diff --git a/progress/readcloser.go b/progress/readcloser.go
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+++ b/progress/readcloser.go
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+package progress
+
+import "io"
+
+// ReadCloser is an [io.ReadCloser] that reports the number of bytes read from
+// it via a callback. The callback is called at most every "updateInterval"
+// bytes. The updateInterval can be set using the
+// [ReadCloser.WithUpdateInterval] method.
+//
+// The following is an example of how to use [ReadCloser] to report the progress of
+// reading from a file:
+//
+//	file, _ := os.Open("file.txt")
+//	progressReader := NewReadCloser(f, func(readBytes int) {
+//		fmt.Printf("Read %d bytes\n", readBytes)
+//	})
+//	io.ReadAll(progressReader)
+type ReadCloser struct {
+	inner          io.ReadCloser
+	readBytes      int
+	progressFn     func(readBytes int)
+	lastUpdate     int
+	updateInterval int
+}
+
+func NewReadCloser(r io.ReadCloser, progressFn func(readBytes int)) *ReadCloser {
+	return &ReadCloser{inner: r, progressFn: progressFn, updateInterval: defaultUpdateInterval}
+}
+
+func (r *ReadCloser) WithUpdateInterval(bytes int) *ReadCloser {
+	r.updateInterval = bytes
+	return r
+}
+
+func (r *ReadCloser) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	n, err = r.inner.Read(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return n, err
+	}
+	r.readBytes += n
+	if r.lastUpdate == 0 || r.readBytes-r.lastUpdate > r.updateInterval {
+		r.progressFn(r.readBytes)
+		r.lastUpdate = r.readBytes
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+func (r *ReadCloser) Close() error {
+	return r.inner.Close()
+}
+
+var _ io.ReadCloser = (*ReadCloser)(nil)
diff --git a/progress/readcloser_test.go b/progress/readcloser_test.go
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+++ b/progress/readcloser_test.go
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+package progress_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"go.mau.fi/util/progress"
+)
+
+func TestReadCloser(t *testing.T) {
+	readCloser := io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bytes.Repeat([]byte{42}, 1024*1024)))
+
+	var progressUpdates []int
+	progressReader := progress.NewReadCloser(readCloser, func(readBytes int) {
+		progressUpdates = append(progressUpdates, readBytes)
+	})
+
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(progressReader)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, data, bytes.Repeat([]byte{42}, 1024*1024))
+
+	assert.Greater(t, len(progressUpdates), 1)
+	assert.IsIncreasing(t, progressUpdates)
+}