diff --git a/src/dotnet-archive/Program.cs b/src/dotnet-archive/Program.cs
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+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.CommandLine;
+//using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Archive;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Archive
+{
+
+    public partial class ArchiveCommand
+    {
+        public static int Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            //DebugHelper.HandleDebugSwitch(ref args);
+
+            var app = new CommandLineApplication();
+            app.Name = "archive";
+            app.FullName = ".NET archiver";
+            app.Description = "Archives and expands sets of files";
+            app.HelpOption("-h|--help");
+
+            var extract = app.Option("-x|--extract <outputDirectory>", "Directory to extract to", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var archiveFile = app.Option("-a|--archive <file>", "Archive to operate on", CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var externals = app.Option("--external <external>...", "External files and directories to consider for extraction", CommandOptionType.MultipleValue);
+            var sources = app.Argument("<sources>...", "Files & directory to include in the archive", multipleValues:true);
+
+            var dotnetNew = new ArchiveCommand();
+            app.OnExecute(() => {
+
+                if (extract.HasValue() && sources.Values.Any())
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine("Extract '-x' can only be specified when no '<sources>' are specified to add to the archive.");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                else if (!extract.HasValue() && !sources.Values.Any())
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine("Either extract '-x' or '<sources>' must be specified.");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+
+                if (!archiveFile.HasValue())
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine("Archive '-a' must be specified.");
+                    return 1;
+                }
+
+                var progress = new ConsoleProgressReport();
+
+                var archive = new IndexedArchive();
+                foreach (var external in externals.Values)
+                {
+                    if (Directory.Exists(external))
+                    {
+                        archive.AddExternalDirectory(external);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        archive.AddExternalFile(external);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (sources.Values.Any())
+                {
+                    foreach(var source in sources.Values)
+                    {
+                        if (Directory.Exists(source))
+                        {
+                            archive.AddDirectory(source, progress);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            archive.AddFile(source, Path.GetFileName(source));
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    archive.Save(archiveFile.Value(), progress);
+                }
+                else  // extract.HasValue()
+                {
+                    archive.Extract(archiveFile.Value(), extract.Value(), progress);
+
+                }
+
+                return 0;
+            });
+
+            try
+            {
+                return app.Execute(args);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+#if DEBUG
+                //Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
+                Console.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
+#else
+                // Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+#endif
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public class ConsoleProgressReport : IProgress<ProgressReport>
+        {
+            string currentPhase;
+            int lastLineLength = 0;
+            double lastProgress = -1;
+            Stopwatch stopwatch;
+
+            public void Report(ProgressReport value)
+            {
+                long progress = (long)(100 * ((double)value.Ticks / value.Total));
+
+                if (progress == lastProgress && value.Phase == currentPhase)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
+                lastProgress = progress;
+
+                lock (this)
+                {
+                    string line = $"{value.Phase} {progress}%";
+                    if (value.Phase == currentPhase)
+                    {
+                        Console.Write(new string('\b', lastLineLength));
+
+                        Console.Write(line);
+                        lastLineLength = line.Length;
+
+                        if (progress == 100)
+                        {
+                            Console.WriteLine($" {stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds} ms");
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Console.Write(line);
+                        currentPhase = value.Phase;
+                        lastLineLength = line.Length;
+                        stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/dotnet-archive/project.json b/src/dotnet-archive/project.json
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+{
+  "buildOptions": {
+    "emitEntryPoint": true,
+    "compile": {
+      "include": [
+        "**/*.cs",
+        "../dotnet/CommandLine/*.cs"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "Microsoft.DotNet.Archive": {
+      "target": "project"
+    },
+    "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
+      "type": "platform",
+      "version": "1.0.0-rc3-004391"
+    }
+  },
+  "frameworks": {
+    "netcoreapp1.0": {}
+  }
+}