diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 10c26b5..6ee0974 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 scratch/
 /.dir-locals.el
+/gnu
+*-tarball-pack.tar.gz
+/mybin
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce944c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Ordo
+
+Ordo ab chao: from chaos, comes order. 
+
+## Installing Dependencies
+
+On a Guix system, you can simply run:
+
+``` bash
+guix package -m manifest.scm
+```
+
+If Guix is not available where you plan to run ordo, but you have access to a
+system running Guix, you can create a tarball containing all the dependencies:
+
+``` bash
+guix pack -RR -m manifest.scm
+```
+
+Copy the tarball to your system and unpack it (somewhere). 
+
+Find the name of the profile in the tarball and use that to configure paths etc.
+
+``` bash
+export GUIX_PROFILE=$(realpath gnu/store/*-profile)
+source "${GUIX_PROFILE}/etc/profile"
+```
diff --git a/manifest.scm b/manifest.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f834c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+(specifications->manifest '("git"
+                            "git-crypt"
+                            "git-lfs"
+                            "gnupg"
+                            "guile"
+                            "guile-config"
+                            "guile-dsv"
+                            "guile-file-names"
+                            "guile-filesystem"
+                            "guile-gcrypt"
+                            "guile-gnutls"
+                            "guile-ini"
+                            "guile-irregex"
+                            "guile-json"
+                            "guile-lib"
+                            "guile-libyaml"
+                            "guile-quickcheck"
+                            "guile-readline"
+                            "guile-semver"
+                            "guile-sqlite3"
+                            "guile-srfi-145"
+                            "guile-srfi-158"
+                            "guile-srfi-197"
+                            "guile-srfi-235"
+                            "guile-ssh"
+                            "password-store"))
diff --git a/modules/ordo/connection.scm b/modules/ordo/connection.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7812419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ordo/connection.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+(define-module (ordo connection)
+  #:use-module (oop goops)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 popen)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 rdelim)
+  #:use-module (ssh session)
+  #:use-module (ssh auth)
+  #:use-module (ssh popen)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-197))
+
+(define-class <connection> ()
+  (sudo? #:init-value #f #:getter sudo? #:init-keyword #:sudo?))
+
+(define-class <local-connection> (<connection>))
+
+(define-class <ssh-connection> (<connection>)
+  (user #:getter get-user #:init-keyword #:user)
+  (host #:getter get-host #:init-keyword #:host)
+  (session #:getter get-session #:setter set-session!))
+
+(define-method (init! (c <local-connection>))
+  c)
+
+(define-method (init! (c <ssh-connection>))
+  (unless (slot-bound? c 'session)
+    (let ((session (make-session #:user (get-user c) #:host (get-host c))))
+      (connect! session)
+      (userauth-public-key/auto! s)
+      (set-session! c session)))
+  c)
+
+(define (build-command pwd env prog args sudo?)
+  (let ((cmd (list (if sudo? "sudo" "env"))))
+    (chain-when cmd
+                (pwd (append _ (list "--chdir" pwd)))
+                (env (append _ (map (lambda (x) (format #f "~a=~a" (car x) (cdr x))) env)))
+                (#t  (append _ (list prog)))
+                (args (append _ args)))))
+
+(define-method (run (c <local-connection>) pwd env prog args))
+
+(define-method (run (c <ssh-connection>) pwd env prog args))
diff --git a/modules/ordo/util/process.scm b/modules/ordo/util/process.scm
index ed63346..810a42f 100644
--- a/modules/ordo/util/process.scm
+++ b/modules/ordo/util/process.scm
@@ -47,3 +47,16 @@
         (let ((output (get-string-all (car output-pipe))))
           (close-port (car output-pipe))
           (values (cdr (waitpid pid)) output)))))
+
+;; Possibly nicer way to do this, suggested by dsmith on IRC: https://bpa.st/3JYTA
+;; (use-modules (ice-9 popen)
+;;              (ice-9 rdelim)
+;;              (ice-9 receive))
+
+;;  (define (filter text)
+;;   (receive (from to pids) (pipeline '(("the-command")))
+;;     (write text to)
+;;     (close to)
+;;     (read-line from)))
+
+;; See also https://github.com/ray1729/ordo/blob/main/modules/ordo/util/process.scm