diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# top level
+.DS_Store
+.pytest_cache
+.venv
+module.tar.gz
+viam-module-env
+*.AppImage
+
+# src
+src/__pycache__
+
+# unit tests
+tests/__pycache__
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Makefile
+IMAGE_NAME = appimage-builder-viam-python-example
+CONTAINER_NAME = appimage-builder-viam-python-example
+AARCH64_APPIMAGE_NAME = python-appimage-example--aarch64.AppImage
+
+# Developing
+default:
+	@echo No make target specified.
+
+# Packaging
+build: appimage-aarch64
+
+non-appimage: clean  # builds tarball from source that runs using venv
+	tar -czf module.tar.gz run.sh requirements.txt src
+
+appimage-aarch64: clean
+	docker build -f packaging/Dockerfile -t $(IMAGE_NAME) .
+	docker run --name $(CONTAINER_NAME) $(IMAGE_NAME)
+	docker cp $(CONTAINER_NAME):/app/$(AARCH64_APPIMAGE_NAME) ./$(AARCH64_APPIMAGE_NAME)
+	chmod +x ${AARCH64_APPIMAGE_NAME}
+	tar -czf module.tar.gz run.sh $(AARCH64_APPIMAGE_NAME)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(AARCH64_APPIMAGE_NAME)
+	rm -f module.tar.gz
+	docker container stop $(CONTAINER_NAME) || true
+	docker container rm $(CONTAINER_NAME) || true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e10b949..d8e6315 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# python-appimage-module
-Example repo for bundling a Viam module using AppImage and AppImageBuilder
+# python-appimage-example
+Example repo for bundling a Viam module as an AppImage with AppImageBuilder
diff --git a/meta.json b/meta.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta.json
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+{
+  "module_id": "viam:python-appimage-example",
+  "visibility": "public",
+  "url": "https://github.com/viamrobotics/python-appimage-example",
+  "description": "Example of deploying a Python module with AppImageBuilder.",
+  "models": [
+    {
+      "api": "rdk:component:camera",
+      "model": "viam:camera:oak-d"
+    }
+  ],
+  "entrypoint": "run.sh"
+}
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diff --git a/packaging/AppImageBuilder.yml b/packaging/AppImageBuilder.yml
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+++ b/packaging/AppImageBuilder.yml
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+version: 1
+script:
+  - python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt  # install dependency packages as modules in root (modules in this context means Python modules)
+  - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/lib/python3.10 && cp -r /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages AppDir/usr/lib/python3.10  # cp from root into appdir; site-packages contains all our modules including dependencies
+  - cp -r src AppDir/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages  # add source code dir to site-packages so the OAK-D module can be discovered in PYTHONPATH and be run as a Python module
+  - mkdir -p AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/ && cp viam-server.png AppDir/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/  # icon is required
+
+AppDir:
+  path: ./AppDir
+  app_info:
+    id: com.example-org.python-appimage-example  # replace with your own id and name
+    name: python-appimage-example  # affects the outputted .AppImage name
+    version: ""  # affects the outputted .AppImage name
+    icon: viam-server
+    exec: usr/bin/python3
+    exec_args: "-m src.main $@"
+  apt:
+    arch: arm64
+    allow_unauthenticated: true
+    sources:
+      - sourceline: 'deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports jammy main restricted universe multiverse'
+    include:
+      - python3.10
+      - python3-pkg-resources  # necessary for package metadata and paths
+
+  runtime:
+    env:
+      PYTHONHOME: '${APPDIR}/usr'  # https://docs.python.org/3/using/cmdline.html#environment-variables
+      PYTHONPATH: '${APPDIR}/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages'
+
+AppImage:
+  arch: aarch64  # affects the outputted .AppImage name
diff --git a/packaging/Dockerfile b/packaging/Dockerfile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+FROM python:3.10-bookworm
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y \
+        build-essential \
+        python3-pip \
+        libgtk-3-bin \
+        squashfs-tools \
+        libglib2.0-bin \
+        fakeroot
+
+# Credit to perrito666 for the ubuntu fix
+RUN python3 -m pip install git+https://github.com/hexbabe/appimage-builder.git
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY . /app
+
+COPY packaging/. /app
+
+CMD ["appimage-builder", "--recipe", "packaging/AppImageBuilder.yml"]
diff --git a/packaging/viam-server.png b/packaging/viam-server.png
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+viam-sdk
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diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
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+++ b/run.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+LOG_PREFIX="[Viam REPLACE_WITH_MODULE_NAME module setup]"
+
+echo "$LOG_PREFIX Starting the module."
