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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c800cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "ouichat"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Michael Zhang <mail@mzhang.io>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.34"
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+termion = "1.5.5"
diff --git a/core/buftree.go b/core/buftree.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 223e277..0000000
--- a/core/buftree.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package core
-
-import "container/list"
-
-type BufferNode struct {
-	name     string
-	children []*BufferNode
-	messages []*Message
-}
-
-func NewBufferNode(name string) *BufferNode {
-	return &BufferNode{
-		name:     name,
-		children: make([]*BufferNode, 0),
-	}
-}
-
-const (
-	WALK_DEPTH_FIRST   = 0
-	WALK_BREADTH_FIRST = 1
-)
-
-type WalkEntry struct {
-	Node  *BufferNode
-	Depth int
-}
-
-func (n*BufferNode) AddChild(child*BufferNode) {
-    n.children = append(n.children, child)
-}
-
-func (n *BufferNode) Walk(cb func(*WalkEntry), mode int) {
-	queue := list.New()
-	queue.PushBack(&WalkEntry{
-		Node:  n,
-		Depth: 0,
-	})
-
-	for queue.Len() > 0 {
-		next := queue.Front()
-		queue.Remove(next)
-		entry := next.Value.(*WalkEntry)
-		cb(entry)
-
-		for _, child := range entry.Node.children {
-			childEntry := &WalkEntry{
-				Node:  child,
-				Depth: entry.Depth + 1,
-			}
-			if mode == WALK_DEPTH_FIRST {
-				queue.PushFront(childEntry)
-			} else if mode == WALK_BREADTH_FIRST {
-				queue.PushBack(childEntry)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/core/message.go b/core/message.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cda20a..0000000
--- a/core/message.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package core
-
-import "time"
-
-type Message struct {
-	Time      time.Time `json:"time"`
-	MessageID string
-	Author    string
-	AuthorID  string
-	Contents  string
-}
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diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d86b6c..0000000
--- a/go.mod
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-module ouichat
-
-go 1.14
-
-require (
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
-	github.com/veandco/go-sdl2 v0.4.4
-	gopkg.in/irc.v3 v3.1.3
-)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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index 4633d87..0000000
--- a/go.sum
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-github.com/MONKEY-WORKS/cassowary v0.0.0-20180307084501-6ee9ddb566f5 h1:KE9sasTMSjdsNIxvLyKMArAkzDyvwUo3O6ZqpOJNGWc=
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diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c077c76..0000000
--- a/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/ttf"
-
-	"ouichat/core"
-	"ouichat/plugins"
-	"ouichat/ui"
-)
-
-func run() int {
-	var err error
-
-	// Initialize libraries
-	if err = sdl.Init(sdl.INIT_EVERYTHING); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	defer sdl.Quit()
-	if err = ttf.Init(); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	defer ttf.Quit()
-
-	// create window
-	window, err := sdl.CreateWindow(
-		"ouichat",
-		sdl.WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, sdl.WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
-		1024, 768,
-		sdl.WINDOW_SHOWN,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	defer window.Destroy()
-
-	// create buffer tree
-	tree := core.NewBufferNode("ouichat")
-
-	// start plugins
-	man := plugins.NewPluginManager(tree)
-	man.Spawn(plugins.NewIrcPlugin("acm"))
-
-	// initialize ui
-	ui, err := ui.NewUI(window, tree)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Println(err)
-		return 1
-	}
-	defer ui.Close()
-
-	// main loop
-	for {
-		exit := ui.RenderLoop()
-		window.UpdateSurface()
-
-		if exit {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	return 0
-}
-
-func main() {
-	var exitcode int
-	sdl.Main(func() {
-		exitcode = run()
-	})
-	os.Exit(exitcode)
-}
diff --git a/plugins/irc.go b/plugins/irc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1fec1df..0000000
--- a/plugins/irc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package plugins
-
-import (
-	"crypto/tls"
-	"fmt"
-	"ouichat/core"
-
-	"gopkg.in/irc.v3"
-)
-
-type IrcPlugin struct {
-    name string
-	client   *irc.Client
-	messages chan *irc.Message
-	man      *PluginManager
-	root     *core.BufferNode
-}
-
-func NewIrcPlugin(name string) *IrcPlugin {
-	conn, err := tls.Dial("tcp", "acm.umn.edu:6669", &tls.Config{})
