diff --git a/src/browser/mime.zig b/src/browser/mime.zig
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+const std = @import("std");
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+const Self = @This();
+
+const MimeError = error{
+    Empty,
+    TooBig,
+    InvalidChar,
+    Invalid,
+};
+
+mtype: []const u8,
+msubtype: []const u8,
+params: []const u8,
+
+// https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/#http-token-code-point
+fn isHTTPCodePoint(c: u8) bool {
+    return switch (c) {
+        '!', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'', '*', '+', '-', '.', '^' => return true,
+        '_', '`', '|', '~' => return true,
+        else => std.ascii.isAlphanumeric(c),
+    };
+}
+
+// https://mimesniff.spec.whatwg.org/#parsing-a-mime-type
+// The parser disallows trailing spaces.
+pub fn parse(s: []const u8) Self.MimeError!Self {
+    const ln = s.len;
+    if (ln == 0) return MimeError.Empty;
+    // limit input size
+    if (ln > 255) return MimeError.TooBig;
+
+    const states = enum { startmtype, mtype, startmsubtype, msubtype, startparams, params };
+    var state: states = .startmtype;
+
+    var res = Self{
+        .mtype = "",
+        .msubtype = "",
+        .params = "",
+    };
+
+    var i: usize = 0;
+    var start: usize = 0;
+    while (i < ln) {
+        defer i += 1;
+        const c = s[i];
+        switch (state) {
+            .startmtype => {
+                // ignore leading spaces
+                if (std.ascii.isWhitespace(c)) continue;
+                if (!isHTTPCodePoint(c)) return MimeError.InvalidChar;
+                state = .mtype;
+                start = i;
+            },
+            .mtype => {
+                if (c == '/') {
+                    if (start == i - 1) return MimeError.Empty;
+                    res.mtype = s[start..i];
+                    state = .startmsubtype;
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (!isHTTPCodePoint(c)) return MimeError.InvalidChar;
+            },
+            .startmsubtype => {
+                // ignore leading spaces
+                if (std.ascii.isWhitespace(c)) continue;
+                if (!isHTTPCodePoint(c)) return MimeError.InvalidChar;
+                state = .msubtype;
+                start = i;
+            },
+            .msubtype => {
+                if (c == ';') {
+                    if (start == i - 1) return MimeError.Empty;
+                    res.msubtype = s[start..i];
+                    state = .startparams;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            },
+            .startparams => {
+                // ignore leading spaces
+                if (std.ascii.isWhitespace(c)) continue;
+                if (!isHTTPCodePoint(c)) return MimeError.InvalidChar;
+                state = .msubtype;
+                start = i;
+            },
+            .params => {
+                if (start == i - 1) return MimeError.Empty;
+                //TODO parse params
+                res.params = s[i..];
+            },
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (state != .msubtype and state != .params) {
+        return MimeError.Invalid;
+    }
+
+    if (state == .msubtype) {
+        if (start == i - 1) return MimeError.Invalid;
+        res.msubtype = s[start..i];
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+test "parse valid" {
+    for ([_][]const u8{
+        "text/html",
+        "text/javascript1.1",
+        "text/plain; charset=UTF-8",
+        " \ttext/html",
+        "text/ \thtml",
+    }) |tc| {
+        std.debug.print("case {s}\n", .{tc});
+        const m = try Self.parse(tc);
+        std.debug.print("res: {s}/{s}\n", .{ m.mtype, m.msubtype });
+    }
+}
+
+test "parse invalid" {
+    for ([_][]const u8{
+        "",
+        "text/html;",
+        "/text/html",
+        "/html",
+    }) |tc| {
+        std.debug.print("case {s}\n", .{tc});
+        _ = Self.parse(tc) catch continue;
+        try testing.expect(false);
+    }
+}