diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 13f9e465..e6af743b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2133,6 +2133,8 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lexopt",
+ "radicle",
+ "radicle-cli",
  "radicle-term",
  "tui-realm-stdlib",
  "tuirealm",
diff --git a/radicle-tui/Cargo.toml b/radicle-tui/Cargo.toml
index 194fca3b..8c736d90 100644
--- a/radicle-tui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/radicle-tui/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ lexopt = { version = "0.2" }
 tuirealm = { version = "1.8.0", default-features = false, features = [ "with-termion" ] }
 tui-realm-stdlib = { version = "1.2.0", default-features = false, features = [ "with-termion" ] }
 
+[dependencies.radicle]
+version = "0"
+path = "../radicle"
+
+[dependencies.radicle-cli]
+version = "0"
+path = "../radicle-cli"
+
 [dependencies.radicle-term]
 version = "0"
 path = "../radicle-term"
diff --git a/radicle-tui/src/app.rs b/radicle-tui/src/app.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b2f4bc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/radicle-tui/src/app.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use tuirealm::application::PollStrategy;
+use tuirealm::event::{Event, Key, KeyEvent, KeyModifiers};
+use tuirealm::props::{AttrValue, Attribute};
+use tuirealm::tui::layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout};
+use tuirealm::{Application, Component, Frame, NoUserEvent, Sub, SubClause, SubEventClause};
+
+use radicle_tui::ui;
+use radicle_tui::ui::components::{GlobalListener, ShortcutBar};
+use radicle_tui::ui::theme;
+use radicle_tui::ui::widget::Widget;
+
+use radicle_tui::Tui;
+
+use radicle::identity::{Id, Project};
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub struct App {
+    id: Id,
+    project: Project,
+    quit: bool,
+}
+
+/// Messages handled by this application.
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum Message {
+    Quit,
+}
+
+/// All components known to this application.
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Clone, Hash)]
+pub enum ComponentId {
+    ShortcutBar,
+    GlobalListener,
+}
+
+/// Creates a new application using a tui-realm-application, mounts all
+/// components and sets focus to a default one.
+impl App {
+    pub fn new(id: Id, project: Project) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            id,
+            project,
+            quit: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Tui<ComponentId, Message> for App {
+    fn init(&mut self, app: &mut Application<ComponentId, Message, NoUserEvent>) -> Result<()> {
+        let theme = theme::default_dark();
+
+        app.mount(
+            ComponentId::ShortcutBar,
+            ui::shortcut_bar(
+                &theme,
+                vec![
+                    ui::shortcut(&theme, "tab", "section"),
+                    ui::shortcut(&theme, "q", "quit"),
+                ],
+            )
+            .to_boxed(),
+            vec![],
+        )?;
+
+        // Add global key listener and subscribe to key events
+        app.mount(
+            ComponentId::GlobalListener,
+            ui::global_listener().to_boxed(),
+            vec![Sub::new(
+                SubEventClause::Keyboard(KeyEvent {
+                    code: Key::Char('q'),
+                    modifiers: KeyModifiers::NONE,
+                }),
+                SubClause::Always,
+            )],
+        )?;
+
+        // We need to give focus to a component then
+        app.active(&ComponentId::ShortcutBar)?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn view(
+        &mut self,
+        app: &mut Application<ComponentId, Message, NoUserEvent>,
+        frame: &mut Frame,
+    ) {
+        let area = frame.size();
+        let margin_h = 1u16;
+        let shortcuts_h = app
+            .query(&ComponentId::ShortcutBar, Attribute::Height)
+            .ok()
+            .flatten()
+            .unwrap_or(AttrValue::Size(0))
+            .unwrap_size();
+        let workspaces_h = area
+            .height
+            .saturating_sub(shortcuts_h.saturating_add(margin_h));
+
+        let layout = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .horizontal_margin(margin_h)
+            .constraints(
+                [
+                    Constraint::Length(workspaces_h),
+                    Constraint::Length(shortcuts_h),
+                ]
+                .as_ref(),
+            )
+            .split(area);
+
+        app.view(&ComponentId::ShortcutBar, frame, layout[1]);
+    }
+
+    fn update(&mut self, app: &mut Application<ComponentId, Message, NoUserEvent>, interval: u64) {
+        if let Ok(messages) = app.tick(PollStrategy::TryFor(Duration::from_millis(interval))) {
+            for message in messages {
+                match message {
+                    Message::Quit => self.quit = true,
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn quit(&self) -> bool {
+        self.quit
+    }
+}
+
+/// Since the framework does not know the type of messages that are being
+/// passed around in the app, the following handlers need to be implemented for
+/// each component used.
+impl Component<Message, NoUserEvent> for Widget<GlobalListener> {
+    fn on(&mut self, event: Event<NoUserEvent>) -> Option<Message> {
+        match event {
+            Event::Keyboard(KeyEvent {
+                code: Key::Char('q'),
+                ..
+            }) => Some(Message::Quit),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Component<Message, NoUserEvent> for Widget<ShortcutBar> {
+    fn on(&mut self, _event: Event<NoUserEvent>) -> Option<Message> {
+        None
+    }
+}
diff --git a/radicle-tui/src/lib.rs b/radicle-tui/src/lib.rs
index 36ea0ff0..e6dfd6d1 100644
--- a/radicle-tui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/radicle-tui/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use tuirealm::terminal::TerminalBridge;
 use tuirealm::Frame;
 use tuirealm::{Application, EventListenerCfg, NoUserEvent};
 
-mod ui;
+pub mod ui;
 
 /// Trait that must be implemented by client applications in order to be run
 /// as tui-application using tui-realm. Implementors act as models to the
diff --git a/radicle-tui/src/main.rs b/radicle-tui/src/main.rs
index 4e548250..0caa1e39 100644
--- a/radicle-tui/src/main.rs
+++ b/radicle-tui/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 use std::process;
 
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context};
+
+use radicle::storage::ReadStorage;
+
+use radicle_cli as cli;
 use radicle_term as term;
+use radicle_tui::Window;
+
+mod app;
 
 pub const NAME: &str = "radicle-tui";
 pub const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
@@ -47,6 +55,24 @@ impl Options {
 
 fn execute() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let _ = Options::from_env()?;
+
+    let (_, id) = radicle::rad::cwd()
+        .map_err(|_| anyhow!("this command must be run in the context of a project"))?;
+
+    let profile = cli::terminal::profile()?;
+
+    let signer = cli::terminal::signer(&profile)?;
+    let storage = &profile.storage;
+
+    let payload = storage
+        .get(signer.public_key(), id)?
+        .context("No project with such `id` exists")?;
+
+    let project = payload.project()?;
+
+    let mut window = Window::default();
+    window.run(&mut app::App::new(id, project), 1000 / FPS)?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/radicle-tui/src/ui/components.rs b/radicle-tui/src/ui/components.rs
index a78f5d80..a8c394f3 100644
--- a/radicle-tui/src/ui/components.rs
+++ b/radicle-tui/src/ui/components.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use tuirealm::{Frame, MockComponent, State, StateValue};
 use super::layout;
 use super::widget::{Widget, WidgetComponent};
 
+/// Some user events need to be handled globally (e.g. user presses key `q` to quit
+/// the application). This component can be used in conjunction with SubEventClause
+/// to handle those events.
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct GlobalListener {}