diff --git a/component/cache.js b/component/cache.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..101acc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/cache.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+var assert = require('assert')
+var LRU = require('nanolru')
+
+module.exports = ChooComponentCache
+
+function ChooComponentCache (state, emit, lru) {
+  assert.ok(this instanceof ChooComponentCache, 'ChooComponentCache should be created with `new`')
+
+  assert.equal(typeof state, 'object', 'ChooComponentCache: state should be type object')
+  assert.equal(typeof emit, 'function', 'ChooComponentCache: emit should be type function')
+
+  if (typeof lru === 'number') this.cache = new LRU(lru)
+  else this.cache = lru || new LRU(100)
+  this.state = state
+  this.emit = emit
+}
+
+// Get & create component instances.
+ChooComponentCache.prototype.render = function (Component, id) {
+  assert.equal(typeof Component, 'function', 'ChooComponentCache.render: Component should be type function')
+  assert.ok(typeof id === 'string' || typeof id === 'number', 'ChooComponentCache.render: id should be type string or type number')
+
+  var el = this.cache.get(id)
+  if (!el) {
+    var args = []
+    for (var i = 2, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++) {
+      args.push(arguments[i])
+    }
+    args.unshift(Component, id, this.state, this.emit)
+    el = newCall.apply(newCall, args)
+    this.cache.set(id, el)
+  }
+
+  return el
+}
+
+// Because you can't call `new` and `.apply()` at the same time. This is a mad
+// hack, but hey it works so we gonna go for it. Whoop.
+function newCall (Cls) {
+  return new (Cls.bind.apply(Cls, arguments)) // eslint-disable-line
+}
diff --git a/component/index.js b/component/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b639a1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('nanocomponent')
diff --git a/example/components/footer/clear-button.js b/example/components/footer/clear-button.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba632404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/footer/clear-button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var html = require('bel')
+
+module.exports = deleteCompleted
+
+function deleteCompleted (emit) {
+  return html`
+    <button class="clear-completed" onclick=${deleteAllCompleted}>
+      Clear completed
+    </button>
+  `
+
+  function deleteAllCompleted () {
+    emit('todos:deleteCompleted')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/components/footer/filter-button.js b/example/components/footer/filter-button.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f37003b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/footer/filter-button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var html = require('bel')
+
+module.exports = filterButton
+
+function filterButton (name, filter, currentFilter, emit) {
+  var filterClass = filter === currentFilter
+    ? 'selected'
+    : ''
+
+  var uri = '#' + name.toLowerCase()
+  if (uri === '#all') uri = '/'
+
+  return html`<li>
+    <a href=${uri} class=${filterClass}>
+      ${name}
+    </a>
+  </li>`
+}
diff --git a/example/components/footer/index.js b/example/components/footer/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3645a803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/footer/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+var Component = require('../../../component')
+var html = require('bel')
+
+var clearButton = require('./clear-button')
+var filterButton = require('./filter-button')
+
+module.exports = class Footer extends Component {
+  constructor (name, state, emit) {
+    super(name)
+    this.state = state
+    this.emit = emit
+
+    this.local = this.state.components.footer = {}
+    this.setState()
+  }
+
+  setState () {
+    this.local.rawTodos = this.state.todos.clock
+    this.local.rawHref = this.state.href
+
+    this.local.filter = this.state.href.replace(/^\//, '') || ''
+    this.local.activeCount = this.state.todos.active.length
+    this.local.hasDone = this.state.todos.done.length || null
+  }
+
+  update () {
+    if (this.local.rawTodos !== this.state.todos.clock ||
+      this.local.rawHref !== this.state.href) {
+      this.setState()
+      return true
+    } else {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+
+  createElement () {
+    return html`<footer class="footer">
+      <span class="todo-count">
+        <strong>${this.local.activeCount}</strong>
+        item${this.state.todos.all === 1 ? '' : 's'} left
+      </span>
+      <ul class="filters">
+        ${filterButton('All', '', this.local.filter, this.emit)}
+        ${filterButton('Active', 'active', this.local.filter, this.emit)}
+        ${filterButton('Completed', 'completed', this.local.filter, this.emit)}
+      </ul>
+      ${this.local.hasDone && clearButton(this.emit)}
+    </footer>`
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/components/header.js b/example/components/header.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff682d4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/header.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+var Component = require('../../component')
+var html = require('bel')
+
+module.exports = class Header extends Component {
+  constructor (name, state, emit) {
