diff --git a/solutions/c/rail-fence-cipher/1/rail_fence_cipher.c b/solutions/c/rail-fence-cipher/1/rail_fence_cipher.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59712bb
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+++ b/solutions/c/rail-fence-cipher/1/rail_fence_cipher.c
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#include "rail_fence_cipher.h"
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+enum direction { UPWARD, DOWNWARD};
+static inline size_t strcpy_without_spaces(char *dest, const char *src);
+
+char *encode(char *text, size_t rails) {
+    if (!text) return NULL;
+    size_t len = strlen(text);
+
+    char *res = malloc(len + 1);
+    if (!res) return NULL;
+
+    char *cleaned_text = malloc(len + 1);
+    if (!cleaned_text) {free(res); return NULL;}
+
+    size_t count = strcpy_without_spaces(cleaned_text, text);
+    if (count < len) {
+        char *temp = realloc(cleaned_text, count + 1);
+        if (!temp){
+            free(res);
+            free(cleaned_text);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        cleaned_text = temp;
+    }
+
+    len = count;
+
+    if (len == 0 || rails <= 1) {
+        memcpy(res, cleaned_text, len + 1);
+        free(cleaned_text);
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    count = 0;
+    for (size_t curr_row = 0; curr_row < rails; curr_row++) {
+        enum direction dir = DOWNWARD;
+        size_t row = 0;
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < len; j++) {
+            if (row == curr_row && count < len){
+                res[count++] = cleaned_text[j];
+            }
+
+            if (dir == DOWNWARD) {
+                row++;
+                if (row == rails - 1) dir = UPWARD;
+            } else {
+                row--;
+                if (row == 0) dir = DOWNWARD;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    free(cleaned_text);
+    res[len] = '\0';
+    return res;
+}
+
+char *decode(char *ciphertext, size_t rails){
+    if (!ciphertext) return NULL;
+
+    size_t len = strlen(ciphertext);
+
+    char *res = malloc(len + 1);
+    if (!res) return NULL;
+
+    if (len <= 2 || rails <= 1){
+        memcpy(res, ciphertext, len + 1);
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t cur_row = 0, j = 0; cur_row < rails; cur_row++) {
+        size_t row = 0;
+        enum direction dir = DOWNWARD;
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+            if (row == cur_row && j < len) {
+                res[i] = ciphertext[j++];
+            }
+
+            if (dir == DOWNWARD) {
+                row++;
+                if (row == rails - 1) dir = UPWARD;
+            } else {
+                row--;
+                if (row == 0) dir = DOWNWARD;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    res[len] = '\0';
+    return res;
+}
+
+static inline size_t strcpy_without_spaces(char *dest, const char *src){
+    size_t count = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; src[i]; i++) {
+        if (!isspace(src[i])){
+            dest[count++] = src[i];
+        }
+    }
+    dest[count] = '\0';
+    return count;
+}
diff --git a/solutions/c/rail-fence-cipher/1/rail_fence_cipher.h b/solutions/c/rail-fence-cipher/1/rail_fence_cipher.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0185e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/solutions/c/rail-fence-cipher/1/rail_fence_cipher.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef RAIL_FENCE_CIPHER_H
+#define RAIL_FENCE_CIPHER_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+char *encode(char *text, size_t rails);
+
+char *decode(char *ciphertext, size_t rails);
+
+#endif