diff --git a/pkg/commit/commit.go b/pkg/commit/commit.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03568d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commit/commit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Package commit allows parsing commit messages that follow the conventional
+// commits format.
+package commit
+
+type Commit struct {
+	Type        string
+	Scope       string
+	Description string
+	Body        string
+	Footers     []Footer
+}
+
+type Footer struct {
+	Name string
+	Body string
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commit/parser.go b/pkg/commit/parser.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..551d764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commit/parser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package commit
+
+import "bytes"
+
+const (
+	cr = 13
+	lf = 10
+)
+
+func paragraphs(input []byte) [][]byte {
+	cln := bytes.ReplaceAll(input, []byte{cr, lf}, []byte{lf})
+	cln = bytes.ReplaceAll(cln, []byte{cr}, []byte{lf})
+
+	ps := bytes.Split(cln, []byte{lf, lf})
+
+	for i, p := range ps {
+		ps[i] = bytes.Trim(p, "\r\n")
+	}
+
+	return ps
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commit/parser_test.go b/pkg/commit/parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a35feb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commit/parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+package commit
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func Test_paragraph(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		input []byte
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		args args
+		want [][]byte
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "single line string",
+			args: args{input: []byte("hello world\n")},
+			want: [][]byte{[]byte("hello world")},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multi-line line string",
+			args: args{input: []byte("hello world\nthe brown fox\n")},
+			want: [][]byte{[]byte("hello world\nthe brown fox")},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple paragraphs",
+			args: args{input: []byte(
+				"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\n" +
+					"Praesent eleifend lorem non purus finibus, interdum\n" +
+					"hendrerit sem bibendum.\n" +
+					"\n" +
+					"Etiam porttitor mollis nulla, egestas facilisis nisi\n" +
+					"molestie ut. Quisque mi mi, commodo ut mattis a,\n" +
+					"scelerisque eu elit.\n" +
+					"\n" +
+					"Duis id nulla eget velit maximus varius et egestas\n" +
+					"sem. Ut mi risus, pretium quis cursus quis,\n" +
+					"porttitor in ipsum.\n",
+			)},
+			want: [][]byte{
+				[]byte(
+					"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\n" +
+						"Praesent eleifend lorem non purus finibus, interdum\n" +
+						"hendrerit sem bibendum.",
+				),
+				[]byte(
+					"Etiam porttitor mollis nulla, egestas facilisis nisi\n" +
+						"molestie ut. Quisque mi mi, commodo ut mattis a,\n" +
+						"scelerisque eu elit.",
+				),
+				[]byte(
+					"Duis id nulla eget velit maximus varius et egestas\n" +
+						"sem. Ut mi risus, pretium quis cursus quis,\n" +
+						"porttitor in ipsum.",
+				),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "CRLF line separator",
+			args: args{input: []byte(
+				"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\r\n" +
+					"Praesent eleifend lorem non purus finibus, interdum\r\n" +
+					"hendrerit sem bibendum.\r\n" +
+					"\r\n" +
+					"Etiam porttitor mollis nulla, egestas facilisis nisi\r\n" +
+					"molestie ut. Quisque mi mi, commodo ut mattis a,\r\n" +
+					"scelerisque eu elit.\r\n",
+			)},
+			want: [][]byte{
+				[]byte(
+					"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\n" +
+						"Praesent eleifend lorem non purus finibus, interdum\n" +
+						"hendrerit sem bibendum.",
+				),
+				[]byte(
+					"Etiam porttitor mollis nulla, egestas facilisis nisi\n" +
+						"molestie ut. Quisque mi mi, commodo ut mattis a,\n" +
+						"scelerisque eu elit.",
+				),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "CR line separator",
+			args: args{input: []byte(
+				"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\r" +
+					"Praesent eleifend lorem non purus finibus, interdum\r" +
+					"hendrerit sem bibendum.\r" +
+					"\r" +
+					"Etiam porttitor mollis nulla, egestas facilisis nisi\r" +
+					"molestie ut. Quisque mi mi, commodo ut mattis a,\r" +
+					"scelerisque eu elit.\r",
+			)},
+			want: [][]byte{
+				[]byte(
+					"Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.\n" +
+						"Praesent eleifend lorem non purus finibus, interdum\n" +
+						"hendrerit sem bibendum.",
+				),
+				[]byte(
+					"Etiam porttitor mollis nulla, egestas facilisis nisi\n" +
+						"molestie ut. Quisque mi mi, commodo ut mattis a,\n" +
+						"scelerisque eu elit.",
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := paragraphs(tt.args.input)
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}