diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 80e785c50..fb5895439 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
     langchainrb (0.5.5)
+      baran (~> 0.1.6)
       colorize (~> 0.8.1)
       tiktoken_ruby (~> 0.0.5)
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ GEM
     afm (0.2.2)
     ai21 (0.2.0)
     ast (2.4.2)
+    baran (0.1.6)
     builder (3.2.4)
     byebug (11.1.3)
     childprocess (4.1.0)
diff --git a/langchain.gemspec b/langchain.gemspec
index 197cd7d68..b171e0283 100644
--- a/langchain.gemspec
+++ b/langchain.gemspec
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   # dependencies
   # Not sure if we should require this as it only applies to OpenAI usecase.
-  spec.add_dependency "tiktoken_ruby", "~> 0.0.5"
+  spec.add_dependency "baran", "~> 0.1.6"
   spec.add_dependency "colorize", "~> 0.8.1"
+  spec.add_dependency "tiktoken_ruby", "~> 0.0.5"
 
   # development dependencies
   spec.add_development_dependency "dotenv-rails", "~> 2.7.6"
diff --git a/lib/langchain.rb b/lib/langchain.rb
index 65416ea90..29da5920f 100644
--- a/lib/langchain.rb
+++ b/lib/langchain.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ module Agent
     autoload :SQLQueryAgent, "langchain/agent/sql_query_agent/sql_query_agent.rb"
   end
 
+  module Chunker
+    autoload :Base, "langchain/chunker/base"
+    autoload :Text, "langchain/chunker/text"
+  end
+
   module Tool
     autoload :Base, "langchain/tool/base"
     autoload :Calculator, "langchain/tool/calculator"
diff --git a/lib/langchain/chunker/base.rb b/lib/langchain/chunker/base.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a6c56d00c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/langchain/chunker/base.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Langchain
+  module Chunker
+    # = Chunkers
+    # Chunkers are used to split documents into smaller chunks before indexing into vector search databases.
+    # Otherwise large documents, when retrieved and passed to LLMs, may hit the context window limits.
+    #
+    # == Available chunkers
+    #
+    # - {Langchain::Chunker::Text}
+    class Base
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/langchain/chunker/text.rb b/lib/langchain/chunker/text.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3493a25ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/langchain/chunker/text.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "baran"
+
+module Langchain
+  module Chunker
+    #
+    # Simple text chunker
+    #
+    # Usage:
+    #     Langchain::Chunker::Text.new(text).chunks
+    #
+    class Text < Base
+      attr_reader :text, :chunk_size, :chunk_overlap, :separator
+
+      # @param [String] text
+      # @param [Integer] chunk_size
+      # @param [Integer] chunk_overlap
+      # @param [String] separator
+      def initialize(text, chunk_size: 1000, chunk_overlap: 200, separator: "\n\n")
+        @text = text
+        @chunk_size = chunk_size
+        @chunk_overlap = chunk_overlap
+        @separator = separator
+      end
+
+      # @return [Array<String>]
+      def chunks
+        splitter = Baran::CharacterTextSplitter.new(
+          chunk_size: chunk_size,
+          chunk_overlap: chunk_overlap,
+          separator: separator
+        )
+        splitter.chunks(text)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/langchain/data.rb b/lib/langchain/data.rb
index e3b22aa6e..434fad7f0 100644
--- a/lib/langchain/data.rb
+++ b/lib/langchain/data.rb
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ def initialize(data, options = {})
     def value
       @data
     end
+
+    def chunks(opts = {})
+      Langchain::Chunker::Text.new(@data, **opts).chunks
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/langchain/chunker/base_spec.rb b/spec/langchain/chunker/base_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65c4237bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/langchain/chunker/base_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe Langchain::Chunker::Base do
+end
diff --git a/spec/langchain/chunker/text_spec.rb b/spec/langchain/chunker/text_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5874223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/langchain/chunker/text_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe Langchain::Chunker::Text do
+  let(:source) { "spec/fixtures/loaders/example.txt" }
+  let(:text) { File.read(source) }
+
+  subject {
+    described_class.new(text,
+      chunk_size: 1000,
+      chunk_overlap: 200,
+      separator: "\n\n")
+  }
+
+  describe "#chunks" do
+    it "returns an array of chunks" do
+      expect(Baran::CharacterTextSplitter).to receive(:new).with(
+        chunk_size: 1000,
+        chunk_overlap: 200,
+        separator: "\n\n"
+      ).and_call_original
+
+      allow_any_instance_of(Baran::CharacterTextSplitter).to receive(:chunks)
+        .with(text)
+        .and_call_original
+
+      subject.chunks
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/langchain/data_spec.rb b/spec/langchain/data_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cb635f37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/langchain/data_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+RSpec.describe Langchain::Data do
+  let(:source) { "spec/fixtures/loaders/example.txt" }
+  let(:data) { File.read(source) }
+
+  subject { described_class.new(data, source: source) }
+
+  describe "#chunks" do
+    it "returns an array of chunks" do
+      chunks = subject.chunks
+      expect(chunks[0]).to have_key(:text)
+      expect(chunks[1]).to have_key(:text)
+      expect(chunks[2]).to have_key(:text)
+    end
+  end
+end