+
+os=$(uname -s)
+arch=$(uname -m)
+appimage_path="./python-appimage-example--aarch64.AppImage"
+# Run appimage if Linux aarch64
+if [ "$os" = "Linux" ] && [ "$arch" = "aarch64" ] && [ -f "$appimage_path" ]; then
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX Detected system Linux AArch64 and appimage. Attempting to start appimage."
+    chmod +x "$appimage_path"
+    exec "$appimage_path" "$@"
+else
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX No usable appimage was found."
+fi
+
+# Else, try running with a virtual environment and source
+VENV_NAME="viam-module-env"
+PYTHON="$VENV_NAME/bin/python"
+
+echo "$LOG_PREFIX Running the module using virtual environment. This requires Python >=3.8.1, pip3, and venv to be installed."
+
+if ! python3 -m venv "$VENV_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX Error: failed to create venv. Please use your system package manager to install python3-venv." >&2
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX Created/found venv."
+fi
+
+# Remove -U if viam-sdk should not be upgraded whenever possible
+# -qq suppresses extraneous output from pip
+echo "$LOG_PREFIX Installing/upgrading Python packages."
+if ! "$PYTHON" -m pip install -r requirements.txt -Uqq; then
+    echo "$LOG_PREFIX Error: pip failed to install requirements.txt. Please use your system package manager to install python3-pip." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Be sure to use `exec` so that termination signals reach the python process,
+# or handle forwarding termination signals manually
+echo "$LOG_PREFIX Starting module."
+exec "$PYTHON" -m src.main "$@"
diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""
+This file registers the model with the Python SDK.
+"""
+
+from viam.components.camera import Camera
+from viam.resource.registry import Registry, ResourceCreatorRegistration
+
+from src.module import MyModule
+
+Registry.register_resource_creator(
+    Camera.SUBTYPE,
+    MyModule.MODEL,
+    ResourceCreatorRegistration(MyModule.new, MyModule.validate),
+)
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
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+++ b/src/main.py
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+import asyncio
+
+from viam.components.camera import Camera
+from viam.logging import getLogger
+from viam.module.module import Module
+from src.module import MyModule
+
+
+LOGGER = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+async def main():
+    """This function creates and starts a new module, after adding all desired resources.
+    Resources must be pre-registered. For an example, see the `__init__.py` file.
+    """
+    module = Module.from_args()
+    module.add_model_from_registry(Camera.SUBTYPE, MyModule.MODEL)
+    await module.start()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    asyncio.run(main())
diff --git a/src/module.py b/src/module.py
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+++ b/src/module.py
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+from typing import Any, ClassVar, Dict, List, Mapping, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing_extensions import Self
+
+from PIL.Image import Image
+
+from viam.components.camera import Camera, DistortionParameters, IntrinsicParameters, RawImage
+from viam.logging import getLogger
+from viam.media.video import NamedImage
+from viam.module.types import Reconfigurable
+from viam.proto.app.robot import ComponentConfig
+from viam.proto.common import ResourceName, ResponseMetadata
+from viam.resource.base import ResourceBase
+from viam.resource.types import Model, ModelFamily
+
+
+LOGGER = getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class MyModule(Camera, Reconfigurable):  # use a better name than this
+    """
+    Camera represents any physical hardware that can capture frames.
