size() &&
+             tokens[index].type != TokenType::CloseBrace) {
+        if (tokens[index].type == TokenType::Comma) {
+          index++;  // Skip commas
+        } else {
+          node.children.push_back(ParseNode(tokens, index, data_bindings));
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (index < tokens.size() &&
+          tokens[index].type == TokenType::CloseBrace) {
+        index++;  // Ensure closing brace is skipped before returning
+      }
+    }
+
+    break;  // Exit after processing one complete node
+  }
+  return node;
+}
+
+WidgetAttributes ParseAttributes(
+    const std::vector<Token>& tokens, size_t& index, const WidgetType& type,
+    const std::map<std::string, void*>& data_bindings) {
+  WidgetAttributes attributes;
+
+  while (index < tokens.size() && tokens[index].type != TokenType::CloseBrace) {
+    if (tokens[index].type == TokenType::Identifier) {
+      Token keyToken = tokens[index];
+      index++;  // Move to the value token.
+      if (index < tokens.size() && tokens[index].type == TokenType::String) {
+        std::string value = tokens[index].value;
+        index++;  // Move past the value.
+
+        if (keyToken.value == "id")
+          attributes.id = value;
+        else if (keyToken.value == "title")
+          attributes.title = value;
+        else if (keyToken.value == "min")
+          attributes.min = std::stod(value);
+        else if (keyToken.value == "max")
+          attributes.max = std::stod(value);
+        else if (keyToken.value == "value")
+          attributes.value = std::stod(value);
+        else if (keyToken.value == "text")
+          attributes.text = value;
+        else if (keyToken.value == "data" &&
+                 data_bindings.find(value) != data_bindings.end()) {
+          attributes.data = data_bindings.at(value);
+        } else if (keyToken.value == "count") {
+          attributes.count = std::stoi(value);
+        } else if (keyToken.value == "flags") {
+          attributes.flags = nullptr;  // Placeholder for future use
+        } else if (keyToken.value == "size") {
+          attributes.size = ImVec2(0, 0);  // Placeholder for future use
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      // If it's not an identifier or we encounter an open brace, break out.
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return attributes;
+}
+
+void Render(Node& node) {
+  switch (node.type) {
+    case WidgetType::Window:
+      if (ImGui::Begin(node.attributes.title.c_str())) {
+        for (auto& child : node.children) {
+          Render(child);
+        }
+        ImGui::End();
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::Button:
+      if (ImGui::Button(node.attributes.text.c_str())) {
+        ExecuteActions(node.actions, ActionType::Click);
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::CollapsingHeader:
+      if (ImGui::CollapsingHeader(node.attributes.title.c_str())) {
+        for (auto& child : node.children) {
+          Render(child);
+        }
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::Columns:
+      ImGui::Columns(node.attributes.count, node.attributes.title.c_str());
+      ImGui::Separator();
+      for (auto& child : node.children) {
+        Render(child);
+        ImGui::NextColumn();
+      }
+      ImGui::Columns(1);
+      ImGui::Separator();
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::Table:
+      ImGui::BeginTable(node.attributes.id.c_str(), node.attributes.count);
+      for (auto& child : node.children) {
+        Render(child);
+      }
+      ImGui::EndTable();
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::TableSetupColumn:
+      ImGui::TableSetupColumn(node.attributes.title.c_str());
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::TableHeadersRow:
+      ImGui::TableHeadersRow();
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::TableNextColumn:
+      ImGui::TableNextColumn();
+      for (auto& child : node.children) {
+        Render(child);
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::Text:
+      if (node.attributes.data) {
+        // Assuming all data-bound Text widgets use string formatting
+        char formattedText[256];
+        snprintf(formattedText, sizeof(formattedText),
+                 node.attributes.text.c_str(), *(int*)node.attributes.data);
+        ImGui::Text("%s", formattedText);
+      } else {
+        ImGui::Text("%s", node.attributes.text.c_str());
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::Function: {
+      node.actions[0].callback();
+      break;
+    }
+    case WidgetType::BeginChild:
+      if (ImGui::BeginChild(node.attributes.id.c_str(), node.attributes.size)) {
+        for (auto& child : node.children) {
+          Render(child);
+        }
+        ImGui::EndChild();
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::BeginMenuBar:
+      if (ImGui::BeginMenuBar()) {
+        for (auto& child : node.children) {
+          Render(child);
+        }
+        ImGui::EndMenuBar();
+      }
+      break;
+    case WidgetType::BeginMenu: {
+      if (ImGui::BeginMenu(node.attributes.title.c_str())) {
+        for (auto& child : node.children) {
+          Render(child);
+        }
+        ImGui::EndMenu();
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case WidgetType::MenuItem: {
+      if (ImGui::MenuItem(node.attributes.title.c_str())) {
+        ExecuteActions(node.actions, ActionType::Click);
+      }
+      break;
