diff --git a/bin/sync_with_devto b/bin/sync_with_devto
index a0657086f..e96bae1a4 100755
--- a/bin/sync_with_devto
+++ b/bin/sync_with_devto
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib_dir) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib_dir)
 
 require "sync/app"
 require "sync/sync_script"
+require "sync/fetchers/dev_to_article_fetcher"
 
 App.configure do |config|
   config.logger = Logger.new(STDOUT, level: :warn)
+  config.fetcher_class = Sync::Fetchers::DevToArticleFetcher
 end
 
 App.new(args: ARGV).run
diff --git a/lib/sync/dev_to_article_fetcher.rb b/lib/sync/dev_to_article_fetcher.rb
index 8acbc1785..7feb2a0e9 100644
--- a/lib/sync/dev_to_article_fetcher.rb
+++ b/lib/sync/dev_to_article_fetcher.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 require "uri"
 require "json"
 
+require "sync/fetcher"
 require "sync/retryable"
 require "sync/logging"
 
 module Sync
   class DevToArticleFetcher
+    include Fetcher
     include Logging
     include Retryable
     USERNAME = "jetthoughts".freeze
diff --git a/lib/sync/fetcher.rb b/lib/sync/fetcher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99cf57ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sync/fetcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require "sync/logging"
+require "sync/retryable"
+
+module Sync
+  class Fetcher
+    include Logging
+    include Retryable
+
+    def fetch_articles
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Subclasses must implement #fetch_articles"
+    end
+
+    def fetch(id)
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Subclasses must implement #fetch"
+    end
+
+    def fetch_image(url)
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Subclasses must implement #fetch_image"
+    end
+
+    def need_to_update_remote?(article_data, article_sync_data)
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Subclasses must implement #need_to_update_remote?"
+    end
+
+    def update_meta_on_dev_to(id, data)
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Subclasses must implement #update_meta_on_dev_to"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sync/local_folder_fetcher.rb b/lib/sync/local_folder_fetcher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..147b9fd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sync/local_folder_fetcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+require "yaml"
+require "sync/fetcher"
+require "sync/logging"
+
+module Sync
+  module LocalFolderFetcher
+    include Fetcher
+    include Logging
+    
+    def fetch_articles
+      articles = []
+      Dir.glob(File.join(folder_path, "*")).select { |f| File.directory?(f) }.each do |dir|
+        article_id = File.basename(dir)
+        article = fetch(article_id)
+        articles << article if article
+      end
+      articles
+    end
+
+    def fetch(id)
+      path = File.join(folder_path, id.to_s)
+      return nil unless Dir.exist?(path)
+
+      content_file = File.join(path, "content.md")
+      return nil unless File.exist?(content_file)
+
+      content = File.read(content_file)
+      metadata = extract_metadata(content)
+      
+      process_article({
+        "id" => id,
+        "title" => metadata["title"] || id,
+        "description" => metadata["description"],
+        "body_markdown" => strip_frontmatter(content),
+        "cover_image" => find_cover_image(path),
+        "slug" => id,
+        "canonical_url" => metadata["canonical_url"]
+      })
+    end
+
+    def fetch_image(path)
+      return nil unless File.exist?(path)
+      File.binread(path)
+    end
+
+    def need_to_update_remote?(article_data, article_sync_data)
+      # Local folders don't need remote updates
+      false
+    end
+
+    def update_meta_on_dev_to(id, data)
+      # No-op for local folders
+      nil
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def folder_path
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Implementers must define #folder_path"
+    end
+
+    def find_cover_image(dir)
+      %w[thumbnail.jpeg cover.jpg cover.jpeg thumbnail.jpg].each do |name|
+        path = File.join(dir, name)
+        return path if File.exist?(path)
+      end
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def extract_metadata(content)
+      frontmatter = content.match(/\A---\n(.*?)\n---/m)
+      return {} unless frontmatter
+      
+      begin
+        YAML.safe_load(frontmatter[1]) || {}
+      rescue
+        {}
+      end
+    end
+    
+    def strip_frontmatter(content)
+      content.sub(/\A---\n.*?\n---\n/m, '')
+    end
+    
+    def process_article(article)
+      article["devto_slug"] = article["slug"]
+      article["slug"] = article["slug"]
+      article
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sync/zip_folder_fetcher.rb b/lib/sync/zip_folder_fetcher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09862c095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sync/zip_folder_fetcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+require "zip"
+require "yaml"
+require "sync/fetcher"
+require "sync/logging"
+
+module Sync
+  module ZipFolderFetcher
+    include Fetcher
+    include Logging
+    
+    def fetch_articles
+      articles = []
+      
+      Zip::File.open(zip_path) do |zip_file|
+        folder_entries = zip_file.entries.select { |e| e.ftype == :directory }
+        
+        folder_entries.each do |folder_entry|
+          article_id = folder_entry.name.chomp('/')
+          article = fetch_from_zip(zip_file, article_id)
+          articles << article if article
+        end
+      end
+      
+      articles
+    end
+
+    def fetch(id)
+      Zip::File.open(zip_path) do |zip_file|
+        fetch_from_zip(zip_file, id)
+      end
+    rescue => e
+      logger.error("Error fetching article from zip: #{e.message}")
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def fetch_image(path)
+      return nil unless path && path.start_with?("zip://")
+      
+      path = path.gsub("zip://", "")
+      
+      Zip::File.open(zip_path) do |zip_file|
+        entry = zip_file.find_entry(path)
+        return nil unless entry
+        
+        entry.get_input_stream.read
+      end
+    rescue => e
+      logger.error("Error fetching image from zip: #{e.message}")
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def need_to_update_remote?(article_data, article_sync_data)
+      # Zip archives don't need remote updates
+      false
+    end
+
+    def update_meta_on_dev_to(id, data)
+      # No-op for zip archives
+      nil
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def zip_path
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Implementers must define #zip_path"
+    end
+
+    def fetch_from_zip(zip_file, id)
+      folder_name = "#{id}/"
+      content_entry = zip_file.find_entry("#{folder_name}content.md")
+      return nil unless content_entry
+      
+      content = content_entry.get_input_stream.read
+      metadata = extract_metadata(content)
+      
+      cover_image = find_cover_image_in_zip(zip_file, folder_name)
+      
+      process_article({
+        "id" => id,
+        "title" => metadata["title"] || id,
+        "description" => metadata["description"],
+        "body_markdown" => strip_frontmatter(content),
+        "cover_image" => cover_image ? "zip://#{cover_image.name}" : nil,
+        "slug" => id,
+        "canonical_url" => metadata["canonical_url"]
+      })
+    end
+
+    def find_cover_image_in_zip(zip_file, folder_name)
+      %w[thumbnail.jpeg cover.jpg cover.jpeg thumbnail.jpg].each do |name|
+        path = "#{folder_name}#{name}"
+        entry = zip_file.find_entry(path)
+        return entry if entry
+      end
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def extract_metadata(content)
+      frontmatter = content.match(/\A---\n(.*?)\n---/m)
+      return {} unless frontmatter
+      
+      begin
+        YAML.safe_load(frontmatter[1]) || {}
+      rescue
+        {}
+      end
+    end
+    
+    def strip_frontmatter(content)
+      content.sub(/\A---\n.*?\n---\n/m, '')
+    end
+    
+    def process_article(article)
+      article["devto_slug"] = article["slug"]
+      article["slug"] = article["slug"]
+      article
+    end
+  end
+end