+    super(name)
+    this.state = state
+    this.emit = emit
+  }
+
+  update () {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  createElement () {
+    return html`<header class="header">
+      <h1>todos</h1>
+      <input class="new-todo"
+        autofocus
+        placeholder="What needs to be done?"
+        onkeydown=${this.createTodo.bind(this)} />
+    </header>`
+  }
+
+  createTodo (e) {
+    var value = e.target.value
+    if (e.keyCode === 13) {
+      e.target.value = ''
+      this.emit('todos:create', value)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/components/info.js b/example/components/info.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1b917cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/info.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+var Component = require('../../component')
+var html = require('bel')
+
+module.exports = class Info extends Component {
+  update () {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  createElement () {
+    return html`<footer class="info">
+      <p>Double-click to edit a todo</p>
+      <p>choo by <a href="https://yoshuawuyts.com/">Yoshua Wuyts</a></p>
+      <p>Created by <a href="http://shuheikagawa.com">Shuhei Kagawa</a></p>
+    </footer>`
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/components/todos/index.js b/example/components/todos/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7dbfd3a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/todos/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+var Component = require('../../../component')
+var html = require('bel')
+
+var Todo = require('./todo')
+
+module.exports = class Header extends Component {
+  constructor (name, state, emit) {
+    super(name)
+    this.state = state
+    this.emit = emit
+    this.local = this.state.components[name] = {}
+    this.setState()
+  }
+
+  setState () {
+    this.local.rawTodos = this.state.todos.clock
+    this.local.rawHref = this.state.href
+
+    this.local.allDone = this.state.todos.done.length === this.state.todos.all.length
+    this.local.filter = this.state.href.replace(/^\//, '') || ''
+    this.local.todos = this.local.filter === 'completed'
+      ? this.state.todos.done
+      : this.local.filter === 'active'
+        ? this.state.todos.active
+        : this.state.todos.all
+  }
+
+  update () {
+    if (this.local.rawTodos !== this.state.todos.clock ||
+      this.local.rawHref !== this.state.href) {
+      this.setState()
+      return true
+    } else {
+      return false
+    }
+  }
+
+  createElement () {
+    return html`<section class="main">
+      <input
+        class="toggle-all"
+        type="checkbox"
+        checked=${this.local.allDone}
+        onchange=${() => this.toggleAll()}/>
+      <label for="toggle-all" style="display: none;">
+        Mark all as done
+      </label>
+      <ul class="todo-list">
+        ${this.local.todos.map(todo => Todo(todo, this.emit))}
+      </ul>
+    </section>`
+  }
+
+  createTodo (e) {
+    var value = e.target.value
+    if (e.keyCode === 13) {
+      e.target.value = ''
+      this.emit('todos:create', value)
+    }
+  }
+
+  toggleAll () {
+    this.emit('todos:toggleAll')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/components/todos/todo.js b/example/components/todos/todo.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a3606d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/components/todos/todo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+var html = require('bel')
+
+module.exports = Todo
+
+function Todo (todo, emit) {
+  var clx = classList({ completed: todo.done, editing: todo.editing })
+  return html`
+    <li id=${todo.id} class=${clx}>
+      <div class="view">
+        <input
+          type="checkbox"
+          class="toggle"
+          checked="${todo.done}"
+          onchange=${toggle} />
+        <label ondblclick=${edit}>${todo.name}</label>
+        <button
+          class="destroy"
+          onclick=${destroy}
+        ></button>
+      </div>
+      <input
+        class="edit"
+        value=${todo.name}
+        onkeydown=${handleEditKeydown}
+        onblur=${update} />
+    </li>
+  `
+
+  function toggle (e) {
+    emit('todos:toggle', todo.id)
+  }
+
+  function edit (e) {
+    emit('todos:edit', todo.id)
+  }
+
+  function destroy (e) {
+    emit('todos:delete', todo.id)
+  }
+
+  function update (e) {
+    emit('todos:update', {
+      id: todo.id,
+      editing: false,
+      name: e.target.value
+    })
+  }
+
+  function handleEditKeydown (e) {
+    if (e.keyCode === 13) update(e)              // Enter
+    else if (e.code === 27) emit('todos:unedit') // Escape
+  }
+
+  function classList (classes) {
+    var str = ''
+    var keys = Object.keys(classes)
+    for (var i = 0, len = keys.length; i < len; i++) {
+      var key = keys[i]
+      var val = classes[key]
+      if (val) str += (key + ' ')
+    }
+    return str
+  }
+}
diff --git a/example/index.js b/example/index.js
index 5c767b15..117d05e3 100644
--- a/example/index.js
+++ b/example/index.js
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ var app = choo()
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
   app.use(require('choo-devtools')())
 }
-app.use(require('./store'))
+app.use(require('./stores/todos'))
 
