diff --git a/sliding_window_counter.go b/sliding_window_counter.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d623c87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sliding_window_counter.go
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+package ratelimiter
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type SlidingWindowCounter struct {
+	windowSize    time.Duration
+	maxRequests   int
+	currentWindow int64
+	requestCount  int
+	previousCount int
+	mu            sync.Mutex
+}
+
+func NewSlidingWindowCounter(windowSize time.Duration, maxRequests int) *SlidingWindowCounter {
+	return &SlidingWindowCounter{
+		windowSize:    windowSize,
+		maxRequests:   maxRequests,
+		currentWindow: time.Now().Unix() / int64(windowSize.Seconds()),
+		requestCount:  0,
+		previousCount: 0,
+	}
+}
+
+func (swc *SlidingWindowCounter) AllowRequest() bool {
+	swc.mu.Lock()
+	defer swc.mu.Unlock()
+
+	now := time.Now().Unix()
+	window := now / int64(swc.windowSize.Seconds())
+
+	// If we've moved to a new window, update the counts
+	if window != swc.currentWindow {
+		swc.previousCount = swc.requestCount
+		swc.requestCount = 0
+		swc.currentWindow = window
+	}
+
+	// Calculate the weighted request count
+	windowElapsed := float64(now%int64(swc.windowSize.Seconds())) / float64(swc.windowSize.Seconds())
+	threshold := float64(swc.previousCount)*(1-windowElapsed) + float64(swc.requestCount)
+
+	// Check if we're within the limit
+	if threshold < float64(swc.maxRequests) {
+		swc.requestCount++
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/sliding_window_counter_test.go b/sliding_window_counter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f69f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sliding_window_counter_test.go
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+package ratelimiter
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func newSlidingWindowCounter(windowSize time.Duration, maxRequests int) *SlidingWindowCounter {
+	return NewSlidingWindowCounter(windowSize, maxRequests)
+}
+
+func TestSlidingWindowCounter_AllowRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		windowSize    time.Duration
+		maxRequests   int
+		requests      int
+		expectAllowed bool
+	}{
+		{time.Second * 10, 5, 5, true},   // within limit
+		{time.Second * 10, 5, 6, false},  // exceeding limit
+		{time.Second * 10, 5, 10, false}, // far exceeding limit
+		{time.Second * 5, 2, 2, true},    // within smaller window
+		{time.Second * 5, 2, 3, false},   // exceeding limit in smaller window
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			swc := newSlidingWindowCounter(tt.windowSize, tt.maxRequests)
+
+			for i := 0; i < tt.requests; i++ {
+				allowed := swc.AllowRequest()
+				if i < tt.maxRequests && !allowed {
+					t.Errorf("Request %d was not allowed, but it should be", i)
+				}
+				if i >= tt.maxRequests && allowed {
+					t.Errorf("Request %d was allowed, but it should not be", i)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSlidingWindowCounter_WindowExpiration(t *testing.T) {
+	windowSize := time.Second * 2
+	maxRequests := 2
+
+	swc := newSlidingWindowCounter(windowSize, maxRequests)
+
+	if !swc.AllowRequest() {
+		t.Errorf("First request should be allowed")
+	}
+
+	if !swc.AllowRequest() {
+		t.Errorf("Second request should be allowed")
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(windowSize + time.Second)
+
+	if swc.AllowRequest() {
+		t.Errorf("Request after window expiration should not be allowed")
+	}
+}