+    }
+    case WidgetType::Separator:
+      ImGui::Separator();
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+Node Parse(const std::string& yazon_input,
+               const std::map<std::string, void*>& data_bindings) {
+  size_t index = 0;
+  auto tokens = Tokenize(yazon_input);
+  return ParseNode(tokens, index, data_bindings);
+}
+
+void ExecuteActions(const std::vector<Action>& actions, ActionType type) {
+  for (const auto& action : actions) {
+    if (action.type == type) {
+      action.callback();  // Execute the callback associated with the action
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void Bind(Node* node, std::function<void()> callback) {
+  if (node) {
+    node->actions.push_back({ActionType::Click, callback});
+  }
+}
+
+void BindAction(Node* node, ActionType type, std::function<void()> callback) {
+  if (node) {
+    node->actions.push_back({type, callback});
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace zeml
+}  // namespace gui
+}  // namespace app
+}  // namespace yaze
diff --git a/src/app/gui/zeml.h b/src/app/gui/zeml.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef8ba610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/gui/zeml.h
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+#ifndef YAZE_APP_GUI_ZEML_H
+#define YAZE_APP_GUI_ZEML_H
+
+#include <imgui/imgui.h>
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <map>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace yaze {
+namespace app {
+namespace gui {
+
+/**
+ * @namespace yaze::app::gui::zeml
+ * @brief Zelda Editor Markup Language Functions
+ */
+namespace zeml {
+
+/**
+ * @enum TokenType
+ */
+enum class TokenType {
+  Identifier,
+  String,
+  OpenBrace,
+  CloseBrace,
+  Comma,
+  EndOfStream
+};
+
+/**
+ * @struct Token
+ */
+struct Token {
+  TokenType type;
+  std::string value;
+} typedef Token;
+
+/**
+ * @enum WidgetType
+ */
+enum class WidgetType {
+  Window,
+  Button,
+  Slider,
+  Text,
+  Table,
+  TableSetupColumn,
+  TableHeadersRow,
+  TableNextColumn,
+  CollapsingHeader,
+  Columns,
+  Selectable,
+  Function,
+  BeginChild,
+  BeginMenuBar,
+  BeginMenu,
+  MenuItem,
+  Separator,
+  HexInputByte,
+  HexInputWord,
+};
+
+/**
+ * @struct WidgetAttributes
+ * @brief Attributes for a widget
+ * @details id, title, min, max, value, text, count, size, flags, data
+ * @details id: unique identifier for the widget
+ * @details title: title for the widget
+ * @details text: text for the widget
+ * @details min: minimum value for the widget
+ * @details max: maximum value for the widget
+ * @details value: value for the widget
+ * @details count: number of columns
+ * @details size: size of the widget
+ * @details flags: flags for the widget
+ * @details data: data to be binded using the data_binding map
+ */
+struct WidgetAttributes {
+  std::string id;
+  std::string title;  // For Window, Button
+  double min;         // For Slider
+  double max;         // For Slider
+  double value;       // For Slidecar
+  std::string text;   // For Text, Button
+  int count = 0;      // For Columns
+  ImVec2 size = ImVec2(0, 0);
+  void* flags = nullptr;
+
+  void* data = nullptr;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @enum ActionType
+ */
+enum class ActionType { Click, Change, Run };
+
+/**
+ * @struct Action
+ */
+struct Action {
+  ActionType type;
+  std::function<void()> callback;  // Using std::function to hold lambda
+                                   // expressions or function pointers
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Tokenize a zeml string
+ */
+std::vector<Token> Tokenize(const std::string& input);
+
+/**
+ * @struct Node
+ * @brief Node for a zeml tree
+ */
+struct Node {
+  WidgetType type;
+  WidgetAttributes attributes;
+  std::vector<Action> actions;
+  std::vector<Node> children;
+
+  Node* parent = nullptr;
+
+  Node* GetNode(const std::string& searchId) {
+    if (attributes.id == searchId) {
+      return this;
+    }
+    for (Node& child : children) {
+      Node* found = child.GetNode(searchId);
+      if (found != nullptr) {
+        return found;
+      }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Bind a callback to a node
+ */
+void Bind(Node* node, std::function<void()> callback);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Bind an action to a node
+ */
+void BindAction(Node* node, ActionType type, std::function<void()> callback);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Map a string to a widget type
+ */
+WidgetType MapType(const std::string& type);
+
+/**
+ * @brief ParseNode attributes for a widget
+ */
+WidgetAttributes ParseAttributes(
+    const std::vector<Token>& tokens, size_t& index, const WidgetType& type,
+    const std::map<std::string, void*>& data_bindings = {});
+
+/**
+ * @brief ParseNode a zeml node
+ */
+Node ParseNode(const std::vector<Token>& tokens, size_t& index,
+               const std::map<std::string, void*>& data_bindings = {});
+
+/**
+ * @brief ParseNode a zeml string
+ */
+Node Parse(const std::string& yazon_input,
+           const std::map<std::string, void*>& data_bindings = {});
+
+/**
+ * @brief Render a zeml tree
+ */
+void Render(Node& node);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Execute actions for a node
+ */
+void ExecuteActions(const std::vector<Action>& actions, ActionType type);
+
+}  // namespace zeml
+}  // namespace gui
+}  // namespace app
+}  // namespace yaze
+
+#endif  // YAZE_APP_GUI_YAZON_H_