+    """
+    class Properties(NamedTuple):
+        """The camera's supported features and settings"""
+        supports_pcd: bool
+        """Whether the camera has a valid implementation of ``get_point_cloud``"""
+        intrinsic_parameters: IntrinsicParameters
+        """The properties of the camera"""
+        distortion_parameters: DistortionParameters
+        """The distortion parameters of the camera"""
+
+
+    MODEL: ClassVar[Model] = Model(ModelFamily("viam", "camera"), "oak-d")  # make sure this matches the model in meta.json
+
+    # create any class parameters here, 'some_pin' is used as an example (change/add as needed)
+    some_pin: int
+
+    # Constructor
+    @classmethod
+    def new(cls, config: ComponentConfig, dependencies: Mapping[ResourceName, ResourceBase]) -> Self:
+        my_class = cls(config.name)
+        my_class.reconfigure(config, dependencies)
+        return my_class
+
+    # Validates JSON Configuration
+    @classmethod
+    def validate(cls, config: ComponentConfig):
+        # here we validate config, the following is just an example and should be updated as needed
+        some_pin = config.attributes.fields["some_pin"].number_value
+        if some_pin == "":
+            raise Exception("A some_pin must be defined")
+        return
+
+    # Handles attribute reconfiguration
+    def reconfigure(self, config: ComponentConfig, dependencies: Mapping[ResourceName, ResourceBase]):
+        # here we initialize the resource instance, the following is just an example and should be updated as needed
+        self.some_pin = int(config.attributes.fields["some_pin"].number_value)
+        LOGGER.info("Configuration success!")
+        return
+
+    """ Implement the methods the Viam RDK defines for the Camera API (rdk:component:camera) """
+    async def get_image(
+        self, mime_type: str = "", *, extra: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, timeout: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs
+    ) -> Union[Image, RawImage]:
+        """Get the next image from the camera as an Image or RawImage.
+        Be sure to close the image when finished.
+        NOTE: If the mime type is ``image/vnd.viam.dep`` you can use :func:`viam.media.video.RawImage.bytes_to_depth_array`
+        to convert the data to a standard representation.
+        Args:
+            mime_type (str): The desired mime type of the image. This does not guarantee output type
+        Returns:
+            Image | RawImage: The frame
+        """
+        ...
+
+
+    async def get_images(self, *, timeout: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs) -> Tuple[List[NamedImage], ResponseMetadata]:
+        """Get simultaneous images from different imagers, along with associated metadata.
+        This should not be used for getting a time series of images from the same imager.
+        Returns:
+            Tuple[List[NamedImage], ResponseMetadata]:
+                - List[NamedImage]:
+                  The list of images returned from the camera system.
+                - ResponseMetadata:
+                  The metadata associated with this response
+        """
+        ...
+
+
+    async def get_point_cloud(
+        self, *, extra: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None, timeout: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs
+    ) -> Tuple[bytes, str]:
+        """
+        Get the next point cloud from the camera. This will be
+        returned as bytes with a mimetype describing
+        the structure of the data. The consumer of this call
+        should encode the bytes into the formatted suggested
+        by the mimetype.
+        To deserialize the returned information into a numpy array, use the Open3D library.
+        ::
+            import numpy as np
+            import open3d as o3d
+            data, _ = await camera.get_point_cloud()
+            # write the point cloud into a temporary file
+            with open("/tmp/pointcloud_data.pcd", "wb") as f:
+                f.write(data)
+            pcd = o3d.io.read_point_cloud("/tmp/pointcloud_data.pcd")
+            points = np.asarray(pcd.points)
+        Returns:
+            bytes: The pointcloud data.
+            str: The mimetype of the pointcloud (e.g. PCD).
+        """
+        ...
+
+
+    async def get_properties(self, *, timeout: Optional[float] = None, **kwargs) -> Properties:
+        """
+        Get the camera intrinsic parameters and camera distortion parameters
+        Returns:
+            Properties: The properties of the camera
+        """
+        ...
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