diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
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index 0000000..1d953f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 088ba6b..22d3516 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@ Cargo.lock
 
 # These are backup files generated by rustfmt
 **/*.rs.bk
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "sousa_tui"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+crossterm = "0.26.1"
+tui = "0.19.0"
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
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index 0000000..680af1b
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+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+
+let
+  rust_overlay = import (builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay/archive/master.tar.gz");
+  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> { overlays = [ rust_overlay ]; };
+  ruststable = (pkgs.latest.rustChannels.stable.default.override {
+      extensions = [
+        "rust-src"
+      ];
+    });
+in
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    ruststable
+    rust-analyzer
+    sqlite
+    sqliteman
+    pkg-config
+    alsa-lib
+  ];
+
+  RUST_BACKTRACE = 1;
+
+   shellHook = ''
+  cargo install --locked bacon
+  export PATH=$HOME/.cargo/bin:$PATH
+'';
+}
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
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index 0000000..3854413
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+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+use std::error;
+use tui::backend::Backend;
+use tui::layout::Alignment;
+use tui::style::{Color, Style};
+use tui::terminal::Frame;
+use tui::widgets::{Block, BorderType, Borders, Paragraph};
+use tui::layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout};
+
+/// Application result type.
+pub type AppResult<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn error::Error>>;
+
+/// Application.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct App {
+    /// Is the application running?
+    pub running: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for App {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self { running: true }
+    }
+}
+
+impl App {
+    /// Constructs a new instance of [`App`].
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+
+    /// Handles the tick event of the terminal.
+    pub fn tick(&self) {}
+
+    /// Renders the user interface widgets.
+    pub fn render<B: Backend>(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame<'_, B>) {
+        // This is where you add new widgets.
+        // See the following resources:
+        // - https://docs.rs/tui/latest/tui/widgets/index.html
+        // - https://github.com/fdehau/tui-rs/tree/master/examples
+        let root_layout = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .margin(1)
+            .constraints(
+                [
+                    Constraint::Percentage(80),
+                    Constraint::Percentage(20)
+                ].as_ref()
+            )
+            .split(frame.size());
+
+        let top_split = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Horizontal)
+            .margin(1)
+            .constraints(
+            [
+                Constraint::Percentage(60),
+                Constraint::Percentage(40)
+            ].as_ref()
+            )
+            .split(root_layout[0]);
+
+        let right_split = Layout::default()
+            .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+            .margin(1)
+            .constraints(
+            [
+                Constraint::Percentage(50),
+                Constraint::Percentage(50)
+            ].as_ref()
+            )
+            .split(top_split[1]);
+
+        let bottom_block = Block::default()
+            .title("bottom block")
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        frame.render_widget(bottom_block, root_layout[1]);
+
+        frame.render_widget(
+            Paragraph::new(
+                "This is a tui-rs template.\nPress `Esc`, `Ctrl-C` or `q` to stop running.",
+            ).block(
+                Block::default()
+                    .title("left top block")
+                    .borders(Borders::ALL),
+            ),
+            top_split[0]);
+
+        let top_right_block = Block::default()
+            .title("top right block")
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        frame.render_widget(top_right_block, right_split[0]);
+
+        let right_bottom_block = Block::default()
+            .title("right bottom block")
+            .borders(Borders::ALL);
+        frame.render_widget(right_bottom_block, right_split[1]);
+
+        /*
+        frame.render_widget(
+            Paragraph::new(
+                "This is a tui-rs template.\nPress `Esc`, `Ctrl-C` or `q` to stop running.",
+            )
+            .block(
+                Block::default()
+                    .title("Template")
+                    .title_alignment(Alignment::Center)
+                    .borders(Borders::ALL)
+                    .border_type(BorderType::Rounded),
+            )
+            .style(Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan).bg(Color::Black))
+            .alignment(Alignment::Center),
+            frame.size(),
+        )
+        */
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/event.rs b/src/event.rs
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index 0000000..99f5787
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+++ b/src/event.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+use crate::app::AppResult;
+use crossterm::event::{self, Event as CrosstermEvent, KeyEvent, MouseEvent};
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::thread;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+
+/// Terminal events.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum Event {
+    /// Terminal tick.
+    Tick,
+    /// Key press.
+    Key(KeyEvent),
+    /// Mouse click/scroll.
+    Mouse(MouseEvent),
+    /// Terminal resize.
+    Resize(u16, u16),
+}
+
+/// Terminal event handler.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct EventHandler {
+    /// Event sender channel.
+    sender: mpsc::Sender<Event>,
+    /// Event receiver channel.
+    receiver: mpsc::Receiver<Event>,
+    /// Event handler thread.
+    handler: thread::JoinHandle<()>,
+}
+
+impl EventHandler {
+    /// Constructs a new instance of [`EventHandler`].
