diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/BUILD.gn b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/BUILD.gn
index f725371a420..6d1bec6b42f 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/BUILD.gn
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/BUILD.gn
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ impeller_component("compositor") {
     "pipeline_descriptor.mm",
     "pipeline_library.h",
     "pipeline_library.mm",
+    "range.cc",
+    "range.h",
     "renderer.h",
     "renderer.mm",
     "shader_function.h",
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.h b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.h
index ecaeeb32e3e..867b9718746 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.h
@@ -4,11 +4,36 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <memory>
+
 #include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
 #include "impeller/compositor/allocator.h"
+#include "impeller/compositor/range.h"
 
 namespace impeller {
 
+class BufferBase {
+ public:
+  virtual uint8_t* GetMapping() const = 0;
+
+  virtual size_t GetLength() const = 0;
+};
+
+class BufferView : public BufferBase {
+ public:
+  uint8_t* GetMapping() const {
+    return parent_->GetMapping() + range_in_parent_.offset;
+  }
+
+  size_t GetLength() const { return range_in_parent_.length; }
+
+ private:
+  std::shared_ptr<BufferBase> parent_;
+  Range range_in_parent_;
+
+  FML_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(BufferView);
+};
+
 class Buffer {
  public:
   ~Buffer();
@@ -29,4 +54,33 @@ class Buffer {
   FML_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Buffer);
 };
 
+class HostBuffer : public std::enable_shared_from_this<HostBuffer>,
+                   public BufferBase {
+ public:
+  std::shared_ptr<HostBuffer> Create();
+
+  std::shared_ptr<BufferView> Emplace(size_t length);
+
+  ~HostBuffer();
+
+  uint8_t* GetMapping() const override { return buffer_; }
+
+  size_t GetLength() const override { return length_; }
+
+  [[nodiscard]] bool Truncate(size_t length);
+
+ private:
+  uint8_t* buffer_ = nullptr;
+  size_t length_ = 0;
+  size_t reserved_ = 0;
+
+  [[nodiscard]] bool Reserve(size_t reserved);
+
+  [[nodiscard]] bool ReserveNPOT(size_t reserved);
+
+  HostBuffer();
+
+  FML_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(HostBuffer);
+};
+
 }  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.mm b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.mm
index 01c5fed7fe1..60025aafb19 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.mm
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/buffer.mm
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "impeller/compositor/buffer.h"
 
+#include "flutter/fml/logging.h"
+
 namespace impeller {
 
 Buffer::Buffer(id<MTLBuffer> buffer,
@@ -14,4 +16,65 @@ Buffer::Buffer(id<MTLBuffer> buffer,
 
 Buffer::~Buffer() = default;
 
+std::shared_ptr<HostBuffer> HostBuffer::Create() {
+  return std::shared_ptr<HostBuffer>(new HostBuffer());
+}
+
+HostBuffer::HostBuffer() = default;
+
+HostBuffer::~HostBuffer() {
+  ::free(buffer_);
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<BufferView> HostBuffer::Emplace(size_t length) {
+  if (!Truncate(length_ + length)) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+}
+
+bool HostBuffer::Truncate(size_t length) {
+  if (!ReserveNPOT(length)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  length_ = length;
+  return true;
+}
+
+static uint32_t NextPowerOfTwoSize(uint32_t x) {
+  if (x == 0) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  --x;
+
+  x |= x >> 1;
+  x |= x >> 2;
+  x |= x >> 4;
+  x |= x >> 8;
+  x |= x >> 16;
+
+  return x + 1;
+}
+
+bool HostBuffer::ReserveNPOT(size_t reserved) {
+  return Reserve(NextPowerOfTwoSize(reserved));
+}
+
+bool HostBuffer::Reserve(size_t reserved) {
+  if (reserved == reserved_) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  auto new_allocation = ::realloc(buffer_, reserved);
+  if (!new_allocation) {
+    // If new length is zero, a minimum non-zero sized allocation is returned.
+    // So this check will not trip and this routine will indicate success as
+    // expected.
+    FML_LOG(ERROR) << "Allocation failed. Out of memory.";
+    return false;
+  }
+  buffer_ = static_cast<uint8_t*>(new_allocation);
+  reserved_ = reserved;
+  return true;
+}
+
 }  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/command_buffer.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/command_buffer.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e877858dcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/command_buffer.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "impeller/compositor/command_buffer.h"
+
+namespace impeller {
+
+Class::Class() = default;
+
+Class::~Class() = default;
+
+}  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/command_buffer.h b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/command_buffer.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06f99c95893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/command_buffer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <functional>
+
+#include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
+
+namespace impeller {
+
+class CommandBuffer {
+ public:
+  ~CommandBuffer();
+
+  enum class CommitResult {
+    kPending,
+    kError,
+    kCompleted,
+  };
+
+  using CommitCallback = std::function<void(CommitResult)>;
+  void Commit(CommitCallback callback);
+
+ private:
+  CommandBuffer();
+
+  FML_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CommandBuffer);
+};
+
+}  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/range.cc b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/range.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6fe921a101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/range.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "impeller/compositor/range.h"
+
+namespace impeller {
+
+//
+
+}  // namespace impeller
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/range.h b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/range.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a12005fa62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/impeller/impeller/compositor/range.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The Flutter Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+#include "flutter/fml/macros.h"
+
+namespace impeller {
+
+struct Range {
+  size_t offset = 0;
+  size_t length = 0;
+};
+
+}  // namespace impeller