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-
-	// messages := make(chan *irc.Message)
-	config := irc.ClientConfig{
-		Nick: "ouichat",
-		User: "ouichat",
-		Name: "ouichat",
-		Handler: irc.HandlerFunc(func(c *irc.Client, m *irc.Message) {
-			fmt.Printf("%+v\n", m)
-			// messages <- m
-		}),
-	}
-	client := irc.NewClient(conn, config)
-	return &IrcPlugin{
-        name: name,
-		client: client,
-	}
-}
-
-func(p*IrcPlugin) Name() string {
-    return p.name
-}
-
-func (p *IrcPlugin) Init(man *PluginManager, root *core.BufferNode) {
-	p.man = man
-	p.root = root
-	go p.client.Run()
-}
-
-func (p *IrcPlugin) Buffers() *core.BufferNode {
-	return p.root
-}
diff --git a/plugins/manager.go b/plugins/manager.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b1b09e..0000000
--- a/plugins/manager.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-package plugins
-
-import "ouichat/core"
-
-// PluginManager is a convenience type that handles everything related to plugins
-type PluginManager struct {
-	root    *core.BufferNode
-	plugins []Plugin
-}
-
-func NewPluginManager(root *core.BufferNode) *PluginManager {
-	return &PluginManager{
-		root:    root,
-		plugins: make([]Plugin, 0),
-	}
-}
-
-func (man *PluginManager) Spawn(plugin Plugin) {
-    node := core.NewBufferNode(plugin.Name())
-    man.root.AddChild(node)
-	plugin.Init(man, node)
-	man.plugins = append(man.plugins, plugin)
-}
diff --git a/plugins/plugin.go b/plugins/plugin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a052b1b..0000000
--- a/plugins/plugin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package plugins
-
-import (
-	"ouichat/core"
-)
-
-type Plugin interface {
-    // Name is a unique name
-    Name() string
-
-	// Start is executed before anything
-	Init(man *PluginManager, root *core.BufferNode)
-
-	// Buffers gets a list of the buffers underneath this one
-	// the root one given to the plugin must be returned
-	Buffers() *core.BufferNode
-}
diff --git a/plugins/rocketchat.go b/plugins/rocketchat.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d5c343e..0000000
--- a/plugins/rocketchat.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package plugins
diff --git a/plugins/weechat.go b/plugins/weechat.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d5c343e..0000000
--- a/plugins/weechat.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-package plugins
diff --git a/src/cli_opts.rs b/src/cli_opts.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2284bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli_opts.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use structopt::StructOpt;
+
+#[derive(Debug, StructOpt)]
+pub struct Options {}
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50449d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub struct Config {}
diff --git a/src/gui/buffer.rs b/src/gui/buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/src/gui/mod.rs b/src/gui/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f824c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+mod buffer;
+mod window;
+
+use std::io;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use termion::{
+    raw::{IntoRawMode, RawTerminal},
+    screen::AlternateScreen,
+};
+
+pub struct Gui {
+    screen: AlternateScreen<RawTerminal<io::Stdout>>,
+}
+
+impl Gui {
+    pub fn init() -> Result<Self> {
+        let stdin = io::stdin();
+        let stdout = io::stdout();
+        let screen = AlternateScreen::from(stdout.into_raw_mode()?);
+
+        Ok(Gui { screen })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/gui/window.rs b/src/gui/window.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gui/window.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..400c593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+mod cli_opts;
+mod config;
+mod gui;
+mod ouichat;
+
+pub use crate::cli_opts::Options;
+pub use crate::ouichat::Ouichat;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a1353d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+use anyhow::Result;
+use ouichat::{Options, Ouichat};
+use structopt::StructOpt;
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    let opts = Options::from_args();
+    println!("{:?}", opts);
+
+    let ouichat = Ouichat::new()?;
+    ouichat.main_loop();
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/ouichat/main_loop.rs b/src/ouichat/main_loop.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..419305f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ouichat/main_loop.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use super::Ouichat;
+
