diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 128063cca..f28ffa237 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1140,6 +1140,22 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1435fa1053d8b2fbbe9be7e97eca7f33d37b28409959813daefc1446a14247f1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dump"
+version = "0.29.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "flate2",
+ "index",
+ "insta",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tar",
+ "tempfile",
+ "thiserror",
+ "time",
+ "uuid 1.1.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2cf2f3b3d..eaf930a33 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
     "index-scheduler",
     "document-formats",
     "index",
+    "dump",
     "file-store",
     "permissive-json-pointer",
 ]
diff --git a/dump/Cargo.toml b/dump/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79bf64518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dump/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[package]
+name = "dump"
+version = "0.29.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+index = { path = "../index" }
+uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.85", features = ["preserve_order"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
+tempfile = "3.3.0"
+flate2 = "1.0.22"
+thiserror = "1.0.30"
+time = { version = "0.3.7", features = ["serde-well-known", "formatting", "parsing", "macros"] }
+tar = "0.4.38"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+insta = { version = "1.19.1", features = ["json", "redactions"] }
diff --git a/dump/README.md b/dump/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..456265d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dump/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+```
+dump
+├── indexes
+│   ├── cattos
+│   │   ├── documents.jsonl
+│   │   └── settings.json
+│   └── doggos
+│       ├── documents.jsonl
+│       └── settings.json
+├── instance-uid
+├── keys.jsonl
+├── metadata.json
+└── tasks
+    ├── update_files
+    │   └── [task_id]
+    └── queue.jsonl
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dump/src/lib.rs b/dump/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a15ad73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dump/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+use std::{
+    fs::{self, File},
+    io::{Read, Write},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
+
+use flate2::{write::GzEncoder, Compression};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use tempfile::TempDir;
+use thiserror::Error;
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+// mod dump;
+
+const CURRENT_DUMP_VERSION: &str = "V6";
+
+pub struct DumpReader;
+
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Serde(#[from] serde_json::Error),
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+pub struct DumpWriter {
+    dir: TempDir,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct Metadata {
+    pub dump_version: String,
+    pub db_version: String,
+    pub dump_date: OffsetDateTime,
+}
+
+impl DumpWriter {
+    pub fn new(instance_uuid: Uuid) -> Result<DumpWriter> {
+        let dir = TempDir::new()?;
+        fs::write(
+            dir.path().join("instance-uid"),
+            &instance_uuid.as_hyphenated().to_string(),
+        )?;
+
+        let metadata = Metadata {
+            dump_version: CURRENT_DUMP_VERSION.to_string(),
+            db_version: env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string(),
+            dump_date: OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
+        };
+
+        fs::write(
+            dir.path().join("metadata.json"),
+            serde_json::to_string(&metadata)?,
+        )?;
+
+        Ok(DumpWriter { dir })
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_index(&self, index_name: &str) -> Result<IndexWriter> {
+        IndexWriter::new(self.dir.path().join(index_name))
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn create_keys(&self) -> Result<KeyWriter> {
+        KeyWriter::new(self.dir.path().to_path_buf())
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn create_tasks_queue(&self) -> Result<TaskWriter> {
+        TaskWriter::new(self.dir.path().join("tasks"))
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn persist_to(self, mut writer: impl Write) -> Result<()> {
+        let gz_encoder = GzEncoder::new(&mut writer, Compression::default());
+        let mut tar_encoder = tar::Builder::new(gz_encoder);
+        tar_encoder.append_dir_all(".", self.dir.path())?;
+        let gz_encoder = tar_encoder.into_inner()?;
+        gz_encoder.finish()?;
+        writer.flush()?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+pub struct KeyWriter {
+    file: File,
+}
+
+impl KeyWriter {
+    pub(crate) fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Self> {
+        let file = File::create(path.join("keys.jsonl"))?;
+        Ok(KeyWriter { file })
+    }
+
+    pub fn push_key(&mut self, key: impl Serialize) -> Result<()> {
+        self.file.write_all(&serde_json::to_vec(&key)?)?;
+        self.file.write_all(b"\n")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+pub struct TaskWriter {
+    queue: File,
+    update_files: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl TaskWriter {
+    pub(crate) fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Self> {
+        std::fs::create_dir(&path)?;
+
+        let queue = File::create(path.join("queue.jsonl"))?;
+        let update_files = path.join("update_files");
+        std::fs::create_dir(&update_files)?;
+
+        Ok(TaskWriter {
+            queue,
+            update_files,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Pushes tasks in the dump.
