diff --git a/packages/router/package.json b/packages/router/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@astrojs/router",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "type": "module",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro.git",
+    "directory": "packages/router"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": "./dist/index.js"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublish": "yarn build",
+    "build": "astro-scripts build \"src/index.ts\" && tsc -p tsconfig.json",
+    "dev": "astro-scripts dev \"src/index.ts\""
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "astro-scripts": "0.0.1",
+    "morphdom": "^2.6.1"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/router/src/index.ts b/packages/router/src/index.ts
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+import diff from 'morphdom';
+import { listen } from './prefetch.js';
+
+const defineRouter = () => {
+  
+  // See https://github.com/catberry/catberry/blob/8.0.3/browser/DocumentRenderer.js#L760-L791
+  function isTagImmutable(element: Element) {
+    // these 3 kinds of tags once loaded can not be removed
+    // otherwise it will cause style or script reloading
+    return element.nodeName === 'SCRIPT' || element.nodeName === 'STYLE' || (element.nodeName === 'LINK' && element.getAttribute('rel') === 'stylesheet');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets an unique element key using element's attributes and its content.
+   * @param {Element} element HTML element.
+   * @returns {string} Unique key for the element.
+   * @private
+   */
+  function getElementKey(element: Element) {
+    // some immutable elements have several valuable attributes
+    // these attributes define the element identity
+    const attributes = [];
+
+    switch (element.nodeName) {
+      case 'LINK':
+        attributes.push(`href=${element.getAttribute('href')}`);
+        break;
+      case 'SCRIPT':
+        attributes.push(`src=${element.getAttribute('src')}`);
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return `<${element.nodeName} ${attributes.sort().join(' ')}>${element.textContent}</${element.nodeName}>`;
+  }
+
+  class AstroRouter extends HTMLElement {
+    domParser = new DOMParser();
+    cache = new Map();
+    isNavigating = false;
+
+    constructor() {
+      super();
+      this.onClick = this.onClick.bind(this);
+      this.transition = this.transition.bind(this);
+      this.navigate = this.navigate.bind(this);
+    }
+
+    async connectedCallback() {
+      window.addEventListener('click', this.onClick);
+      window.addEventListener('popstate', this.navigate);
+      listen();
+    }
+
+    disconnectedCallback() {
+      window.removeEventListener('click', this.onClick);
+    }
+
+    navigate(event: PopStateEvent) {
+      this.transition(window.location.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Merges new and existed head elements and applies only difference.
+     * The problem here is that we can't re-create or change script and style tags,
+     * because it causes blinking and JavaScript re-initialization. Therefore such
+     * element must be immutable in the HEAD.
+     * @param {Element} head HEAD DOM element.
+     * @param {Element} newHead New HEAD element.
+     * @private
+     */
+    mergeHead(head: HTMLHeadElement, newHead: HTMLHeadElement) {
+      if (!newHead) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const headSet = new Set<string>();
+
+      // remove all nodes from the current HEAD except immutable ones
+      for (let i = 0; i < head.childNodes.length; i++) {
+        const current = head.childNodes[i] as Element;
+        if (!isTagImmutable(current)) {
+          head.removeChild(current);
+          i--;
+          continue;
+        }
+        // we need to collect keys for immutable elements to handle
+        // attributes reordering
+        headSet.add(getElementKey(current));
+      }
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < newHead.childNodes.length; i++) {
+        const current = newHead.childNodes[i] as Element;
+        if (current.nodeType !== current.ELEMENT_NODE || headSet.has(getElementKey(current))) {
+          continue;
+        }
+        head.appendChild(current);
+        // when we append existing child to another parent it removes
+        // the node from a previous parent
+        i--;
+      }
+    }
+
+    async transition(href: string | URL, action?: () => void) {
+      if (typeof href !== 'string') href = href.toString();
+      let html: string;
+      if (this.cache.has(href)) {
+        html = this.cache.get(href);
+      } else {
+        html = await fetch(href).then((res) => res.text());
+        this.cache.set(href, html);
+      }
+      const doc = this.domParser.parseFromString(html, 'text/html');
+      const root = doc.querySelector('astro-router');
+
+      if (!root) {
+        window.location.assign(href);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      this.isNavigating = true;
+      // await exit(this);
+      this.mergeHead(document.head, doc.head);
+      if (action) action();
+      diff(document.body, doc.body, {
+        childrenOnly: true,
+        onNodeAdded: (node) => {
+          if ((node as any).tagName === 'SCRIPT') {
+            // Manually recreate the `script` in order to re-execute it
+            const newScript = document.createElement('script');
+            newScript.type = 'module';
+            let text = node.textContent ? document.createTextNode(node.textContent) : null;
+            if (text) {
+              newScript.appendChild(text);
+            }
+            node.parentNode?.replaceChild(newScript, node);
+            return (false as any);
+          }
+          return node;
+        },
+        onBeforeElUpdated: (fromEl, toEl) => {