+impl Ouichat {
+    pub fn main_loop(mut self) {
+        loop {
+            println!("hello");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ouichat/mod.rs b/src/ouichat/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..620b89e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ouichat/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+mod main_loop;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use crate::gui::Gui;
+
+pub struct Ouichat {
+    gui: Gui,
+}
+
+impl Ouichat {
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
+        let gui = Gui::init()?;
+
+        Ok(Ouichat { gui })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ui/colors.go b/ui/colors.go
deleted file mode 100644
index e537f00..0000000
--- a/ui/colors.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import "github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-
-var (
-	BACKGROUND  = sdl.Color{R: 46, G: 46, B: 50, A: 255}
-	BACKGROUND2 = sdl.Color{R: 37, G: 37, B: 41, A: 255}
-	DIVIDER     = sdl.Color{R: 32, G: 32, B: 36, A: 255}
-	TEXT        = sdl.Color{R: 151, G: 151, B: 156, A: 255}
-	CARET       = sdl.Color{R: 147, G: 221, B: 250, A: 255}
-)
diff --git a/ui/ctr_scroller.go b/ui/ctr_scroller.go
deleted file mode 100644
index edc3af8..0000000
--- a/ui/ctr_scroller.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-type Scroller struct {
-}
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 56aace6..0000000
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/ttf"
-
-	"ouichat/core"
-)
-
-const (
-	FrameRate = 60
-)
-
-var (
-	sansFont *ttf.Font
-	monoFont *ttf.Font
-)
-
-type UI struct {
-	win     *sdl.Window
-	rdr     *sdl.Renderer // SDL renderer
-	root    View
-	focused *View
-}
-
-func NewUI(win *sdl.Window, tree *core.BufferNode) (*UI, error) {
-	rdr, err := sdl.CreateRenderer(win, 0, 0)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if sansFont == nil {
-		if sansFont, err = ttf.OpenFont("fonts/roboto.ttf", 16); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	if monoFont == nil {
-		if monoFont, err = ttf.OpenFont("fonts/roboto-mono.ttf", 16); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-
-	root := NewRootView(tree)
-
-	return &UI{
-		win:     win,
-		rdr:     rdr,
-		root:    root,
-		focused: nil,
-	}, nil
-}
-
-func (ui *UI) RenderLoop() bool {
-	// handle events first
-	for event := sdl.PollEvent(); event != nil; event = sdl.PollEvent() {
-		switch event.(type) {
-		case *sdl.KeyboardEvent:
-			// fmt.Printf("event: %+v\n", event)
-		case *sdl.QuitEvent:
-			println("Quit")
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-
-	// render
-	ui.rdr.SetDrawColor(BACKGROUND.R, BACKGROUND.G, BACKGROUND.B, BACKGROUND.A)
-	ui.rdr.Clear()
-	w, h := ui.win.GetSize()
-	ui.root.Draw(ui.rdr, 0, 0, int(w), int(h))
-
-	ui.rdr.Present()
-	sdl.Delay(1000 / FrameRate)
-
-	return false
-}
-
-func (ui *UI) Close() {
-	ui.rdr.Destroy()
-	sansFont.Close()
-	monoFont.Close()
-}
diff --git a/ui/util.go b/ui/util.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dd11cca..0000000
--- a/ui/util.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/ttf"
-)
-
-func CreateText(r *sdl.Renderer, font *ttf.Font, text string, color sdl.Color) (*sdl.Texture, int32, int32, error) {
-	var (
-		err  error
-		surf *sdl.Surface
-		txt  *sdl.Texture
-	)
-
-	if surf, err = font.RenderUTF8Blended(text, color); err != nil {
-		return nil, -1, -1, err
-	}
-	defer surf.Free()
-
-	if txt, err = r.CreateTextureFromSurface(surf); err != nil {
-		return nil, -1, -1, err
-	}
-
-	return txt, surf.W, surf.H, nil
-}
diff --git a/ui/view.go b/ui/view.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c082639..0000000
--- a/ui/view.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-)
-
-var (
-	idLock = &sync.Mutex{}
-	id     = 0
-)
-
-// View is a rectangular widget
-type View interface {
-	// Name returns a unique way to identify this view
-	// Use ViewID to create a unique ID
-	Name() string
-
-	// Draw the view using the given dimensions and offset
-	Draw(r *sdl.Renderer, x, y int32, w, h int) error
-
-	GetWidth() int
-	GetMinWidth() int
-}
-
-func ViewID(name string) string {
-	idLock.Lock()
-	defer idLock.Unlock()
-
-	next := id
-	id += 1
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s_%d", name, next)
-}
diff --git a/ui/view_buffer.go b/ui/view_buffer.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ce103bb..0000000
--- a/ui/view_buffer.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import "github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-
-type BufferView struct {
-	name    string
-	textbox *TextBox