+    /// If the tasks has an associated `update_file` it'll use the `task_id` as its name.
+    pub fn push_task(
+        &mut self,
+        task_id: u32,
+        task: impl Serialize,
+        update_file: Option<impl Read>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        self.queue.write_all(&serde_json::to_vec(&task)?)?;
+        if let Some(mut update_file) = update_file {
+            let mut file = File::create(&self.update_files.join(task_id.to_string()))?;
+            std::io::copy(&mut update_file, &mut file)?;
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[must_use]
+pub struct IndexWriter {
+    documents: File,
+    settings: File,
+}
+
+impl IndexWriter {
+    pub(crate) fn new(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Self> {
+        std::fs::create_dir(&path)?;
+
+        let documents = File::create(path.join("documents.jsonl"))?;
+        let settings = File::create(path.join("settings.json"))?;
+
+        Ok(IndexWriter {
+            documents,
+            settings,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn push_document(&mut self, document: impl Serialize) -> Result<()> {
+        self.documents.write_all(&serde_json::to_vec(&document)?)?;
+        self.documents.write_all(b"\n")?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn settings(mut self, settings: impl Serialize) -> Result<()> {
+        self.settings.write_all(&serde_json::to_vec(&settings)?)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+pub(crate) mod test {
+    use std::{
+        fmt::Write,
+        io::{Seek, SeekFrom},
+        path::Path,
+    };
+
+    use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    fn create_directory_hierarchy(dir: &Path) -> String {
+        let mut ret = String::new();
+        writeln!(ret, ".").unwrap();
+        _create_directory_hierarchy(dir, 0)
+    }
+
+    fn _create_directory_hierarchy(dir: &Path, depth: usize) -> String {
+        let mut ret = String::new();
+
+        for entry in fs::read_dir(dir).unwrap() {
+            let entry = entry.unwrap();
+
+            let ident = " ".repeat(depth * 4) + &"├".to_string() + &"-".repeat(4);
+            let name = entry.file_name().into_string().unwrap();
+            let file_type = entry.file_type().unwrap();
+            let is_dir = file_type.is_dir().then_some("/").unwrap_or("");
+
+            assert!(!file_type.is_symlink());
+            writeln!(ret, "{ident} {name}{is_dir}").unwrap();
+
+            if file_type.is_dir() {
+                ret.push_str(&_create_directory_hierarchy(&entry.path(), depth + 1));
+            }
+        }
+        ret
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_creating_simple_dump() {
+        let instance_uid = Uuid::parse_str("9e15e977-f2ae-4761-943f-1eaf75fd736d").unwrap();
+        let dump = DumpWriter::new(instance_uid.clone()).unwrap();
+
+        // ========== Adding an index
+        let documents = [
+            json!({ "id": 1, "race": "golden retriever" }),
+            json!({ "id": 2, "race": "bernese mountain" }),
+            json!({ "id": 3, "race": "great pyrenees" }),
+        ];
+        let settings = json!({ "the empty setting": [], "the null setting": null, "the string setting": "hello" });
+        let mut index = dump.create_index("doggos").unwrap();
+        for document in &documents {
+            index.push_document(document).unwrap();
+        }
+        index.settings(&settings).unwrap();
+
+        // ========== pushing the task queue
+        let tasks = [
+            (0, json!({ "is this a good task": "yes" }), None),
+            (
+                1,
+                json!({ "is this a good boi": "absolutely" }),
+                Some(br#"{ "id": 4, "race": "leonberg" }"#),
+            ),
+            (
+                3,
+                json!({ "and finally": "one last task with a missing id in the middle" }),
