diff --git a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.js b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.js
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+// @flow
+
+import type {
+  ThreadPermission,
+  ThreadPermissionsInfo,
+} from '../types/thread-permission-types.js';
+import { entries } from '../utils/objects.js';
+
+const minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions = Object.freeze({
+  know_of: 0b1,
+  membership: 0b10, // DEPRECATED
+  visible: 0b100,
+  voiced: 0b1000,
+  edit_entries: 0b10000,
+  edit_thread: 0b100000, // EDIT_THREAD_NAME
+  edit_thread_description: 0b1000000,
+  edit_thread_color: 0b10000000,
+  delete_thread: 0b100000000,
+  create_subthreads: 0b1000000000, // CREATE_SUBCHANNELS
+  create_sidebars: 0b10000000000,
+  join_thread: 0b100000000000,
+  edit_permissions: 0b1000000000000,
+  add_members: 0b10000000000000,
+  remove_members: 0b100000000000000,
+  change_role: 0b1000000000000000,
+  leave_thread: 0b10000000000000000,
+  react_to_message: 0b100000000000000000,
+  edit_message: 0b1000000000000000000,
+  edit_thread_avatar: 0b10000000000000000000,
+  manage_pins: 0b100000000000000000000,
+  manage_invite_links: 0b1000000000000000000000,
+});
+
+const permissionsToBitmask = (permissions: ThreadPermissionsInfo): number => {
+  let bitmask = 0;
+  for (const [key, permission] of entries(permissions)) {
+    if (permission.value && key in minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions) {
+      bitmask |= minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions[key];
+    }
+  }
+  return bitmask;
+};
+
+const hasPermission = (
+  permissionsBitmask: number,
+  permission: ThreadPermission,
+): boolean => {
+  if (!(permission in minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const permissionBitmask = minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions[permission];
+  return (permissionsBitmask & permissionBitmask) !== 0;
+};
+
+export {
+  minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions,
+  permissionsToBitmask,
+  hasPermission,
+};
diff --git a/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.test.js b/lib/permissions/minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.test.js
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+// @flow
+
+import {
+  hasPermission,
+  permissionsToBitmask,
+} from './minimally-encoded-thread-permissions.js';
+
+describe('minimallyEncodedThreadPermissions', () => {
+  const permissions = {
+    know_of: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    membership: { value: false, source: null },
+    visible: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    voiced: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    edit_entries: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    edit_thread: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    edit_thread_description: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    edit_thread_color: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    delete_thread: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    create_subthreads: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    create_sidebars: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    join_thread: { value: false, source: null },
+    edit_permissions: { value: false, source: null },
+    add_members: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    remove_members: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    change_role: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    leave_thread: { value: false, source: null },
+    react_to_message: { value: true, source: '1' },
+    edit_message: { value: true, source: '1' },
+  };
+
+  it('should encode ThreadPermissionsInfo as bitmask', () => {
+    const permissionsBitmask = permissionsToBitmask(permissions);
+    expect(permissionsBitmask.toString(2)).toBe('1101110011111111101');
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'know_of')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'membership')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'visible')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'voiced')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'edit_entries')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'edit_thread')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'edit_thread_description')).toBe(
+      true,
+    );
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'edit_thread_color')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'delete_thread')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'create_subthreads')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'create_sidebars')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'join_thread')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'edit_permissions')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'remove_members')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'change_role')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'leave_thread')).toBe(false);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'react_to_message')).toBe(true);
+    expect(hasPermission(permissionsBitmask, 'edit_message')).toBe(true);
+  });
+});