diff --git a/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/collect.luau b/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/collect.luau
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f00be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/collect.luau
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+--!strict
+
+--[[
+original author by @memorycode
+taken from https://github.com/Ukendio/jecs/blob/main/demo/src/ReplicatedStorage/std/collect.luau if there were any changes made there
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Michael
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+--]]
+
+--- What signals passed to `collect()` should be able to be coerced into
+export type signal<T...> = { Connect: (self: signal<T...>, (T...) -> ()) -> any, [any]: any }
+
+--- Collects all arguments fired through the given signal, and drains the collection on iteration.\
+--- Expects signals to have a `Connect` ***method***.
+--- ```luau
+--- local sig = collect(some_signal)
+---
+--- -- Imagine this as an ECS scheduler loop
+--- while task.wait() do
+---     for index, arg1 in sig do -- arg1, arg2, etc
+---         print(arg1)
+---     end
+--- end
+--- ```
+--- @param event signal<T...>
+--- @return () -> (number, T...), () -> () -- iterator and disconnector
+local function collect<T...>(event: signal<T...>): (() -> (number, T...), () -> ())
+    local storage = {}
+    local mt = {}
+    local iter = function()
+        local n = #storage
+        return function(): (number?, T...)
+            if n <= 0 then
+                mt.__iter = nil
+                return nil
+            end
+
+            n -= 1
+            return n + 1, unpack(table.remove(storage, 1) :: any)
+        end
+    end
+
+    local disconnect = event:Connect(function(...)
+        table.insert(storage, { ... })
+        mt.__iter = iter :: any
+    end)
+
+    setmetatable(storage, mt)
+    return storage :: any, disconnect
+end
+
+return collect
diff --git a/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/init.luau b/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/init.luau
index 9779fd0..e61ca88 100644
--- a/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/init.luau
+++ b/crates/sapphire-jecs/lib/init.luau
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ export type handle = handle.handle
 local _ref = require(script.ref)
 local ref = _ref.ref
 local ref_on_created = _ref.on_created
+local collect = require(script.collect)
+export type collect_signal<T...> = collect.signal<T...>
 local spawner_type = require(script.spawner_type)
 
 local SapphireJecs = {}
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ end
 
 SapphireJecs.ref = ref
 SapphireJecs.on_created = ref_on_created
+SapphireJecs.collect = collect
 
 --- Creates a new entity and returns its id.
 --- @return entity
diff --git a/crates/sapphire-jecs/wally.toml b/crates/sapphire-jecs/wally.toml
index fc36e8d..74125e3 100644
--- a/crates/sapphire-jecs/wally.toml
+++ b/crates/sapphire-jecs/wally.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mark-marks/sapphire-jecs"
-version = "0.1.4"
+version = "0.1.5"
 registry = "https://github.com/UpliftGames/wally-index"
 realm = "shared"
 license = "MIT"