diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/app.ts b/packages/runtime/src/app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c6bda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { destroyDom } from "./destroy-dom";
+import { Dispatcher } from "./dispatcher";
+import { VNodes } from "./h";
+import { mountDOM } from "./mount-dom";
+
+type Props = {
+  state: any;
+  view: (state: any, emit: any) => VNodes;
+  reducers: Record<string, Function>;
+};
+
+export function createApp({ state, view, reducers }: Props) {
+  let parentEl: HTMLElement | null = null;
+  let vdom: VNodes | null = null;
+
+  const dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+
+  const emit = (eventName: string, payload: any) => {
+    dispatcher.dispatch(eventName, payload);
+  };
+
+  const renderApp = () => {
+    if (vdom) {
+      destroyDom(vdom);
+    }
+
+    vdom = view(state, emit);
+
+    if (vdom && parentEl) {
+      mountDOM(vdom, parentEl);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const subscriptions = [dispatcher.afterEveryCommand(renderApp)];
+
+  for (const actionName in reducers) {
+    const reducer = reducers[actionName];
+    const subs = dispatcher.subscribe(actionName, (payload: any) => {
+      state = reducer(state, payload);
+    });
+    subscriptions.push(subs);
+  }
+
+  return {
+    mount: (_parentEl: HTMLElement) => {
+      parentEl = _parentEl;
+      renderApp();
+    },
+
+    unmount: () => {
+      if (vdom) {
+        destroyDom(vdom);
+      }
+
+      vdom = null;
+
+      for (const subscription of subscriptions) {
+        subscription();
+      }
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/dispatcher.ts b/packages/runtime/src/dispatcher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd25574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/dispatcher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+export class Dispatcher {
+  private subs = new Map<string, Function[]>();
+  private afterHandlers: Function[] = [];
+
+  public subscribe = (commandName: string, handler: Function) => {
+    if (!this.subs.has(commandName)) {
+      this.subs.set(commandName, []);
+    }
+
+    const handlers = this.subs.get(commandName);
+
+    if (!handlers) {
+      throw new Error("handlers cannot be undefined");
+    }
+
+    if (handlers.includes(handler)) {
+      return () => {};
+    }
+
+    handlers.push(handler);
+
+    return () => {
+      const idx = handlers.indexOf(handler);
+      handlers.splice(idx, 1);
+    };
+  };
+
+  public afterEveryCommand = (handler: Function) => {
+    this.afterHandlers.push(handler);
+
+    return () => {
+      const idx = this.afterHandlers.indexOf(handler);
+      this.afterHandlers.splice(idx, 1);
+    };
+  };
+
+  public dispatch = (commandName: string, payload: any) => {
+    const handlers = this.subs.get(commandName);
+
+    if (handlers) {
+      for (const handler of handlers) {
+        handler(payload);
+      }
+    } else {
+      console.warn(`No handlers for command: ${commandName}`);
+    }
+
+    for (const afterHandler of this.afterHandlers) {
+      afterHandler();
+    }
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
index 6931632..e4cfd1d 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from "./h";
 export * from "./mount-dom";
+export * from "./app";
diff --git a/packages/runtime/tests/dispatcher.test.ts b/packages/runtime/tests/dispatcher.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42d63b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/runtime/tests/dispatcher.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { Dispatcher } from "../src/dispatcher";
+
+const commandName = "test-event";
+const payload = { test: "payload" };
+
+describe("A command dispatcher", () => {
+  it("can register and unregister handlers to specific commands", () => {
+    const dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+    const handler = vi.fn();
+
+    const unsubscribe = dispatcher.subscribe(commandName, handler);
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledWith(payload);
+
+    unsubscribe();
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("can't register the same handler twice", () => {
+    const dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+    const handler = vi.fn();
+
+    const unsubscribe = dispatcher.subscribe(commandName, handler);
+    dispatcher.subscribe(commandName, handler);
+    dispatcher.subscribe(commandName, handler);
+
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
+    unsubscribe();
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("unsubscribe multiple handlers", () => {
+    const dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+    const handler1 = vi.fn();
+    const handler2 = vi.fn();
+
+    const unsubscribe1 = dispatcher.subscribe(commandName, handler1);
+    const unsubscribe2 = dispatcher.subscribe(commandName, handler2);
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler1).toHaveBeenCalledWith(payload);
+    expect(handler2).toHaveBeenCalledWith(payload);
+
+    unsubscribe1();
+    unsubscribe2();
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler1).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(handler2).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
+  it("can register and unregister handlers that run after each command", () => {
+    const dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
+    const handler = vi.fn();
+
+    const unsubscribe = dispatcher.afterEveryCommand(handler);
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    unsubscribe();
+    dispatcher.dispatch(commandName, payload);
+
+    expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+});