diff --git a/conda_suggest/__init__.py b/conda_suggest/__init__.py
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diff --git a/conda_suggest/generate.py b/conda_suggest/generate.py
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+"""Generates the cache files (which should not be distributed) and the map files
+(which should).
+"""
+import re
+import json
+import tarfile
+
+import tqdm
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+
+
+SUBDIRS = [
+        "noarch",
+        "linux-64",
+        "osx-64",
+        "osx-arm64",
+        "win-64",
+        "linux-ppc64le",
+        "linux-aarch64",
+]
+EXECUTABLE_RE = re.compile(r"(?:bin|Scripts)/([^/]*)")
+
+
+def _get_repodata_packages(channel, subdir):
+    repodata_json = f"{channel}/{subdir}/repodata.json"
+    print(f"Loading {repodata_json}")
+    with open(repodata_json) as f:
+        repodata = json.load(f)
+    return repodata["packages"]
+
+
+def _save_cache(cache, cachefile):
+    print(f"Saving cache to {cachefile}")
+    with open(cachefile, 'w') as f:
+        json.dump(cache, f, sort_keys=True)
+
+
+def _add_entrypoints(executables, root):
+    build = root.get("build", None)
+    if build is None:
+        return
+    points = build.get("entry_points", ())
+    for point in points:
+        exe, _, _ = exe.partition("=")
+        executables.add(exe.strip())
+
+
+def _add_artifact_to_cache(cache, pkg, channel, subdir, artifact):
+    url = f"{channel}/{subdir}/{artifact}"
+    name = pkg["name"]
+    entry = {
+        "package": name,
+        "executables": [],
+    }
+    if not artifact.endswith(".tar.bz2"):
+        # skip non-bz2 artifacts for now
+        cache[artifact] = entry
+        return
+    executables = set()
+    with tarfile.open(url, mode="r:bz2") as tf:
+        # first read files
+        fb = tf.extractfile("info/files")
+        files = fb.read().splitlines()
+        for f in files:
+            m = EXECUTABLE_RE.match(f)
+            if m is None:
+                continue
+            executables.add(m.group(1))
+        # next add entrypoints
+        fb = tf.extractfile("info/recipe/meta.yaml")
+        yaml = YAML(typ='safe')
+        meta = yaml.load(fb)
+        _add_entrypoints(executables, meta)
+        outputs = meta.get("outputs", ())
+        for output in outputs:
+            if name != output.get("name", ""):
+                # only look up entrypoints for this package
+                continue
+            _add_entrypoints(executables, output)
+    entry["executables"] = sorted(executables)
+    cache[artifact] = entry
+
+
+def _get_channel_name(channel):
+    return channel.rpartition("/")[2]
+
+
+def make_cache(channel, subdir):
+    """Reads and/or generates the cachefile and returns the cache"""
+    # load cache
+    channel_name = _get_channel_name(channel)
+    cachefile = f"{channel_name}.{subdir}.cache.json"
+    if os.path.exists(cachefile):
+        print(f"Loading cache from {cachefile}")
+        with open(cachefile) as f:
+            cache = json.load(f)
+    else:
+        cache = {}
+    # load repodata
+    pkgs = _get_repodata_packages(channel, subdir)
+    # add packages to cache
+    needed = set(pkgs.keys()) - set(cache.keys())
+    for artifact in tqdm.tqdm(needed):
+        try:
+            _add_artifact_to_cache(cache, pkgs[artifact], channel, subdir, artifact)
+        except:
+            # If something fails, we still want to save the current state
+            _save_cache(cache, cachefile)
+            raise
+    _save_cache(cache, cachefile)
+    return cache
+
+
+def generate(channel):
+    """Generates the map files, and the cache files incidentally."""
+    for subdir in SUBDIRS:
+        cache = make_cache(channel, subdir)
+        #generate_map(cache)
diff --git a/conda_suggest/main.py b/conda_suggest/main.py
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+"""Main entry point for conda-suggest."""
+import sys
+import argparse
+
+
+def make_parser():
+    """Makes the argument parser"""
+    p = argparse.ArgumentParser("conda-suggest")
+    subcmd = p.add_subparsers(dest="subcmd", help="subcommand to execute")
+    gen = subcmd.add_parser("generate", help="create map files for a channel")
+    # Generate commands
+    gen.add_argument("channel", help="Name of the channel")
+    return p
+
+
+def main(args=None):
+    """Main entry point function for conda-suggest."""
+    p = make_parser()
+    ns = p.parse_args(args=args)
+    if ns.subcmd == "generate":
+        from . import generate
+
+        generate.generate()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()