diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+node_modules
+
+npm-debug.log
diff --git a/example/components/li.js b/example/components/li.js
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+++ b/example/components/li.js
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+const h = require('snabbdom/h').default;
+
+module.exports = function Li({ emitter, props }) {
+    function store() {
+        const state = {
+            value: props.value
+        };
+
+        emitter.on('item:change', () => {
+            state.value = Date.now();
+            emitter.emit('self:update');
+        });
+
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    function change() {
+        emitter.emit('item:change');
+    }
+
+    function view({ state }) {
+        return h('li', { on: { click: change } }, state.value);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        store,
+        view
+    };
+};
diff --git a/example/components/list.js b/example/components/list.js
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+++ b/example/components/list.js
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+const Li = require('./li');
+const h = require('snabbdom/h').default;
+
+module.exports = function List({ emitter, component, props }) {
+    function store() {
+        const state = {
+            items: props.items
+        };
+
+        emitter.on('item:add', (e) => {
+            state.items.push(e.value);
+            emitter.emit('self:update');
+        });
+
+        emitter.on('item:remove', () => {
+            state.items.pop();
+            emitter.emit('self:update');
+        });
+
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    function add() {
+        emitter.emit('item:add', { value: Date.now() });
+    }
+
+    function remove() {
+        emitter.emit('item:remove');
+    }
+
+    const li = component(Li);
+
+    function view({ state }) {
+        return h('div#list', [
+            h('button', { on: { click: add } }, 'add'),
+            h('button', { on: { click: remove } }, 'remove'),
+            h('ul', state.items.map((value, key) => li({ value, key })))
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        store,
+        view
+    };
+};
diff --git a/example/index.js b/example/index.js
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+++ b/example/index.js
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+const { start } = require('../index');
+const List = require('./components/list');
+const h = require('snabbdom/h').default;
+
+function App({ emitter, component }) {
+    function store() {
+        const state = {
+            time: Date.now()
+        };
+
+        emitter.on('change:time', (e) => {
+            state.time = e.time;
+            emitter.emit('self:update');
+        });
+
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    const change = () => {
+        emitter.emit('change:time', { time: Date.now() });
+    };
+
+    function view({ state }) {
+        return h('div#app', [
+            h('h1', { on: { click: change } }, state.time),
+            component(List, { items: ['test 1', 'test 2'] })
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        store,
+        view
+    };
+}
+
+window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    container.id = 'app';
+    document.body.insertBefore(container, document.body.firstChild);
+
+    start(container, App);
+});
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+++ b/index.js
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+const mitt = require('mitt');
+const createRenderer = require('./lib/create-renderer');
+const { component } = require('./lib/component');
+
+function start(container, createApp, props = {}) {
+    const render = createRenderer(container);
+
+    const emitter = mitt();
+
+    emitter.on('self:update', () => {
+        render({ view, state, props });
+    });
+
+    const { view, store } = createApp({ emitter, component: component(emitter), props });
+
+    const state = store();
+
+    emitter.emit('self:update');
+
+    return emitter;
+}
+
+exports.start = start;
diff --git a/lib/component.js b/lib/component.js
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+++ b/lib/component.js
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+const mitt = require('mitt');
+const give = require('xet');
+const curry = require('curry');
+const DeepMap = require('./deepmap');
+const createRenderer = require('./create-renderer');
+const noop = () => {};
+const instances = new DeepMap();
+
+function defineHooks(emitter, vnode) {
+    vnode.data.hook = vnode.data.hook || {};
+
+    const userInsert = vnode.data.hook.insert || noop;
+    const userPostpatch = vnode.data.hook.postpatch || noop;
+
+    vnode.data.hook.insert = vnode => {
+        vnode.emitter = emitter;
+        userInsert(vnode);
+    };
+
+    vnode.data.hook.postpatch = (oldVnode, vnode) => {
+        const children = vnode.elm.parentElement.vnode.children;
+        children[children.indexOf(oldVnode)] = vnode;
