diff --git a/apps/src/init.c b/apps/src/init.c
index 0f6ea89f..8f23a859 100644
--- a/apps/src/init.c
+++ b/apps/src/init.c
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 #include <luna.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-static void print(const char* message)
-{
-    syscall(SYS_write, message, strlen(message));
-}
-
-#define println(message) print(message "\n")
-
 int main()
 {
     if (gettid() == 0) // why are we the idle task?
@@ -18,29 +12,27 @@ int main()
         __luna_abort("SHENANIGANS! init is tid 0 (which is reserved for the idle task)\n");
     }
 
-    println("Welcome to Luna from a C init!");
-    println("");
+    printf("Welcome to Luna!\n");
+
+    printf("Running as tid %ld\n\n", gettid());
 
     sleep(1);
 
-    print("Your kernel version is ");
-
     char version[40];
     syscall(SYS_getversion, version, sizeof(version));
 
-    print(version);
-    println("\n");
+    printf("Your kernel version is %s\n\n", version);
 
     sleep(2);
 
     {
-        [[maybe_unused]] volatile int i;
         char* variable = malloc(200);
         *variable = 3;
+        printf("Allocated variable at address %lx\n", (unsigned long int)variable);
         free(variable);
     }
 
-    println("Press any key to restart.");
+    printf("Press any key to restart.\n");
 
