diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9b9b6ce..c6e865d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ version = "0.2.169"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5aba8db14291edd000dfcc4d620c7ebfb122c613afb886ca8803fa4e128a20a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "memchr"
+version = "2.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mg"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -215,6 +221,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "flate2",
  "hex",
+ "nom",
  "sha1",
  "thiserror",
 ]
@@ -228,6 +235,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "8.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df9761775871bdef83bee530e60050f7e54b1105350d6884eb0fb4f46c2f9405"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.20.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d77c58d..dd98aa0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ anyhow = "1.0.95"
 clap = { version = "4.5.27", features = ["derive", "string"] }
 flate2 = "1.0.35"
 hex = "0.4.3"
+nom = "8.0.0"
 sha1 = "0.10.6"
 thiserror = "2.0.11"
diff --git a/src/index.rs b/src/index.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a28a4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use nom::{
+    bytes::complete::take,
+    number::complete::{be_u16, be_u32},
+    IResult, Parser,
+};
+
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Error, Result};
+
+use crate::repository::Repository;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+struct IndexHeader {
+    signature: [u8; 4], // "DIRC"
+    version: u32,       // 2, 3, or 4
+    entries_count: u32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+struct IndexEntry {
+    ctime_s: u32,
+    ctime_n: u32,
+    mtime_s: u32,
+    mtime_n: u32,
+    dev: u32,
+    ino: u32,
+    mode: u32,
+    uid: u32,
+    gid: u32,
+    size: u32,
+    sha1: [u8; 20],
+    flags: u16,
+    file_path: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+struct Index {
+    header: IndexHeader,
+    entries: Vec<IndexEntry>,
+}
+
+fn parse_index(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], Index> {
+    let (mut input, header) = parse_header(input)?;
+
+    let mut entries = Vec::with_capacity(header.entries_count as usize);
+
+    for _ in 0..header.entries_count {
+        let (remaining, entry) = parse_entry(input)?;
+        entries.push(entry);
+        input = remaining;
+    }
+
+    Ok((input, Index { header, entries }))
+}
+
+fn parse_header(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], IndexHeader> {
+    let (input, (signature, version, entries_count)) =
+        (take(4usize), be_u32, be_u32).parse(input)?;
+
+    let mut sig = [0u8; 4];
+    sig.copy_from_slice(signature);
+
+    Ok((
+        input,
+        IndexHeader {
+            signature: sig,
+            version,
+            entries_count,
+        },
+    ))
+}
+
+fn parse_entry(input: &[u8]) -> IResult<&[u8], IndexEntry> {
+    let start_input_len = input.len();
+    let (
+        input,
+        (ctime_s, ctime_n, mtime_s, mtime_n, dev, ino, mode, uid, gid, size, sha1_bytes, flags),
+    ) = (
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        be_u32,
+        take(20usize),
+        be_u16,
+    )
+        .parse(input)?;
+    let current_input_len = input.len();
+
+    let path_len = flags & 0xFFF;
+    let (input, path_bytes) = take(path_len as usize)(input)?;
+    let file_path = String::from_utf8_lossy(path_bytes).into_owned();
+
+    //  between 1 and 8 NUL bytes to pad the entry.
+    let padding_len = 8 - ((start_input_len - current_input_len) + path_len as usize) % 8;
+    let (input, _) = take(padding_len)(input)?;
+
+    let mut sha1 = [0u8; 20];
+    sha1.copy_from_slice(sha1_bytes);
+
+    Ok((
+        input,
+        IndexEntry {
+            ctime_s,
+            ctime_n,
+            mtime_s,
+            mtime_n,
+            dev,
+            ino,
+            mode,
+            uid,
+            gid,
+            size,
+            sha1,
+            flags,
+            file_path,
+        },
+    ))
+}
+
+impl Index {
+    pub fn read_from_file(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let content = std::fs::read(path)?;
+        let (_remaining, index) =
+            parse_index(&content).map_err(|e| anyhow!("Failed to parse index: {}", e))?;
+        Ok(index)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Repository {
+    pub fn read_index(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        let index_path = self.path.join(".git").join("index");
+        let index = Index::read_from_file(&index_path)?;
+
+        for entry in index.entries {
+            println!("{} {}", hex::encode(entry.sha1), entry.file_path);
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 65b20b4..c0ac80b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use clap::Subcommand;
 
 mod commit;
 mod error;
+mod index;
 mod kind;
 mod log;
 mod object;
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ enum Command {
     },
     /// Show the commit log
     Log,
+    /// List the index entries
+    LsIndex,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
@@ -99,6 +102,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             Ok(_) => (),
             Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to show log: {}", e),
         },
+        Command::LsIndex => match repo.read_index() {
+            Ok(_) => (),
+            Err(e) => eprintln!("Failed to list index: {}", e),
+        },
     }
 
     Ok(())