+        userPostpatch(oldVnode, vnode);
+    };
+
+    return vnode;
+}
+
+function createComponent(factory, { props = {} }) {
+    const render = createRenderer();
+
+    const emitter = mitt();
+
+    emitter.on('self:update', () => {
+        render({ view, state, props });
+    });
+
+    const { view: userView, store } = factory({ emitter, component: component(emitter), props });
+
+    const view = ({ state, props }) => {
+        return defineHooks(emitter, userView({ state, props }));
+    };
+
+    const state = store();
+
+    render({ view, state, props });
+
+    return render;
+}
+
+const component = curry((emitter, factory, props) => {
+    const keys = [emitter, component, props.key];
+
+    const instance = give.call(instances, keys, () => createComponent(factory, { props }));
+
+    return instance.getVnode();
+});
+
+exports.defineHooks = defineHooks;
+exports.createComponent = createComponent;
+exports.component = component;
diff --git a/lib/create-renderer.js b/lib/create-renderer.js
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+++ b/lib/create-renderer.js
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+const snabbdom = require('snabbdom');
+const patch = snabbdom.init([
+    require('snabbdom/modules/eventlisteners').default,
+    require('snabbdom/modules/style').default,
+    require('./remember-vnode')
+], require('./htmldomapi'));
+
+module.exports = function createRenderer(container) {
+    let vnode = container;
+
+    function render({ view, state, props }) {
+        if (vnode) {
+            vnode = patch(vnode, view({ state, props }));
+        } else {
+            vnode = view({ state, props });
+        }
+
+        return vnode;
+    }
+
+    render.getVnode = () => {
+        return vnode;
+    };
+
+    return render;
+};
diff --git a/lib/deepmap.js b/lib/deepmap.js
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+++ b/lib/deepmap.js
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+const give = require('xet');
+const root = new WeakMap();
+const leaves = new Map();
+
+const deepClear = deepMap => {
+    if (leaves.has(deepMap)) {
+        leaves.delete(deepMap);
+    }
+
+    for (let map of deepMap.values()) {
+        deepClear(map);
+    }
+
+    return deepMap.clear();
+};
+
+module.exports = class DeepMap {
+    constructor(entries = []) {
+        for (let entry of entries) {
+            this.set(...entry);
+        }
+
+        root.set(this, new Map());
+    }
+
+    clear() {
+        return deepClear(this);
+    }
+
+    delete(keys) {
+        let branch = root.get(this);
+
+        for (let key of keys) {
+            if (branch.has(key)) {
+                branch = branch.get(key);
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return leaves.delete(branch);
+    }
+
+    has(keys) {
+        let branch = root.get(this);
+
+        for (let key of keys) {
+            if (branch.has(key)) {
+                branch = branch.get(key);
+            } else {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return leaves.has(branch);
+    }
+
+    get(keys) {
+        let branch = root.get(this);
+
+        for (let key of keys) {
+            branch = branch.get(key);
+        }
+
+        return leaves.get(branch);
+    }
+
+    set(keys, value) {
+        let branch = root.get(this);
+
+        for (let key of keys) {
+            branch = give.call(branch, key, () => new Map());
+        }
+
+        leaves.set(branch, value);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/lib/htmldomapi.js b/lib/htmldomapi.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/htmldomapi.js
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+const htmldomapi = require('snabbdom/htmldomapi').default;
+const removeChild = htmldomapi.removeChild;
+
+htmldomapi.removeChild = (node, child) => {
+    if (node && child) {
+        removeChild(node, child);
+    }
+};
+
+module.exports = htmldomapi;
diff --git a/lib/remember-vnode.js b/lib/remember-vnode.js
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/remember-vnode.js
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+module.exports = {
+    create(oldVnode, vnode) {
+        vnode.elm.vnode = vnode;
+    },
+    update(oldVnode, vnode) {
+        vnode.elm.vnode = vnode;
+    }
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "snabbmitt",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "eslint .",
+    "start": "budo example/index.js --live --open"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "eslintConfig": {
+    "extends": "postcss",
+    "env": {
+      "browser": true,
+      "node": true
+    },
+    "rules": {
+      "max-len": 0,
+      "no-use-before-define": 0,
+      "no-shadow": 0
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "curry": "^1.2.0",
+    "mitt": "^1.1.0",
+    "snabbdom": "^0.6.6",
+    "xet": "^1.0.4"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "budo": "^9.4.7",
+    "eslint": "^3.17.1",
+    "eslint-config-postcss": "^2.0.2"
+  }
+}