diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/Cargo.toml b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "soroban-rpc"
+description = "Soroban RPC client for rust"
+homepage = "https://github.com/stellar/soroban-tools"
+repository = "https://github.com/stellar/soroban-tools"
+authors = ["Stellar Development Foundation <info@stellar.org>"]
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+readme = "README.md"
+version.workspace = true
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.70"
+autobins = false
+
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["rlib"]
+
+
+[dependencies]
+soroban-sdk = { workspace = true }
+soroban-spec-tools = { workspace = true }
+
+soroban-env-host = { workspace = true }
+stellar-strkey = { workspace = true }
+stellar-xdr = { workspace = true, features = ["curr", "std", "serde"] }
+soroban-spec = { workspace = true }
+
+
+termcolor = { workspace = true }
+termcolor_output = { workspace = true }
+clap = { workspace = true }
+
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
+serde-aux = { workspace = true }
+itertools = { workspace = true }
+ethnum = { workspace = true }
+hex = { workspace = true }
+wasmparser = { workspace = true }
+base64 = { workspace = true }
+thiserror = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true }
+tokio = { workspace = true }
+sha2 = { workspace = true }
+ed25519-dalek = { workspace = true }
+tracing = { workspace = true }
+
+
+# networking
+jsonrpsee-http-client = { workspace = true }
+jsonrpsee-core = { workspace = true }
+http = { workspace = true }
+
+# soroban-ledger-snapshot = { workspace = true }
+# soroban-sdk = { workspace = true }
+# sep5 = { workspace = true }
+
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+which = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/README.md b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/README.md
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+# soroban-rpc
+
+Tools and utilities for soroban rpc.
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/fixtures/event_response.json b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/fixtures/event_response.json
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rename from cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/fixtures/event_response.json
rename to cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/fixtures/event_response.json
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/log.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/log.rs
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rename from cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/log.rs
rename to cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/log.rs
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/log/diagnostic_events.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/log/diagnostic_events.rs
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rename from cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/log/diagnostic_events.rs
rename to cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/log/diagnostic_events.rs
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/mod.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/mod.rs
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rename from cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/mod.rs
rename to cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/mod.rs
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/txn.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/txn.rs
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rename from cmd/soroban-cli/src/rpc/txn.rs
rename to cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/txn.rs