diff --git a/dagger/repo.nim b/dagger/repo.nim
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/dagger/repo.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import std/tables
+import std/hashes
+import ./merkledag
+
+export merkledag
+
+type
+  Repo* = ref object
+    storage: Table[MultiHash, MerkleDag]
+
+proc hash(multihash: MultiHash): Hash =
+  hash($multihash)
+
+proc store*(repo: Repo, dag: MerkleDag) =
+  repo.storage[dag.rootHash] = dag
+
+proc contains*(repo: Repo, hash: MultiHash): bool =
+  repo.storage.hasKey(hash)
+
+proc retrieve*(repo: Repo, hash: MultiHash): MerkleDag =
+  repo.storage[hash]
diff --git a/tests/dagger/testRepo.nim b/tests/dagger/testRepo.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1131847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dagger/testRepo.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import std/unittest
+import pkg/dagger/repo
+
+suite "repo":
+
+  let dag = MerkleDag(data: @[1'u8, 2'u8, 3'u8])
+  var repo: Repo
+
+  setup:
+    repo = Repo()
+
+  test "stores Merkle DAGs":
+    repo.store(dag)
+
+  test "retrieves Merkle DAGs by their root hash":
+    repo.store(dag)
+    check repo.retrieve(dag.rootHash) == dag
+
+  test "knows which hashes are stored":
+    check repo.contains(dag.rootHash) == false
+    repo.store(dag)
+    check repo.contains(dag.rootHash) == true
diff --git a/tests/testAll.nim b/tests/testAll.nim
index 50d4f33a..6ef25e2b 100644
--- a/tests/testAll.nim
+++ b/tests/testAll.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import ./dagger/testMerkleDag
 import ./dagger/testChunking
+import ./dagger/testRepo
 import ./dagger/testDagger
 
 {.warning[UnusedImport]: off.}