diff --git a/action.js b/action.js
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+const EMPTY = "empty"
+const FILL = "fill"
+const POUR = "pour"
+const UNKNOWN = "unknown"
+
+class Action {
+  constructor({ kind = UNKNOWN, target, src } = {}) {
+    this.kind = kind
+    this.target = target
+    this.src = src
+  }
+
+  isEmpty() {
+    return this.kind === EMPTY;
+  }
+
+  isFill() {
+    return this.kind === FILL;
+  }
+
+  isPour() {
+    return this.kind === POUR;
+  }
+
+  string() {
+    if (this.kind === POUR) {
+      return `${this.kind} ${this.src} → ${this.target}`
+    }
+    return `${this.kind} ${this.target}`
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  fill(index) {
+    return new Action({ kind: FILL, target: index })
+  },
+
+  empty(index) {
+    return new Action({ kind: EMPTY, target: index })
+  },
+
+  pour(src, target) {
+    return new Action({ kind: POUR, target, src })
+  },
+}
diff --git a/bucket.js b/bucket.js
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+class Bucket {
+  constructor({ capacity, volume = 0 }) {
+    this.capacity = capacity
+    this.volume = volume
+  }
+
+  fill() {
+    this.volume = this.capacity
+  }
+
+  empty() {
+    this.volume = 0
+  }
+
+  isEmpty() {
+    return this.volume === 0
+  }
+
+  isFull() {
+    return this.volume == this.capacity
+  }
+
+  pour(bucket) {
+    const availableVolume = bucket.capacity - bucket.volume
+    if (availableVolume > this.volume) {
+      bucket.volume += this.volume
+      this.volume = 0
+    } else {
+      this.volume -= availableVolume
+      bucket.volume += availableVolume
+    }
+  }
+
+  string() {
+    return `${this.volume}vol/${this.capacity}cap`
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = Bucket;
diff --git a/buckets.js b/buckets.js
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+++ b/buckets.js
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+const Bucket = require('./bucket');
+const { fill, empty, pour } = require('./action');
+
+class Buckets {
+  constructor(buckets = []) {
+    this.buckets = buckets;
+  }
+
+  hasTarget(target) {
+    return !!this.buckets.find(bucket => bucket.volume === target)
+  }
+
+  performAction(action) {
+    if (action.isEmpty()) {
+      this.buckets[action.target].empty()
+    }
+    if (action.isFill()) {
+      this.buckets[action.target].fill()
+    }
+    if (action.isPour()) {
+      this.buckets[action.src].pour(this.buckets[action.target])
+    }
+  }
+
+  possibleActions() {
+    const ret = []
+    this.buckets.forEach((bucket, index) => {
+      if (!bucket.isFull()) {
+        ret.push(fill(index));
+      }
+      if (!bucket.isEmpty()) {
+        ret.push(empty(index));
+        this.buckets.forEach((dest, j) => {
+          if (index === j) {
+            return
+          }
+          if (!dest.isFull()) {
+            ret.push(pour(index, j));
+          }
+        })
+      }
+    })
+    return ret
+  }
+
+  string() {
+    return this.buckets.map(bucket => bucket.string()).join(', ')
+  }
+
+  findTarget(target) {
+    const results = {
+      mapping: { [this.string()]: [[]] },
+      matching: new Set(),
+    }
+    this._findTarget(target, results, [], 0)
+
+    let best = null
+
+    results.matching.forEach(matchingKey => {
+      const result = results.mapping[matchingKey]
+      if (best === null) {
+        best = result;
+        return
+      }
+      if (best.length == result.length) {
+        best.push(result);
+      }
+      if (best.length > result.length) {
+        best = result;
+      }
+    })
+
+    return best || []
+  }
+
+  _findTarget(target, state, actions = [], depth = 0) {
+    if (this.hasTarget(target)) {
+      return
+    }
+    const possibleActions = this.possibleActions();
+    const results = possibleActions.map(action => {
+      const copy = fromJSON(this);
+      copy.performAction(action);
+      return copy;
+    });
+
+    const numberOfKeys = Object.keys(state.mapping).length
+
+    results.forEach(((result, i) => {
+      const key = result.string();
+      const existingActions = state.mapping[key];
+      const action = possibleActions[i];
+
+      if (result.hasTarget(target)) {
+        state.matching.add(result.string());
+      }
+
+      if (!existingActions) {
+        state.mapping[key] = [[...actions, action]]
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (existingActions[0].length == actions.length + 1) {
+        state.mapping[key].push([...actions, possibleActions[i]])
+        return
+      }
+
+      if (existingActions[0].length > actions.length + 1) {
+        state.mapping[key] = [[...actions, action]]
+      }
+    }));
+
+    if (Object.keys(state.mapping).length === numberOfKeys) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    results.forEach(((result, i) => {
+      const action = possibleActions[i];
+      result._findTarget(target, state, [...actions, action], depth + 1)
+    }))
+  }
+}
+
+function fromJSON(json) {
+  const jsonStr = JSON.stringify(json)
+  const newJSON = JSON.parse(jsonStr)
+  const buckets = newJSON.buckets.map(val => new Bucket(val));
+  return new Buckets(buckets)
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  fromJSON,
+  Buckets,
+}
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const { fromJSON } = require('./buckets')
+
+const usage = `main.js target bucket [bucket...]
+
+target: volume of bucket to search for
+bucket: volume of bucket
+`
+
+function bail() {
+  console.log(usage);
+  process.exit(1)
+}
+
+const args = [...process.argv].slice(2)
+
+if (args.length < 2) {
+  bail();
+}
+
+const intArgs = args.map(arg => Number.parseInt(arg, 10))
+
+const hasNaN = intArgs.find(arg => Number.isNaN(arg))
+if (hasNaN) {
+  bail();
+}
+
+const target = intArgs[0];
+
+const bucketsJSON = intArgs.slice(1).map(capacity => ({ capacity }))
+
+const buckets = fromJSON({ buckets: bucketsJSON })
+
+const result = buckets.findTarget(target)
+
+if (result.length === 0) {
+  console.log('No results')
+}
+
+if (result.length === 1) {
+  console.log('1 solution')
+}
+
+if (result.length > 1) {
+  console.log(`${result.length} solutions`)
+}
+
+result.forEach((actions, i) => {
+  console.log(`solution ${i + 1}`)
+  const copy = fromJSON(buckets);
+  actions.forEach(action => {
+    copy.performAction(action)
+    console.log(`${action.string()} resulting in ${copy.string()}`)
+  })
+});