+          if (toEl.tagName === 'script' && fromEl.textContent === toEl.textContent) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          if (toEl.tagName === 'ASTRO-ROOT' && fromEl.getAttribute('uid') === toEl.getAttribute('uid')) {
+            return false;
+          }
+          return !fromEl.isEqualNode(toEl);
+        }
+      });
+      // await enter(this);
+      this.isNavigating = false;
+    }
+
+    async onClick(event: Event) {
+      if (this.isNavigating) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        return;
+      }
+      if ((event.target as HTMLElement).tagName !== 'A') return;
+      const a = event.target as HTMLAnchorElement;
+      const href = new URL(a.href);
+      if (href.origin !== location.origin) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
+      this.transition(href, () => {
+        try {
+          history.pushState({ url: a.href }, '', a.href);
+          window.scrollTo({ top: 0, left: 0 });
+        } catch (error) {
+          window.location.assign(a.href);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  customElements.define('astro-router', AstroRouter);
+};
+
+if ('requestIdleCallback' in window) {
+  (window as any).requestIdleCallback(defineRouter);
+} else {
+  setTimeout(defineRouter, 200);
+}
diff --git a/packages/router/src/prefetch.ts b/packages/router/src/prefetch.ts
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+/** Observe link visiblity and add listeners to prefetch the URL as needed */
+export function listen() {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
+
+  // Cache of URLs we've already prefetched
+  const cache = new Set();
+  const listeners = new Map<HTMLAnchorElement, (...args: any) => any>();
+  const events = ["focus", "pointerenter"];
+
+  // RIC and shim for browsers setTimeout() without it
+  const requestIdleCallback =
+    (window as any).requestIdleCallback ||
+    function (cb: (...args: any) => any) {
+      const start = Date.now();
+      return setTimeout(function () {
+        cb({
+          didTimeout: false,
+          timeRemaining: function () {
+            return Math.max(0, 50 - (Date.now() - start));
+          },
+        });
+      }, 1);
+    };
+
+  /** prefecth a given URL */
+  function prefetch(url: string) {
+    const conn = (window.navigator as any).connection;
+    if (conn) {
+      // Don't prefetch if using 2G or if Save-Data is enabled.
+      if (conn.saveData || /2g/.test(conn.effectiveType)) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!cache.has(url)) {
+      cache.add(url);
+      return addToHead(new URL(url, window.location.href).toString());
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks if a Node is an HTMLElement
+   * @param node DOM node to check
+   */
+  function isElement(node: Node): node is HTMLElement {
+    return node.nodeType === node.ELEMENT_NODE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Fetches a given URL using `<link rel=prefetch>`
+   * @param {string} url - the URL to fetch
+   * @return {Promise<Event>} a Promise
+   */
+  function addToHead(url: string): Promise<Event> {
+    let link: HTMLLinkElement;
+    return new Promise((res, rej) => {
+      link = document.createElement(`link`);
+      link.setAttribute("astro-prefetch", "");
+      link.rel = `prefetch`;
+      link.href = url;
+
+      link.onload = res;
+      link.onerror = rej;
+
+      document.head.appendChild(link);
+    });
+  }
+
+  let usesPointer = false;
+  const hoverMedia = matchMedia("(hover: hover)");
+  usesPointer = hoverMedia.matches;
+  hoverMedia.addEventListener("change", ({ matches }) => {
+    usesPointer = matches;
+  });
+
+  const io = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+    entries.forEach((_entry) => {
+      if (_entry.isIntersecting) {
+        const entry = _entry.target as HTMLAnchorElement;
+        if (cache.has(entry.href)) return;
+        const cleanup = () => {
+          if (!listeners.has(entry)) return;
+          for (const event of events) {
+            entry.removeEventListener(event, cb);
+          }
+          listeners.delete(entry);
+        };
+        const cb = () => {
+          prefetch(entry.href)?.finally(() => cleanup());
+        };
+
+        if (!usesPointer) {
+          cb();
+        } else {
+          listeners.set(entry, cleanup);
+          for (const event of events) {
+            entry.addEventListener(event, cb, { once: true });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  const mo = new MutationObserver((entries) => {
+    entries.forEach((entry) => {
+      if (entry.addedNodes.length === 0 && entry.removedNodes.length === 0) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // Listen for any new links
+      const links: HTMLAnchorElement[] = [];
+      Array.from(entry.addedNodes).forEach((el) => {
+        if (isElement(el)) {
+          links.push(...Array.from(el.querySelectorAll("a")).filter(a => new URL(a.href).origin === location.origin));
+        }
+      });
+      if (links.length === 0) return;
+      links.forEach((link) => {
+        io.observe(link);
+      });
+
+      // Cleanup any old links
+      Array.from(entry.removedNodes).forEach((el) => {
+        if (isElement(el)) {
+          Array.from(el.querySelectorAll("a")).filter(a => new URL(a.href).origin === location.origin).forEach((a) => {
+            if (listeners.has(a)) {
+              listeners.get(a)?.();
+            }
+          });
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  requestIdleCallback(() => {
+    mo.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+
+    document.querySelectorAll("a").forEach((link) => {
+      io.observe(link);
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/router/tsconfig.json b/packages/router/tsconfig.json
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+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "target": "ES2020",
+    "module": "ES2020",
+    "outDir": "./dist"
+  }
+}