diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b38026655d..4f8e0b727f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2227,6 +2227,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "arbitrary",
+ "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.21.4",
  "bincode",
@@ -2241,7 +2242,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper-rustls 0.24.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libsql-replication",
  "libsql-sys",
- "memmap",
  "once_cell",
  "parking_lot",
  "pprof",
@@ -2285,6 +2285,7 @@ name = "libsql-replication"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "arbitrary",
+ "async-stream",
  "async-trait",
  "bincode",
  "bytemuck",
diff --git a/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml b/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml
index 5c1467834b..e348f9c0ef 100644
--- a/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libsql-replication/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ tokio-stream = "0.1.14"
 async-trait = "0.1.74"
 uuid = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["v4"] }
 tokio-util = "0.7.9"
+async-stream = "0.3.5"
  
 [dev-dependencies]
 arbitrary = { version = "1.3.0", features = ["derive_arbitrary"] }
diff --git a/libsql-replication/src/lib.rs b/libsql-replication/src/lib.rs
index 45883b0eee..9ed97713f6 100644
--- a/libsql-replication/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libsql-replication/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pub mod injector;
 pub mod meta;
 pub mod replicator;
 pub mod rpc;
+pub mod snapshot;
 
 mod error;
 
diff --git a/libsql-replication/src/snapshot.rs b/libsql-replication/src/snapshot.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da54cf5a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsql-replication/src/snapshot.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+use std::io::SeekFrom;
+use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
+use std::mem::size_of;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use tokio::fs::File;
+use bytemuck::{pod_read_unaligned, Pod, Zeroable};
+use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
+use tokio::io::AsyncSeekExt;
+use tokio_stream::Stream;
+use tokio_stream::StreamExt;
+
+use crate::frame::Frame;
+use crate::frame::FrameBorrowed;
+use crate::frame::FrameNo;
+
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
+    Io(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("Invalid snapshot file")]
+    InvalidSnapshot,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, Zeroable, Pod, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct SnapshotFileHeader {
+    /// id of the database
+    pub log_id: u128,
+    /// first frame in the snapshot
+    pub start_frame_no: u64,
+    /// end frame in the snapshot
+    pub end_frame_no: u64,
+    /// number of frames in the snapshot
+    pub frame_count: u64,
+    /// safe of the database after applying the snapshot
+    pub size_after: u32,
+    pub _pad: u32,
+}
+
+pub struct SnapshotFile {
+    file: File,
+    header: SnapshotFileHeader,
+}
+
+impl SnapshotFile {
+    pub async fn open(path: &Path) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut file = File::open(path).await?;
+        let mut header_buf = [0; size_of::<SnapshotFileHeader>()];
+        file.read_exact(&mut header_buf).await?;
+        let header: SnapshotFileHeader = pod_read_unaligned(&header_buf);
+
+        Ok(Self { file, header })
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_stream(mut self) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<Frame, Error>> {
+        async_stream::try_stream! {
+            let mut previous_frame_no = None;
+            self.file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(size_of::<FrameBorrowed>() as _)).await?;
+            for _ in 0..self.header.frame_count {
+                let mut frame: MaybeUninit<FrameBorrowed> = MaybeUninit::uninit();
+                let buf = unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(frame.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8, size_of::<FrameBorrowed>()) };
+                self.file.read_exact(buf).await?;
+                let frame = unsafe { frame.assume_init() };
+
+                if previous_frame_no.is_none() {
+                    previous_frame_no = Some(frame.header().frame_no);
+                } else if previous_frame_no.unwrap() <= frame.header().frame_no {
+                    // frames in snapshot must be in reverse ordering
+                    Err(Error::InvalidSnapshot)?;
+                } else {
+                    previous_frame_no = Some(frame.header().frame_no);
+                }
+
+                yield Frame::from(frame)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_stream_from(self, from: FrameNo) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<Frame, Error>> {
+        self.into_stream().take_while(move |f| match f {
+            Ok(f) => f.header().frame_no >= from,
+            Err(_) => true,
+        })
+    }
+}