+    pub fn new(tick_rate: u64) -> Self {
+        let tick_rate = Duration::from_millis(tick_rate);
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+        let handler = {
+            let sender = sender.clone();
+            thread::spawn(move || {
+                let mut last_tick = Instant::now();
+                loop {
+                    let timeout = tick_rate
+                        .checked_sub(last_tick.elapsed())
+                        .unwrap_or(tick_rate);
+
+                    if event::poll(timeout).expect("no events available") {
+                        match event::read().expect("unable to read event") {
+                            CrosstermEvent::Key(e) => sender.send(Event::Key(e)),
+                            CrosstermEvent::Mouse(e) => sender.send(Event::Mouse(e)),
+                            CrosstermEvent::Resize(w, h) => sender.send(Event::Resize(w, h)),
+                            _ => unimplemented!(),
+                        }
+                        .expect("failed to send terminal event")
+                    }
+
+                    if last_tick.elapsed() >= tick_rate {
+                        sender.send(Event::Tick).expect("failed to send tick event");
+                        last_tick = Instant::now();
+                    }
+                }
+            })
+        };
+        Self {
+            sender,
+            receiver,
+            handler,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Receive the next event from the handler thread.
+    ///
+    /// This function will always block the current thread if
+    /// there is no data available and it's possible for more data to be sent.
+    pub fn next(&self) -> AppResult<Event> {
+        Ok(self.receiver.recv()?)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/handler.rs b/src/handler.rs
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index 0000000..d31fe0f
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+++ b/src/handler.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+use crate::app::App;
+use crate::app::AppResult;
+use crossterm::event::{KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyModifiers};
+
+/// Handles the key events and updates the state of [`App`].
+pub fn handle_key_events(key_event: KeyEvent, app: &mut App) -> AppResult<()> {
+    match key_event.code {
+        // Exit application on `ESC` or `q`
+        KeyCode::Esc | KeyCode::Char('q') => {
+            app.running = false;
+        }
+        // Exit application on `Ctrl-C`
+        KeyCode::Char('c') | KeyCode::Char('C') => {
+            if key_event.modifiers == KeyModifiers::CONTROL {
+                app.running = false;
+            }
+        }
+        // Other handlers you could add here.
+        _ => {}
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ee22e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/// Application.
+pub mod app;
+
+/// Terminal events handler.
+pub mod event;
+
+/// Terminal user interface.
+pub mod tui;
+
+/// Event handler.
+pub mod handler;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..716a904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use std::io;
+use tui::backend::CrosstermBackend;
+use tui::Terminal;
+use sousa_tui::app::{App, AppResult};
+use sousa_tui::event::{Event, EventHandler};
+use sousa_tui::handler::handle_key_events;
+use sousa_tui::tui::Tui;
+
+fn main() -> AppResult<()> {
+    // Create an application.
+    let mut app = App::new();
+
+    // Initialize the terminal user interface.
+    let backend = CrosstermBackend::new(io::stderr());
+    let terminal = Terminal::new(backend)?;
+    let events = EventHandler::new(250);
+    let mut tui = Tui::new(terminal, events);
+    tui.init()?;
+
+    // Start the main loop.
+    while app.running {
+        // Render the user interface.
+        tui.draw(&mut app)?;
+        // Handle events.
+        match tui.events.next()? {
+            Event::Tick => app.tick(),
+            Event::Key(key_event) => handle_key_events(key_event, &mut app)?,
+            Event::Mouse(_) => {}
+            Event::Resize(_, _) => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Exit the user interface.
+    tui.exit()?;
+    Ok(())}
diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
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index 0000000..60131c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use crate::app::{App, AppResult};
+use crate::event::EventHandler;
+use crossterm::event::{DisableMouseCapture, EnableMouseCapture};
+use crossterm::terminal::{self, EnterAlternateScreen, LeaveAlternateScreen};
+use std::io;
+use tui::backend::Backend;
+use tui::Terminal;
+
+/// Representation of a terminal user interface.
+///
+/// It is responsible for setting up the terminal,
+/// initializing the interface and handling the draw events.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Tui<B: Backend> {
+    /// Interface to the Terminal.
+    terminal: Terminal<B>,
+    /// Terminal event handler.
+    pub events: EventHandler,
+}
+
+impl<B: Backend> Tui<B> {
+    /// Constructs a new instance of [`Tui`].
+    pub fn new(terminal: Terminal<B>, events: EventHandler) -> Self {
+        Self { terminal, events }
+    }
+
+    /// Initializes the terminal interface.
+    ///
+    /// It enables the raw mode and sets terminal properties.
+    pub fn init(&mut self) -> AppResult<()> {
+        terminal::enable_raw_mode()?;
+        crossterm::execute!(io::stderr(), EnterAlternateScreen, EnableMouseCapture)?;
+        self.terminal.hide_cursor()?;
+        self.terminal.clear()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// [`Draw`] the terminal interface by [`rendering`] the widgets.
+    ///
+    /// [`Draw`]: tui::Terminal::draw
+    /// [`rendering`]: crate::app::App::render
+    pub fn draw(&mut self, app: &mut App) -> AppResult<()> {
+        self.terminal.draw(|frame| app.render(frame))?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Exits the terminal interface.
+    ///
+    /// It disables the raw mode and reverts back the terminal properties.
+    pub fn exit(&mut self) -> AppResult<()> {
+        terminal::disable_raw_mode()?;
+        crossterm::execute!(io::stderr(), LeaveAlternateScreen, DisableMouseCapture)?;
+        self.terminal.show_cursor()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}