diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# reddish - an async redis client with minimal api
+# reddish - an redis client for sockets and trio with minimal api
 
 * [Features](#features)
 * [Installation](#installation)
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 * [Usage](#usage)
 
 ## Features
+* both sync and async API
+* sync api using the standard library `socket` module (TPC, TPC+TLS, Unix domain sockets)
 * `async`/`await` using `trio`'s stream primitives (TCP, TCP+TLS, Unix domain sockets)
 * minimal api so you don't have to relearn how to write redis commands
 * supports all redis commands including modules except `SUBSCRIBE`, `PSUBSCRIBE` and `MONITOR` [^footnote]
@@ -17,10 +19,21 @@ barring regular commands from being issued over the connection.
 
 ## Installation
 ```
+pip install reddish  # install just with support for socket
 pip install reddish[trio]  # install with support for trio
 ```
 
-## Minimal Example
+## Minimal Example - sync version
+```python
+import socket
+from reddish.socket import Redis, Command
+
+redis = Redis(socket.create_connection(('localhost', 6379)))
+
+assert b'PONG' == redis.execute(Command('PING'))
+```
+
+## Minimal Example - async version
 ```python
 import trio
 from reddish.trio import Redis, Command
diff --git a/reddish/socket/__init__.py b/reddish/socket/__init__.py
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+++ b/reddish/socket/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from ._client import Redis  # noqa
+from .._command import Args, Command, MultiExec  # noqa
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diff --git a/reddish/socket/_client.py b/reddish/socket/_client.py
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+++ b/reddish/socket/_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import socket
+import threading
+from .._sansio import RedisSansIO
+from .._errors import BrokenConnectionError
+
+from .._typing import CommandType
+
+
+class Redis:
+
+    def __init__(self, stream: socket.socket):
+        """Redis client for executing commands.
+
+        Args:
+            stream: a `socket.socket` connected to a redis server.
+        """
+
+        if not isinstance(stream, socket.socket):
+            TypeError(f"'{repr(stream)}' is not an instance of '{repr(socket.socket)}'")
+        try:
+            stream.getpeername()
+        except OSError:
+            raise TypeError(f"'{repr(stream)}' is not connected") from None
+        self._stream = stream
+        self._lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._redis = RedisSansIO()
+
+    def execute_many(self, *commands: CommandType):
+        """Execute multiple redis commands at once.
+
+        Args:
+            *commands: The commands to be executed.
+
+        Returns:
+            Responses from redis as received or parsed into the types
+            provided to the commands.
+        """
+
+        redis = self._redis
+        stream = self._stream
+
+        with self._lock:
+            try:
+                request = redis.send(commands)
+                stream.sendall(request)
+
+                while True:
+                    data = stream.recv(4096)
+                    if data == b'':
+                        raise BrokenConnectionError()
+                    replies = redis.receive(data)
+                    if replies:
+                        return replies
+            except OSError:
+                redis.mark_broken()
+                raise BrokenConnectionError()
+
+    def execute(self, command: CommandType):
+        """Execute a single redis command.
+
+        Args:
+            command: The command to be executed.
+
+        Returns:
+            Response from redis as received or parsed into the type
+            provided to the command.
+        """
+        return self.execute_many(command)[0]
diff --git a/tests/socket/test_socket.py b/tests/socket/test_socket.py
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+++ b/tests/socket/test_socket.py
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+import socket
+import pytest
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+from reddish.socket import Redis, Command
+from reddish._errors import BrokenConnectionError
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def unconnected_socket():
+    return socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def connected_socket(unconnected_socket):
+    unconnected_socket.connect(('localhost', 6379))
+    yield unconnected_socket
+    unconnected_socket.close()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def redis(connected_socket):
+    return Redis(connected_socket)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def ping():
+    return Command('PING').into(str)
+
+
+def test_execute(redis, ping):
+    'PONG' == redis.execute(ping)
+
+
+def test_execute_many(redis, ping):
+    ['PONG', 'PONG'] == redis.execute_many(ping, ping)
+
+
+def test_stream(unconnected_socket):
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        Redis(unconnected_socket)
+
+
+def test_closed_connection(connected_socket, ping):
+    redis = Redis(connected_socket)
+    connected_socket.close()
+    with pytest.raises(BrokenConnectionError):
+        redis.execute(ping)
+
+
+def test_concurrent_requests(redis, ping):
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=10) as pool:
+        for i in range(10):
+            pool.submit(redis.execute, ping)