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/libs/libc/include/stdio.h b/libs/libc/include/stdio.h
index 6baf5713..2197ae13 100644
--- a/libs/libc/include/stdio.h
+++ b/libs/libc/include/stdio.h
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ extern "C"
     size_t fwrite(const void*, size_t, size_t, FILE*);
     void setbuf(FILE*, char*);
     int vfprintf(FILE*, const char*, va_list);
+    int printf(const char*, ...);
+    int puts(const char*);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/libs/libc/src/printf.cpp b/libs/libc/src/printf.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e65f3ac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libc/src/printf.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,259 @@
+#include <luna.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+typedef long int ssize_t;
+
+static void __strrev(char* arr, int size)
+{
+    int left = 0;
+    int right = size - 1;
+    for (int i = left; i < right; i++)
+    {
+        char temp = arr[i];
+        arr[i] = arr[right];
+        arr[right] = temp;
+        right--;
+    }
+}
+
+template <typename IntegerType> static char* __unsignedtoa(IntegerType number, char* arr, int base)
+{
+    int i = 0;
+    IntegerType r = 0;
+
+    if (number == 0)
+    {
+        arr[i] = '0';
+        arr[i + 1] = '\0';
+        return arr;
+    }
+
+    while (number != 0)
+    {
+        r = number % base;
+        arr[i] = (r > 9) ? (r - 10) + 'a' : r + '0';
+        i++;
+        number /= base;
+    }
+
+    __strrev(arr, i - 1);
+
+    arr[i] = '\0';
+
+    return arr;
+}
+
+template <typename IntegerType, typename UnsignedIntegerType>
+static char* __signedtoa(IntegerType number, char* arr, int base)
+{
+    if (number < 0 && base == 10)
+    {
+        return __unsignedtoa<UnsignedIntegerType>((UnsignedIntegerType)(-number), arr, base);
+    }
+    return __unsignedtoa<UnsignedIntegerType>((UnsignedIntegerType)number, arr, base);
+}
+
+template <typename PutString>
+static int internal_printf(const char* format, PutString put_string_callback, ssize_t max, va_list ap)
+{
+    char buffer[1025]; // 1024 with null terminator
+    size_t format_size = strlen(format);
+    size_t format_index = 0;
+    size_t buffer_insert_index = 0;
+    ssize_t max_remaining = max;
+    size_t written = 0;
+
+    auto flush_buffer = [&]() {
+        size_t buffer_length = buffer_insert_index;
+        written += buffer_length;
+        buffer_insert_index = 0;
+        if (max_remaining < 0)
+        {
+            buffer[buffer_length] = 0;
+            put_string_callback(buffer);
+            return;
+        }
+        if (max_remaining == 0) { return; }
+        if (buffer_length <= (size_t)max_remaining)
+        {
+            max_remaining -= buffer_length;
+            buffer[buffer_length] = 0;
+            put_string_callback(buffer);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            buffer[max_remaining] = 0;
+            max_remaining = 0;
+            put_string_callback(buffer);
+        }
+    };
+
+    bool is_long = false;
+    bool is_unsigned_long = false;
+
+    bool preserve_format = false;
+
+    while (format_index < format_size)
+    {
+        char current_char = format[format_index];
+        if (current_char == '%' || preserve_format)
+        {
+            if (!preserve_format && format_index + 1 == format_size) // end of format string
+            {
+                format_index++;
+                continue;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (!preserve_format) format_index++;
+                preserve_format = false;
+                current_char = format[format_index];
+                switch (current_char)
+                {
+                case 'c': {
+                    buffer[buffer_insert_index++] = va_arg(ap, int);
+                    if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    break;
+                }
+                case '%': {
+                    buffer[buffer_insert_index++] = '%';
+                    if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'z': {
+                    is_unsigned_long = true;
+                    preserve_format = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'l': {
+                    is_long = true;
+                    preserve_format = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'd': {
+                    if (is_unsigned_long)
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __unsignedtoa<unsigned long>(va_arg(ap, uint64_t), result, 10);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        is_unsigned_long = is_long = false;
+                    }
+                    else if (is_long)
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __signedtoa<long, unsigned long>(va_arg(ap, int64_t), result, 10);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        is_unsigned_long = is_long = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __signedtoa<int, unsigned int>(va_arg(ap, int32_t), result, 10);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'u': {
+                    if (is_unsigned_long || is_long)
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __unsignedtoa<unsigned long>(va_arg(ap, uint64_t), result, 10);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        is_unsigned_long = is_long = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __unsignedtoa<unsigned int>(va_arg(ap, uint32_t), result, 10);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 'x': {
+                    if (is_unsigned_long || is_long)
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __unsignedtoa<unsigned long>(va_arg(ap, uint64_t), result, 16);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        is_unsigned_long = is_long = false;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        char result[25];
+                        __unsignedtoa<unsigned int>(va_arg(ap, uint32_t), result, 16);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(result) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, result, strlen(result));
+                        buffer_insert_index += strlen(result);
+                        if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    }
+                    break;
+                }
+                case 's': {
+                    const char* str = va_arg(ap, const char*);
+                    while (strlen(str) > 1024)
+                    {
+                        flush_buffer();
+                        memcpy(buffer, str, 1024);
+                        str += 1024;
+                        buffer_insert_index = 1024;
+                    }
+                    if (buffer_insert_index + strlen(str) > 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    memcpy(buffer + buffer_insert_index, str, strlen(str));
+                    buffer_insert_index += strlen(str);
+                    if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+                    break;
+                }
+                default: {
+                    NOT_IMPLEMENTED("internal_printf: unknown format specifier");
+                }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            buffer[buffer_insert_index++] = current_char;
+            if (buffer_insert_index == 1024) flush_buffer();
+        }
+        format_index++;
+    }
+
+    if (buffer_insert_index > 0) flush_buffer();
+    return written;
+}
+
+extern "C"
+{
+    int printf(const char* format, ...)
+    {
+        va_list ap;
+        va_start(ap, format);
+        int written = internal_printf(
+            format, [](const char* s) { syscall(SYS_write, s, strlen(s)); }, -1, ap);
+        va_end(ap);
+        return written;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/libs/libc/src/stdio.cpp b/libs/libc/src/stdio.cpp
index ca3b4d71..d7817778 100644
--- a/libs/libc/src/stdio.cpp
+++ b/libs/libc/src/stdio.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include <luna.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 extern "C"
 {
@@ -43,4 +47,12 @@ extern "C"
     {
         NOT_IMPLEMENTED("vfprintf");
     }
+    int puts(const char* s)
+    {
+        size_t len = strlen(s);
+        char* output = (char*)__builtin_alloca(len + 1);
+        memcpy(output, s, len);
+        output[len] = '\n';
+        return syscall(SYS_write, output, len + 1);
+    }
 }
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