diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTable.java b/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTable.java
index 2ff3c2917b..226b7c3a23 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTable.java
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 package edu.wpi.first.networktables;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
@@ -28,6 +30,93 @@ public final class NetworkTable {
   private final String pathWithSep;
   private final NetworkTableInstance inst;
 
+  /**
+   * Gets the "base name" of a key. For example, "/foo/bar" becomes "bar".
+   * If the key has a trailing slash, returns an empty string.
+   * @param key key
+   * @return base name
+   */
+  public static String basenameKey(String key) {
+    final int slash = key.lastIndexOf(PATH_SEPARATOR);
+    if (slash == -1) {
+      return key;
+    }
+    return key.substring(slash + 1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Normalizes an network table key to contain no consecutive slashes and
+   * optionally start with a leading slash. For example:
+   *
+   * <pre><code>
+   * normalizeKey("/foo/bar", true)  == "/foo/bar"
+   * normalizeKey("foo/bar", true)   == "/foo/bar"
+   * normalizeKey("/foo/bar", false) == "foo/bar"
+   * normalizeKey("foo//bar", false) == "foo/bar"
+   * </code></pre>
+   *
+   * @param key              the key to normalize
+   * @param withLeadingSlash whether or not the normalized key should begin
+   *                         with a leading slash
+   * @return normalized key
+   */
+  public static String normalizeKey(String key, boolean withLeadingSlash) {
+    String normalized;
+    if (withLeadingSlash) {
+      normalized = PATH_SEPARATOR + key;
+    } else {
+      normalized = key;
+    }
+    normalized = normalized.replaceAll(PATH_SEPARATOR + "{2,}", String.valueOf(PATH_SEPARATOR));
+
+    if (!withLeadingSlash && normalized.charAt(0) == PATH_SEPARATOR) {
+      // remove leading slash, if present
+      normalized = normalized.substring(1);
+    }
+    return normalized;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Normalizes a network table key to start with exactly one leading slash
+   * ("/") and contain no consecutive slashes. For example,
+   * {@code "//foo/bar/"} becomes {@code "/foo/bar/"} and
+   * {@code "///a/b/c"} becomes {@code "/a/b/c"}.
+   *
+   * <p>This is equivalent to {@code normalizeKey(key, true)}
+   *
+   * @param key the key to normalize
+   * @return normalized key
+   */
+  public static String normalizeKey(String key) {
+    return normalizeKey(key, true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a list of the names of all the super tables of a given key. For
+   * example, the key "/foo/bar/baz" has a hierarchy of "/", "/foo",
+   * "/foo/bar", and "/foo/bar/baz".
+   * @param key the key
+   * @return List of super tables
+   */
+  public static List<String> getHierarchy(String key) {
+    final String normal = normalizeKey(key, true);
+    List<String> hierarchy = new ArrayList<>();
+    if (normal.length() == 1) {
+      hierarchy.add(normal);
+      return hierarchy;
+    }
+    for (int i = 1; ; i = normal.indexOf(PATH_SEPARATOR, i + 1)) {
+      if (i == -1) {
+        // add the full key
+        hierarchy.add(normal);
+        break;
+      } else {
+        hierarchy.add(normal.substring(0, i));
+      }
+    }
+    return hierarchy;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Constructor.  Use NetworkTableInstance.getTable() or getSubTable() instead.
    */
diff --git a/src/main/native/cpp/networktables/NetworkTable.cpp b/src/main/native/cpp/networktables/NetworkTable.cpp
index 07361bba9d..138cfcea76 100644
--- a/src/main/native/cpp/networktables/NetworkTable.cpp
+++ b/src/main/native/cpp/networktables/NetworkTable.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,56 @@ bool NetworkTable::s_enable_ds = true;
 bool NetworkTable::s_running = false;
 unsigned int NetworkTable::s_port = NT_DEFAULT_PORT;
 