-app.route('/', require('./view'))
-app.route('#active', require('./view'))
-app.route('#completed', require('./view'))
-app.route('*', require('./view'))
+app.route('/', require('./views/main'))
+app.route('#active', require('./views/main'))
+app.route('#completed', require('./views/main'))
+app.route('*', require('./views/main'))
 
 module.exports = app.mount('body')
diff --git a/example/store.js b/example/stores/todos.js
similarity index 83%
rename from example/store.js
rename to example/stores/todos.js
index 63f206d6..d6e2efa3 100644
--- a/example/store.js
+++ b/example/stores/todos.js
@@ -1,30 +1,18 @@
 module.exports = todoStore
 
 function todoStore (state, emitter) {
-  if (!state.todos) {
-    state.todos = {}
-
-    state.todos.active = []
-    state.todos.done = []
-    state.todos.all = []
-
-    state.todos.idCounter = 0
+  state.todos = {
+    clock: 0,
+    idCounter: 0,
+    active: [],
+    done: [],
+    all: []
   }
 
-  // Always reset when application boots
-  state.todos.input = ''
-
-  // Register emitters after DOM is loaded to speed up DOM loading
   emitter.on('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
-    // CRUD
     emitter.on('todos:create', create)
     emitter.on('todos:update', update)
     emitter.on('todos:delete', del)
-
-    // Special
-    emitter.on('todos:input', oninput)
-
-    // Shorthand
     emitter.on('todos:edit', edit)
     emitter.on('todos:unedit', unedit)
     emitter.on('todos:toggle', toggle)
@@ -32,10 +20,6 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
     emitter.on('todos:deleteCompleted', deleteCompleted)
   })
 
-  function oninput (text) {
-    state.todos.input = text
-  }
-
   function create (name) {
     var item = {
       id: state.todos.idCounter,
@@ -47,21 +31,21 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
     state.todos.idCounter += 1
     state.todos.active.push(item)
     state.todos.all.push(item)
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function edit (id) {
     state.todos.all.forEach(function (todo) {
       if (todo.id === id) todo.editing = true
     })
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function unedit (id) {
     state.todos.all.forEach(function (todo) {
       if (todo.id === id) todo.editing = false
     })
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function update (newTodo) {
@@ -78,7 +62,7 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
     }
 
     Object.assign(todo, newTodo)
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function del (id) {
@@ -111,7 +95,7 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
       })
       active.splice(activeIndex, 1)
     }
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function deleteCompleted (data) {
@@ -121,7 +105,7 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
       state.todos.all.splice(index, 1)
     })
     state.todos.done = []
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function toggle (id) {
@@ -135,7 +119,7 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
     var index = arr.indexOf(todo)
     arr.splice(index, 1)
     target.push(todo)
-    emitter.emit('render')
+    render()
   }
 
   function toggleAll (data) {
@@ -155,6 +139,11 @@ function todoStore (state, emitter) {
       state.todos.active = []
     }
 
+    render()
+  }
+
+  function render () {
+    state.todos.clock += 1
     emitter.emit('render')
   }
 }
diff --git a/example/test.js b/example/test.js
index 116e220f..e7cef737 100644
--- a/example/test.js
+++ b/example/test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 var spok = require('spok')
 var tape = require('tape')
 
