diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab951f8..cd34ef1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ Cargo.lock
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+
+test/
+
+# Added by cargo
+
+/target
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ac894f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "chocobar"
+description = "An experiment to create a topbar for X11 using Rust and Slint"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+authors = ["candifloss <candifloss.cc>"]
+readme = "README.md"
+
+[dependencies]
+raw-window-handle = "0.6.2"
+slint = { version = "1.14.1", features = ["raw-window-handle-06", "renderer-software"] }
+winit = { version = "0.30.12", features = ["x11rb"] }
+x11rb = "0.13.2"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+slint-build = "1.14.1"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99576fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    slint_build::compile("ui/topbar.slint").unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d629a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+use slint::{LogicalPosition, LogicalSize};
+
+slint::include_modules!();
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let bar_height = 25;
+    let bar_width = 1366;
+
+    let ui = TopBar::new()?;
+    ui.set_bar_width(bar_width);
+    ui.set_bar_height(bar_height);
+    ui.window()
+        .set_size(LogicalSize::new(bar_width as f32, bar_height as f32));
+    ui.window().set_position(LogicalPosition::new(0.0, 0.0));
+    ui.run()?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/ui/topbar.slint b/ui/topbar.slint
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fa9b4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/topbar.slint
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+export component TopBar inherits Window {
+
+    in property<int> bar_width;
+    in property<int> bar_height;
+
+    title: "chocobar";
+    width: bar_width *1px;
+    height: bar_height *1px;
+    always-on-top: true;
+    no-frame: true;
+    //background: #999898a6;
+    x: 0px;
+    y: 0px;
+
+    Rectangle {
+        x: 0px;
+        y: 0px;
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 100%;
+        background: #999898a6;
+        border-radius: 0px;
+
+        HorizontalLayout {
+            x: 0px;
+            y: 0px;
+            width: 100%;
+            height: 100%;
+            
+            Rectangle {
+                background: #79a9af7b;
+            }
+            
+            Rectangle {
+                background: #779e5c7a;
+            }
+            
+            Rectangle {
+                background: #c2779a7a;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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