-}
-
-func NewBufferView(name string) *BufferView {
-	return &BufferView{
-		name:    ViewID(name),
-		textbox: NewTextBox(),
-	}
-}
-
-func (v *BufferView) Name() string {
-	return v.name
-}
-
-func (v *BufferView) GetWidth() int {
-	return -1
-}
-
-func (v *BufferView) GetMinWidth() int {
-	return 400
-}
-
-func (v *BufferView) Draw(r *sdl.Renderer, x, y int32, w, h int) error {
-	v.textbox.Draw(r, x, y+int32(h)-40, w, 40)
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/ui/view_root.go b/ui/view_root.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b9e082..0000000
--- a/ui/view_root.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-
-	"ouichat/core"
-)
-
-type RootView struct {
-	name  string
-	split *VSplitView
-}
-
-func NewRootView(tree *core.BufferNode) *RootView {
-	name := ViewID("root")
-
-	split := NewVSplitView()
-	split.AddChild(NewTreeView(tree))
-	split.AddChild(NewBufferView("empty"))
-
-	return &RootView{
-		name,
-		split,
-	}
-}
-
-func (v *RootView) Name() string {
-	return v.name
-}
-
-func (v *RootView) GetWidth() int {
-	return -1
-}
-
-func (v *RootView) GetMinWidth() int {
-	return -1
-}
-
-func (v *RootView) Draw(r *sdl.Renderer, x, y int32, w, h int) error {
-	// don't do anything but forward it to the split
-	return v.split.Draw(r, x, y, w, h)
-}
diff --git a/ui/view_tree.go b/ui/view_tree.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b95f880..0000000
--- a/ui/view_tree.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-
-	"ouichat/core"
-)
-
-type TreeView struct {
-	name  string
-	tree  *core.BufferNode
-	width uint
-}
-
-func NewTreeView(tree *core.BufferNode) *TreeView {
-	return &TreeView{
-		name:  ViewID("tree"),
-		tree:  tree,
-		width: 200,
-	}
-}
-
-func (v *TreeView) Name() string {
-	return v.name
-}
-
-func (v *TreeView) GetWidth() int {
-	return int(v.width)
-}
-
-func (v *TreeView) GetMinWidth() int {
-	return 200
-}
-
-func (v *TreeView) Draw(r *sdl.Renderer, x, y int32, w, h int) error {
-	var (
-		txt    *sdl.Texture
-		tw, th int32
-		err    error
-	)
-	if txt, tw, th, err = CreateText(r, sansFont, "BUFFERS", TEXT); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer txt.Destroy()
-	r.Copy(txt, nil, &sdl.Rect{X: 5, Y: 5, W: tw, H: th})
-
-	v.tree.Walk(func(entry *core.WalkEntry) {
-		fmt.Printf("%s%+v\n", strings.Repeat(" ", entry.Depth), entry.Node)
-	}, core.WALK_DEPTH_FIRST)
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/ui/view_vsplit.go b/ui/view_vsplit.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff38f7..0000000
--- a/ui/view_vsplit.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-)
-
-type VSplitView struct {
-	children []View
-}
-
-func NewVSplitView() *VSplitView {
-	children := make([]View, 0)
-	return &VSplitView{
-		children,
-	}
-}
-
-func (v *VSplitView) AddChild(child View) {
-	v.children = append(v.children, child)
-}
-
-func (v *VSplitView) Draw(r *sdl.Renderer, x, y int32, w, h int) error {
-	totalWidth := w - int(len(v.children)) + 1
-	widths := make([]int, len(v.children))
-	remainingChildren := 0
-	for i, child := range v.children {
-		cw := child.GetWidth()
-		if cw >= 0 {
-			totalWidth -= cw
-			widths[i] = cw
-		} else {
-			remainingChildren += 1
-			widths[i] = -1
-		}
-	}
-	eachChild := totalWidth / remainingChildren
-	for i := range v.children {
-		if widths[i] == -1 {
-			widths[i] = eachChild
-		}
-	}
-
-	runningX := int32(0)
-	for i, child := range v.children {
-		child.Draw(r, runningX, y, widths[i], h)
-		runningX += int32(widths[i] + 1)
-
-		if err := r.SetDrawColor(DIVIDER.R, DIVIDER.G, DIVIDER.B, DIVIDER.A); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if err := r.DrawLine(runningX-1, y, int32(runningX)-1, y+int32(h)); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/ui/widget_textbox.go b/ui/widget_textbox.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cf45482..0000000
--- a/ui/widget_textbox.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-package ui
-
-import (
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/gfx"
-	"github.com/veandco/go-sdl2/sdl"
-)
-
-var (
-	blinkTimer = time.Now()
-)
-
-type TextBox struct {
-	value    string
-	hasFocus bool
-}
-
-func NewTextBox() *TextBox {
-	return &TextBox{}
-}
-
-func (b *TextBox) Draw(r *sdl.Renderer, x, y int32, w, h int) error {
-	r.SetDrawColor(BACKGROUND2.R, BACKGROUND2.G, BACKGROUND2.B, BACKGROUND2.A)
-	r.FillRect(&sdl.Rect{X: x, Y: y, W: int32(w), H: int32(h)})
-
-	if int64(time.Now().Sub(blinkTimer).Seconds())%2 == 0 {
-		cx := x + 5
-		gfx.ThickLineColor(r, cx, y+5, cx, y+int32(h)-5, 3, CARET)
-	}
-	return nil
-}