-var todoStore = require('./store')
+var todoStore = require('./stores/todos')
 
 tape('should initialize empty state', function (t) {
   var emitter = new EventEmitter()
@@ -19,25 +19,6 @@ tape('should initialize empty state', function (t) {
   t.end()
 })
 
-tape('restore previous state', function (t) {
-  var emitter = new EventEmitter()
-  var state = {
-    todos: {
-      idCounter: 100,
-      active: [],
-      done: [],
-      all: []
-    }
-  }
-  todoStore(state, emitter)
-  spok(t, state, {
-    todos: {
-      idCounter: 100
-    }
-  })
-  t.end()
-})
-
 tape('todos:create', function (t) {
   var emitter = new EventEmitter()
   var state = {}
diff --git a/example/view.js b/example/view.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f120b55..00000000
--- a/example/view.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-var html = require('bel') // cannot require choo/html because it's a nested repo
-
-module.exports = mainView
-
-function mainView (state, emit) {
-  emit('log:debug', 'Rendering main view')
-  return html`
-    <body>
-      <section class="todoapp">
-        ${Header(state, emit)}
-        ${TodoList(state, emit)}
-        ${Footer(state, emit)}
-      </section>
-      <footer class="info">
-        <p>Double-click to edit a todo</p>
-        <p>choo by <a href="https://yoshuawuyts.com/">Yoshua Wuyts</a></p>
-        <p>Created by <a href="http://shuheikagawa.com">Shuhei Kagawa</a></p>
-      </footer>
-    </body>
-  `
-}
-
-function Header (state, emit) {
-  return html`
-    <header class="header">
-      <h1>todos</h1>
-      <input class="new-todo"
-        value=${state.todos.input}
-        autofocus
-        placeholder="What needs to be done?"
-        onkeydown=${createTodo} />
-    </header>
-  `
-
-  function createTodo (e) {
-    var value = e.target.value
-    if (!value) return
-    if (e.keyCode === 13) {
-      emit('todos:input', '')
-      emit('todos:create', value)
-    } else {
-      emit('todos:input', value)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function Footer (state, emit) {
-  var filter = state.href.replace(/^\//, '') || ''
-  var activeCount = state.todos.active.length
-  var hasDone = state.todos.done.length
-
-  return html`
-    <footer class="footer">
-      <span class="todo-count">
-        <strong>${activeCount}</strong>
-        item${state.todos.all === 1 ? '' : 's'} left
-      </span>
-      <ul class="filters">
-        ${filterButton('All', '', filter, emit)}
-        ${filterButton('Active', 'active', filter, emit)}
-        ${filterButton('Completed', 'completed', filter, emit)}
-      </ul>
-      ${hasDone ? deleteCompleted(emit) : ''}
-    </footer>
-  `
-
-  function filterButton (name, filter, currentFilter, emit) {
-    var filterClass = filter === currentFilter
-      ? 'selected'
-      : ''
-
-    var uri = '#' + name.toLowerCase()
-    if (uri === '#all') uri = '/'
-    return html`
-      <li>
-        <a href=${uri} class=${filterClass}>
-          ${name}
-        </a>
-      </li>
-    `
-  }
-
-  function deleteCompleted (emit) {
-    return html`
-      <button class="clear-completed" onclick=${deleteAllCompleted}>
-        Clear completed
-      </button>
-    `
-
-    function deleteAllCompleted () {
-      emit('todos:deleteCompleted')