+StringRef NetworkTable::BasenameKey(StringRef key) {
+  size_t slash = key.rfind(PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+  if (slash == StringRef::npos) return key;
+  return key.substr(slash + 1);
+}
+
+std::string NetworkTable::NormalizeKey(StringRef key, bool withLeadingSlash) {
+  llvm::SmallString<128> buf;
+  return NormalizeKey(key, buf, withLeadingSlash);
+}
+
+StringRef NetworkTable::NormalizeKey(StringRef key,
+                                     llvm::SmallVectorImpl<char>& buf,
+                                     bool withLeadingSlash) {
+  buf.clear();
+  if (withLeadingSlash) buf.push_back(PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+  // for each path element, add it with a slash following
+  llvm::SmallVector<StringRef, 16> parts;
+  key.split(parts, PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR, -1, false);
+  for (auto i = parts.begin(); i != parts.end(); ++i) {
+    buf.append(i->begin(), i->end());
+    buf.push_back(PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+  }
+  // remove trailing slash if the input key didn't have one
+  if (!key.empty() && key.back() != PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR) buf.pop_back();
+  return StringRef(buf.data(), buf.size());
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> NetworkTable::GetHierarchy(StringRef key) {
+  std::vector<std::string> hierarchy;
+  hierarchy.emplace_back(1, PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR);
+  // for each path element, add it to the end of what we built previously
+  llvm::SmallString<128> path;
+  llvm::SmallVector<StringRef, 16> parts;
+  key.split(parts, PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR, -1, false);
+  if (!parts.empty()) {
+    for (auto i = parts.begin(); i != parts.end(); ++i) {
+      path += PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR;
+      path += *i;
+      hierarchy.emplace_back(path.str());
+    }
+    // handle trailing slash
+    if (key.back() == PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR) {
+      path += PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR;
+      hierarchy.emplace_back(path.str());
+    }
+  }
+  return hierarchy;
+}
+
 void NetworkTable::Initialize() {
   if (s_running) Shutdown();
   auto inst = NetworkTableInstance::GetDefault();
diff --git a/src/main/native/include/networktables/NetworkTable.h b/src/main/native/include/networktables/NetworkTable.h
index aa563d0de6..2e23a2154d 100644
--- a/src/main/native/include/networktables/NetworkTable.h
+++ b/src/main/native/include/networktables/NetworkTable.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "llvm/ArrayRef.h"
 #include "llvm/StringMap.h"
 #include "networktables/NetworkTableEntry.h"
 #include "networktables/TableEntryListener.h"
@@ -54,6 +55,44 @@ class NetworkTable final : public ITable {
   friend class NetworkTableInstance;
 