+                None,
+            ),
+        ];
+
+        // ========== pushing the task queue
+        let mut task_queue = dump.create_tasks_queue().unwrap();
+        for (task_id, task, update_file) in &tasks {
+            task_queue
+                .push_task(*task_id, task, update_file.map(|c| c.as_slice()))
+                .unwrap();
+        }
+
+        // ========== pushing the api keys
+        let api_keys = [
+            json!({ "one api key": 1, "for": "golden retriever" }),
+            json!({ "id": 2, "race": "bernese mountain" }),
+            json!({ "id": 3, "race": "great pyrenees" }),
+        ];
+        let mut keys = dump.create_keys().unwrap();
+        for key in &api_keys {
+            keys.push_key(key).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        // create the dump
+        let mut file = tempfile::tempfile().unwrap();
+        dump.persist_to(&mut file).unwrap();
+
+        // ============ testing we write everything in the correct place.
+        file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+        let dump = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+
+        let gz = GzDecoder::new(&mut file);
+        let mut tar = tar::Archive::new(gz);
+        tar.unpack(dump.path()).unwrap();
+
+        let dump_path = dump.path();
+
+        // ==== checking global file hierarchy (we want to be sure there isn't too many files or too few)
+        insta::assert_display_snapshot!(create_directory_hierarchy(dump_path), @r###"
+        ├---- keys.jsonl
+        ├---- tasks/
+            ├---- update_files/
+                ├---- 1
+            ├---- queue.jsonl
+        ├---- doggos/
+            ├---- settings.json
+            ├---- documents.jsonl
+        ├---- metadata.json
+        ├---- instance-uid
+        "###);
+
+        // ==== checking the top level infos
+
+        let metadata = fs::read_to_string(dump_path.join("metadata.json")).unwrap();
+        let metadata: Metadata = serde_json::from_str(&metadata).unwrap();
+        insta::assert_json_snapshot!(metadata, { ".dumpDate" => "[date]" }, @r###"
+        {
+          "dumpVersion": "V6",
+          "dbVersion": "0.29.0",
+          "dumpDate": "[date]"
+        }
+        "###);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            instance_uid.to_string(),
+            fs::read_to_string(dump_path.join("instance-uid")).unwrap()
+        );
+
+        // ==== checking the index
+
+        let docs = fs::read_to_string(dump_path.join("indexes/doggos/documents.jsonl")).unwrap();
+        for (document, expected) in docs.lines().zip(documents) {
+            assert_eq!(document, serde_json::to_string(&expected).unwrap());
+        }
+        let test_settings =
+            fs::read_to_string(dump_path.join("indexes/doggos/settings.json")).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(test_settings, serde_json::to_string(&settings).unwrap());
+
+        // ==== checking the task queue
+        let tasks_queue = fs::read_to_string(dump_path.join("tasks/queue.jsonl")).unwrap();
+        for (task, expected) in tasks_queue.lines().zip(tasks) {
+            assert_eq!(task, serde_json::to_string(&expected.1).unwrap());
+            if let Some(expected_update) = expected.2 {
+                let update = fs::read_to_string(
+                    dump_path.join(format!("tasks/update_files/{}", expected.1)),
+                )
+                .unwrap();
+                assert_eq!(update, serde_json::to_string(expected_update).unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+
+        // ==== checking the keys
+
+        let keys = fs::read_to_string(dump_path.join("keys.jsonl")).unwrap();
+        for (key, expected) in keys.lines().zip(api_keys) {
+            assert_eq!(key, serde_json::to_string(&expected).unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}