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function TodoItem (todo, emit) {
-  var clx = classList({ completed: todo.done, editing: todo.editing })
-  return html`
-    <li id=${todo.id} class=${clx}>
-      <div class="view">
-        <input
-          type="checkbox"
-          class="toggle"
-          checked="${todo.done}"
-          onchange=${toggle} />
-        <label ondblclick=${edit}>${todo.name}</label>
-        <button
-          class="destroy"
-          onclick=${destroy}
-        ></button>
-      </div>
-      <input
-        class="edit"
-        value=${todo.name}
-        onkeydown=${handleEditKeydown}
-        onblur=${update} />
-    </li>
-  `
-
-  function toggle (e) {
-    emit('todos:toggle', todo.id)
-  }
-
-  function edit (e) {
-    emit('todos:edit', todo.id)
-  }
-
-  function destroy (e) {
-    emit('todos:delete', todo.id)
-  }
-
-  function update (e) {
-    emit('todos:update', {
-      id: todo.id,
-      editing: false,
-      name: e.target.value
-    })
-  }
-
-  function handleEditKeydown (e) {
-    if (e.keyCode === 13) update(e)              // Enter
-    else if (e.code === 27) emit('todos:unedit') // Escape
-  }
-
-  function classList (classes) {
-    var str = ''
-    var keys = Object.keys(classes)
-    for (var i = 0, len = keys.length; i < len; i++) {
-      var key = keys[i]
-      var val = classes[key]
-      if (val) str += (key + ' ')
-    }
-    return str
-  }
-}
-
-function TodoList (state, emit) {
-  var filter = state.href.replace(/^\//, '') || ''
-  var items = filter === 'completed'
-    ? state.todos.done
-    : filter === 'active'
-      ? state.todos.active
-      : state.todos.all
-
-  var allDone = state.todos.done.length === state.todos.all.length
-
-  var nodes = items.map(function (todo) {
-    return TodoItem(todo, emit)
-  })
-
-  return html`
-    <section class="main">
-      <input
-        class="toggle-all"
-        type="checkbox"
-        checked=${allDone}
-        onchange=${toggleAll}/>
-      <label for="toggle-all" style="display: none;">
-        Mark all as done
-      </label>
-      <ul class="todo-list">
-        ${nodes}
-      </ul>
-    </section>
-  `
-
-  function toggleAll () {
-    emit('todos:toggleAll')
-  }
-}
diff --git a/example/views/main.js b/example/views/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67d74547
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/views/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+var html = require('bel') // cannot require choo/html because it's a nested repo
+
+var Header = require('../components/header')
+var Footer = require('../components/footer')
+var Todos = require('../components/todos')
+var Info = require('../components/info')
+
+module.exports = mainView
+
+function mainView (state, emit) {
+  return html`
+    <body>
+      <section class="todoapp">
+        ${state.cache(Header, 'header').render()}
+        ${state.cache(Todos, 'todos').render()}
+        ${state.cache(Footer, 'footer').render()}
+      </section>
+      ${state.cache(Info, 'info').render()}
+    </body>
+  `
+}
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7b1931fa..9d60891b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ var nanobus = require('nanobus')
 var assert = require('assert')
 var xtend = require('xtend')
 
