diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd9f1d0..dc44869 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [package]
-name = "rustpython-compiler"
+name = "rustpython-compiler-core"
 version = "0.1.2"
 description = "Compiler for python code into bytecode for the rustpython VM."
 authors = ["RustPython Team"]
diff --git a/porcelain/Cargo.toml b/porcelain/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e07c746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/porcelain/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "rustpython-compiler"
+version = "0.1.2"
+description = "A usability wrapper around rustpython-parser and rustpython-compiler-core"
+authors = ["RustPython Team"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+thiserror = "1.0"
+rustpython-compiler-core = { path = ".." }
+rustpython-parser = { path = "../../parser" }
+rustpython-bytecode = { path = "../../bytecode" }
diff --git a/porcelain/src/lib.rs b/porcelain/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdf93ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/porcelain/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+use rustpython_bytecode::bytecode::CodeObject;
+use rustpython_compiler_core::{compile, symboltable};
+use rustpython_parser::{ast::Location, parser};
+use std::fmt;
+
+pub use compile::{CompileOpts, Mode};
+pub use symboltable::{Symbol, SymbolScope, SymbolTable, SymbolTableType};
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum CompileErrorType {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Compile(#[from] rustpython_compiler_core::error::CompileErrorType),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Parse(#[from] rustpython_parser::error::ParseErrorType),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub struct CompileError {
+    pub error: CompileErrorType,
+    pub statement: Option<String>,
+    pub source_path: String,
+    pub location: Location,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for CompileError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        let loc = self.location;
+        if let Some(ref stmt) = self.statement {
+            // visualize the error when location and statement are provided
+            write!(
+                f,
+                "{}",
+                loc.visualize(stmt, &format_args!("{} at {}", self.error, loc))
+            )
+        } else {
+            write!(f, "{} at {}", self.error, loc)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl CompileError {
+    fn from_compile(error: rustpython_compiler_core::error::CompileError, source: &str) -> Self {
+        CompileError {
+            error: error.error.into(),
+            location: error.location,
+            source_path: error.source_path,
+            statement: get_statement(source, error.location),
+        }
+    }
+    fn from_parse(
+        error: rustpython_parser::error::ParseError,
+        source: &str,
+        source_path: String,
+    ) -> Self {
+        CompileError {
+            error: error.error.into(),
+            location: error.location,
+            source_path,
+            statement: get_statement(source, error.location),
+        }
+    }
+    fn from_symtable(
+        error: symboltable::SymbolTableError,
+        source: &str,
+        source_path: String,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self::from_compile(error.into_compile_error(source_path), source)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Compile a given sourcecode into a bytecode object.
+pub fn compile(
+    source: &str,
+    mode: compile::Mode,
+    source_path: String,
+    opts: CompileOpts,
+) -> Result<CodeObject, CompileError> {
+    macro_rules! try_parse {
+        ($x:expr) => {
+            match $x {
+                Ok(x) => x,
+                Err(e) => return Err(CompileError::from_parse(e, source, source_path)),
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    let res = match mode {
+        compile::Mode::Exec => {
+            let ast = try_parse!(parser::parse_program(source));
+            compile::compile_program(ast, source_path, opts)
+        }
+        compile::Mode::Eval => {
+            let statement = try_parse!(parser::parse_statement(source));
+            compile::compile_statement_eval(statement, source_path, opts)
+        }
+        compile::Mode::Single => {
+            let ast = try_parse!(parser::parse_program(source));
+            compile::compile_program_single(ast, source_path, opts)
+        }
+    };
+    res.map_err(|e| CompileError::from_compile(e, source))
+}
+
+pub fn compile_symtable(
+    source: &str,
+    mode: compile::Mode,
+    source_path: &str,
+) -> Result<symboltable::SymbolTable, CompileError> {
+    macro_rules! try_parse {
+        ($x:expr) => {
+            match $x {
+                Ok(x) => x,
+                Err(e) => return Err(CompileError::from_parse(e, source, source_path.to_owned())),
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    let res = match mode {
+        compile::Mode::Exec | compile::Mode::Single => {
+            let ast = try_parse!(parser::parse_program(source));
+            symboltable::make_symbol_table(&ast)
+        }
+        compile::Mode::Eval => {
+            let statement = try_parse!(parser::parse_statement(source));
+            symboltable::statements_to_symbol_table(&statement)
+        }
+    };
+    res.map_err(|e| CompileError::from_symtable(e, source, source_path.to_owned()))
+}
+
+fn get_statement(source: &str, loc: Location) -> Option<String> {
+    if loc.column() == 0 || loc.row() == 0 {
+        return None;
+    }
+    let line = source.split('\n').nth(loc.row() - 1)?.to_owned();
+    Some(line + "\n")
+}