diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a917f9..c0da816 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${QT_FPDEPS})
 qt_standard_project_setup(REQUIRES 6.6)
 
 add_subdirectory(src/core)
+add_subdirectory(src/io)
 
 if (WAYLAND)
 	add_subdirectory(src/wayland)
diff --git a/docs b/docs
index 5aaacb9..7957922 160000
--- a/docs
+++ b/docs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5aaacb9a1eea9086d6da9e21eed6e30456c6c5d6
+Subproject commit 79579222a31dc1f6355e0c3020917c29165f766c
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 3442405..a41f52c 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,17 +15,8 @@ qt_add_executable(quickshell
 	windowinterface.cpp
 	floatingwindow.cpp
 	panelinterface.cpp
-	datastream.cpp
 )
 
 qt_add_qml_module(quickshell URI Quickshell)
 
-if (SOCKETS)
-	target_sources(quickshell PRIVATE socket.cpp)
-endif()
-
 target_link_libraries(quickshell PRIVATE ${QT_DEPS})
-
-if (TESTS)
-	add_subdirectory(test)
-endif()
diff --git a/src/core/module.md b/src/core/module.md
index b94d491..70b2c8c 100644
--- a/src/core/module.md
+++ b/src/core/module.md
@@ -12,7 +12,5 @@ headers = [
 	"windowinterface.hpp",
 	"panelinterface.hpp",
 	"floatingwindow.hpp",
-	"datastream.hpp",
-	"socket.hpp",
 ]
 -----
diff --git a/src/io/CMakeLists.txt b/src/io/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3b2c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+qt_add_library(quickshell-io STATIC
+	datastream.cpp
+)
+
+if (SOCKETS)
+	target_sources(quickshell-io PRIVATE socket.cpp)
+endif()
+
+qt_add_qml_module(quickshell-io URI Quickshell.Io)
+target_link_libraries(quickshell-io PRIVATE ${QT_DEPS})
+
+target_link_libraries(quickshell PRIVATE quickshell-ioplugin)
+
+if (TESTS)
+	add_subdirectory(test)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/core/datastream.cpp b/src/io/datastream.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/datastream.cpp
rename to src/io/datastream.cpp
diff --git a/src/core/datastream.hpp b/src/io/datastream.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/datastream.hpp
rename to src/io/datastream.hpp
diff --git a/src/io/module.md b/src/io/module.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbcd322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/module.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name = "Quickshell.Io"
+description = "Io types"
+headers = [
+	"datastream.hpp",
+	"socket.hpp",
+]
+-----
diff --git a/src/core/socket.cpp b/src/io/socket.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/socket.cpp
rename to src/io/socket.cpp
diff --git a/src/core/socket.hpp b/src/io/socket.hpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/core/socket.hpp
rename to src/io/socket.hpp
index 6a390b0..4fcf16b 100644
--- a/src/core/socket.hpp
+++ b/src/io/socket.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <qtmetamacros.h>
 
 #include "datastream.hpp"
-#include "reload.hpp"
+#include "../core/reload.hpp"
 
 ///! Unix socket listener.
 class Socket: public DataStream {
diff --git a/src/core/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/io/test/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/test/CMakeLists.txt
rename to src/io/test/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/src/core/test/datastream.cpp b/src/io/test/datastream.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/test/datastream.cpp
rename to src/io/test/datastream.cpp