+var Cache = require('./component/cache')
+
 module.exports = Choo
 
 var HISTORY_OBJECT = {}
@@ -39,25 +41,30 @@ function Choo (opts) {
   this._hrefEnabled = opts.href === undefined ? true : opts.href
   this._hasWindow = typeof window !== 'undefined'
   this._createLocation = nanolocation
+  this._cache = opts.cache
   this._loaded = false
   this._stores = []
   this._tree = null
 
-  // properties that are part of the API
-  this.router = nanorouter()
-  this.emitter = nanobus('choo.emit')
-  this.emit = this.emitter.emit.bind(this.emitter)
-
-  var events = { events: this._events }
+  // state
+  var _state = {
+    events: this._events,
+    components: {}
+  }
   if (this._hasWindow) {
     this.state = window.initialState
-      ? xtend(window.initialState, events)
-      : events
+      ? xtend(window.initialState, _state)
+      : _state
     delete window.initialState
   } else {
-    this.state = events
+    this.state = _state
   }
 
+  // properties that are part of the API
+  this.router = nanorouter({ curry: true })
+  this.emitter = nanobus('choo.emit')
+  this.emit = this.emitter.emit.bind(this.emitter)
+
   // listen for title changes; available even when calling .toString()
   if (this._hasWindow) this.state.title = document.title
   this.emitter.prependListener(this._events.DOMTITLECHANGE, function (title) {
@@ -76,11 +83,11 @@ Choo.prototype.route = function (route, handler) {
 Choo.prototype.use = function (cb) {
   assert.equal(typeof cb, 'function', 'choo.use: cb should be type function')
   var self = this
-  this._stores.push(function () {
+  this._stores.push(function (state) {
     var msg = 'choo.use'
     msg = cb.storeName ? msg + '(' + cb.storeName + ')' : msg
     var endTiming = nanotiming(msg)
-    cb(self.state, self.emitter, self)
+    cb(state, self.emitter, self)
     endTiming()
   })
 }
@@ -128,8 +135,9 @@ Choo.prototype.start = function () {
     }
   }
 
+  this._setCache(this.state)
   this._stores.forEach(function (initStore) {
-    initStore()
+    initStore(self.state)
   })
 
   this._matchRoute()
@@ -200,9 +208,10 @@ Choo.prototype.toString = function (location, state) {
   assert.equal(typeof location, 'string', 'choo.toString: location should be type string')
   assert.equal(typeof this.state, 'object', 'choo.toString: state should be type object')
 
-  // TODO: pass custom state down to each store.
+  var self = this
+  this._setCache(this.state)
   this._stores.forEach(function (initStore) {
-    initStore()
+    initStore(self.state)
   })
 
   this._matchRoute(location)
@@ -235,3 +244,23 @@ Choo.prototype._prerender = function (state) {
   routeTiming()
   return res
 }
+
+Choo.prototype._setCache = function (state) {
+  var cache = new Cache(state, this.emitter.emit.bind(this.emitter), this._cache)
+  state.cache = renderComponent
+
+  function renderComponent (Component, id) {
+    assert.equal(typeof Component, 'function', 'choo.state.cache: Component should be type function')
+    var args = []
+    for (var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; i++) {
+      args.push(arguments[i])
+    }
+    return cache.render.apply(cache, args)
+  }
+
+  // When the state gets stringified, make sure `state.cache` isn't
+  // stringified too.
+  renderComponent.toJSON = function () {
+    return null
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd5da726..5011908e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@
     "html/index.js",
     "html/raw.js",
     "html/index.d.ts",
+    "component/cache.js",
+    "component/index.js",
     "dist",
     "example"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "mkdir -p dist/ && browserify index -p bundle-collapser/plugin > dist/bundle.js && browserify index -p tinyify > dist/bundle.min.js && cat dist/bundle.min.js | gzip --best --stdout | wc -c | pretty-bytes",
-    "deps": "dependency-check --entry ./html/index.js . && dependency-check . --extra --no-dev --entry ./html/index.js",
+    "deps": "dependency-check --entry ./html/index.js . && dependency-check . --extra --no-dev --entry ./html/index.js --entry ./component/index.js",
     "inspect": "browserify --full-paths index -g unassertify -g uglifyify | discify --open",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "start": "bankai start example",
@@ -34,8 +36,10 @@
     "bel": "^5.1.3",
     "document-ready": "^2.0.1",
     "nanobus": "^4.2.0",
+    "nanocomponent": "^6.5.0",
     "nanohref": "^3.0.0",
     "nanolocation": "^1.0.0",
+    "nanolru": "^1.0.0",
     "nanomorph": "^5.1.2",
     "nanoquery": "^1.1.0",
     "nanoraf": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index cb748542..a8880d4a 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -29,3 +29,19 @@ tape('should render on the server with hyperscript', function (t) {
   t.equal(res.toString().trim(), exp, 'result was OK')
   t.end()
 })
+
+tape('should expose a public API', function (t) {
+  var app = choo()
+
+  t.equal(typeof app.route, 'function', 'app.route prototype method exists')
+  t.equal(typeof app.toString, 'function', 'app.toString prototype method exists')
+  t.equal(typeof app.start, 'function', 'app.start prototype method exists')
+  t.equal(typeof app.mount, 'function', 'app.mount prototype method exists')
+  t.equal(typeof app.emitter, 'object', 'app.emitter prototype method exists')
+
+  t.equal(typeof app.emit, 'function', 'app.emit instance method exists')
+  t.equal(typeof app.router, 'object', 'app.router instance object exists')
+  t.equal(typeof app.state, 'object', 'app.state instance object exists')
+
+  t.end()
+})