  public:
+  /**
+   * Gets the "base name" of a key. For example, "/foo/bar" becomes "bar".
+   * If the key has a trailing slash, returns an empty string.
+   * @param key key
+   * @return base name
+   */
+  static StringRef BasenameKey(StringRef key);
+
+  /**
+   * Normalizes an network table key to contain no consecutive slashes and
+   * optionally start with a leading slash. For example:
+   *
+   * <pre><code>
+   * normalizeKey("/foo/bar", true)  == "/foo/bar"
+   * normalizeKey("foo/bar", true)   == "/foo/bar"
+   * normalizeKey("/foo/bar", false) == "foo/bar"
+   * normalizeKey("foo//bar", false) == "foo/bar"
+   * </code></pre>
+   *
+   * @param key              the key to normalize
+   * @param withLeadingSlash whether or not the normalized key should begin
+   *                         with a leading slash
+   * @return normalized key
+   */
+  static std::string NormalizeKey(StringRef key, bool withLeadingSlash = true);
+
+  static StringRef NormalizeKey(StringRef key, llvm::SmallVectorImpl<char>& buf,
+                                bool withLeadingSlash = true);
+
+  /**
+   * Gets a list of the names of all the super tables of a given key. For
+   * example, the key "/foo/bar/baz" has a hierarchy of "/", "/foo",
+   * "/foo/bar", and "/foo/bar/baz".
+   * @param key the key
+   * @return List of super tables
+   */
+  static std::vector<std::string> GetHierarchy(StringRef key);
+
   /**
    * Constructor.  Use NetworkTableInstance::GetTable() or GetSubTable()
    * instead.
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTableTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTableTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d8b2967d67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/wpi/first/networktables/NetworkTableTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package edu.wpi.first.networktables;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class NetworkTableTest extends TestCase {
+
+  public void testBasenameKey() {
+    assertEquals("simple", NetworkTable.basenameKey("simple"));
+    assertEquals("simple", NetworkTable.basenameKey("one/two/many/simple"));
+    assertEquals("simple",
+                 NetworkTable.basenameKey("//////an/////awful/key////simple"));
+  }
+
+  public void testNormalizeKeySlash() {
+    assertEquals("/", NetworkTable.normalizeKey("///"));
+    assertEquals("/no/normal/req", NetworkTable.normalizeKey("/no/normal/req"));
+    assertEquals("/no/leading/slash",
+                 NetworkTable.normalizeKey("no/leading/slash"));
+    assertEquals(
+        "/what/an/awful/key/",
+        NetworkTable.normalizeKey("//////what////an/awful/////key///"));
+  }
+
+  public void testNormalizeKeyNoSlash() {
+    assertEquals("a", NetworkTable.normalizeKey("a", false));
+    assertEquals("a", NetworkTable.normalizeKey("///a", false));
+    assertEquals("leading/slash",
+                 NetworkTable.normalizeKey("/leading/slash", false));
+    assertEquals("no/leading/slash",
+                 NetworkTable.normalizeKey("no/leading/slash", false));
+    assertEquals(
+        "what/an/awful/key/",
+        NetworkTable.normalizeKey("//////what////an/awful/////key///", false));
+  }
+
+  public void testGetHierarchyEmpty() {
+    List<String> expected = new ArrayList<>();
+    expected.add("/");
+    assertEquals(expected, NetworkTable.getHierarchy(""));
+  }
+
+  public void testGetHierarchyRoot() {
+    List<String> expected = new ArrayList<>();
+    expected.add("/");
+    assertEquals(expected, NetworkTable.getHierarchy("/"));
+  }
+
+  public void testGetHierarchyNormal() {
+    List<String> expected = new ArrayList<>();
+    expected.add("/");
+    expected.add("/foo");
+    expected.add("/foo/bar");
+    expected.add("/foo/bar/baz");
+    assertEquals(expected, NetworkTable.getHierarchy("/foo/bar/baz"));
+  }
+
+  public void testGetHierarchyTrailingSlash() {
+    List<String> expected = new ArrayList<>();
+    expected.add("/");
+    expected.add("/foo");
+    expected.add("/foo/bar");
+    expected.add("/foo/bar/");
+    assertEquals(expected, NetworkTable.getHierarchy("/foo/bar/"));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/native/cpp/NetworkTableTest.cpp b/src/test/native/cpp/NetworkTableTest.cpp
index 706f059934..044eaf19cc 100644
--- a/src/test/native/cpp/NetworkTableTest.cpp
+++ b/src/test/native/cpp/NetworkTableTest.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,54 @@
 
 class NetworkTableTest : public ::testing::Test {};
 
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, BasenameKey) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("simple", NetworkTable::BasenameKey("simple"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("simple", NetworkTable::BasenameKey("one/two/many/simple"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("simple",
+            NetworkTable::BasenameKey("//////an/////awful/key////simple"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, NormalizeKeySlash) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("/", NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("///"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("/no/normal/req", NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("/no/normal/req"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("/no/leading/slash",
+            NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("no/leading/slash"));
+  EXPECT_EQ("/what/an/awful/key/",
+            NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("//////what////an/awful/////key///"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, NormalizeKeyNoSlash) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("a", NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("a", false));
+  EXPECT_EQ("a", NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("///a", false));
+  EXPECT_EQ("leading/slash",
+            NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("/leading/slash", false));
+  EXPECT_EQ("no/leading/slash",
+            NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("no/leading/slash", false));
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      "what/an/awful/key/",
+      NetworkTable::NormalizeKey("//////what////an/awful/////key///", false));
+}
+
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, GetHierarchyEmpty) {
+  std::vector<std::string> expected{"/"};
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected, NetworkTable::GetHierarchy(""));
+}
+
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, GetHierarchyRoot) {
+  std::vector<std::string> expected{"/"};
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected, NetworkTable::GetHierarchy("/"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, GetHierarchyNormal) {
+  std::vector<std::string> expected{"/", "/foo", "/foo/bar", "/foo/bar/baz"};
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected, NetworkTable::GetHierarchy("/foo/bar/baz"));
+}
+
+TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, GetHierarchyTrailingSlash) {
+  std::vector<std::string> expected{"/", "/foo", "/foo/bar", "/foo/bar/"};
+  ASSERT_EQ(expected, NetworkTable::GetHierarchy("/foo/bar/"));
+}
+
 TEST_F(NetworkTableTest, ContainsKey) {
   auto inst = nt::NetworkTableInstance::Create();
   auto nt = inst.GetTable("containskey");