diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 Brick changelog
 ---------------
 
+2.0
+---
+
+This release updates Brick to support Vty 6, which includes support for
+Windows.
+
+Package changes:
+* Increased lower bound on `vty` to 6.0.
+* Added dependency on `vty-crossplatform`.
+* Migrated from `unix` dependency to `unix-compat`.
+
+Other changes:
+* Update core library and demo programs to use `vty-crossplatform` to
+  initialize the terminal.
+
 1.10
 ----
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 
 Under the hood, this library builds upon
 [vty](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/vty), so some knowledge of Vty
-will be necessary to use this library.
+will be necessary to use this library. Brick depends on
+`vty-crossplatform`, so Brick should work anywhere Vty works (Unix and
+Windows).
 
 Example
 -------
@@ -179,14 +181,24 @@
 packages and widgets. If you use that, you'll also be helping to test
 whether the exported interface is usable and complete!
 
+A note on Windows support
+-------------------------
+
+Brick supports Windows implicitly by way of Vty's Windows support.
+While I don't (and can't) personally test Brick on Windows hosts,
+it should be possible to use Brick on Windows. If you have any
+trouble, report any issues here. If needed, we'll migrate them to the
+[vty-windows](https://github.com/chhackett/vty-windows) repository if
+they need to be fixed there.
+
 Reporting bugs
 --------------
 
 Please file bug reports as GitHub issues.  For best results:
 
  - Include the versions of relevant software packages: your terminal
-   emulator, `brick`, `ghc`, and `vty` will be the most important
-   ones.
+   emulator, `brick`, `ghc`, `vty`, and Vty platform packages will be
+   the most important ones.
 
  - Clearly describe the behavior you expected ...
 
diff --git a/brick.cabal b/brick.cabal
--- a/brick.cabal
+++ b/brick.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                brick
-version:             1.10
+version:             2.0
 synopsis:            A declarative terminal user interface library
 description:
   Write terminal user interfaces (TUIs) painlessly with 'brick'! You
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
     Brick.Widgets.Internal
 
   build-depends:       base >= 4.9.0.0 && < 4.19.0.0,
-                       vty >= 5.36,
+                       vty >= 6.0,
+                       vty-crossplatform,
                        bimap >= 0.5 && < 0.6,
                        data-clist >= 0.1,
                        directory >= 1.2.5.0,
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@
                        text-zipper >= 0.13,
                        template-haskell,
                        deepseq >= 1.3 && < 1.5,
-                       unix,
+                       unix-compat,
                        bytestring,
                        word-wrap >= 0.2
 
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@
                        brick,
                        text,
                        vty,
+                       vty-crossplatform,
                        random,
                        microlens-th,
                        microlens-mtl
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@
                        text,
                        microlens,
                        microlens-th,
+                       vty-crossplatform,
                        vty
 
 executable brick-text-wrap-demo
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@
   build-depends:       base,
                        brick,
                        vty,
+                       vty-crossplatform,
                        text,
                        microlens,
                        microlens-mtl,
@@ -449,6 +453,7 @@
   build-depends:       base,
                        brick,
                        vty,
+                       vty-crossplatform,
                        text,
                        microlens >= 0.3.0.0,
                        microlens-th,
diff --git a/docs/guide.rst b/docs/guide.rst
--- a/docs/guide.rst
+++ b/docs/guide.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
    $ cd brick
    $ cabal new-build
 
+Your package will need some dependencies:
+
+* ``brick``,
+* ``vty >= 6.0``, and
+* ``vty-crossplatform`` or ``vty-unix`` or ``vty-windows``, depending
+  on which platform(s) your application supports.
+
 Building the Demonstration Programs
 -----------------------------------
 
@@ -403,7 +410,7 @@
    main :: IO ()
    main = do
        eventChan <- Brick.BChan.newBChan 10
-       let buildVty = Graphics.Vty.mkVty Graphics.Vty.defaultConfig
+       let buildVty = Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform.mkVty Graphics.Vty.Config.defaultConfig
        initialVty <- buildVty
        finalState <- customMain initialVty buildVty
                        (Just eventChan) app initialState
@@ -412,7 +419,11 @@
 The ``customMain`` function lets us have control over how the ``vty``
 library is initialized *and* how ``brick`` gets custom events to give to
 our event handler. ``customMain`` is the entry point into ``brick`` when
-you need to use your own event type as shown here.
+you need to use your own event type as shown here. In this example we're
+using ``mkVty`` provided by the ``vty-crossplatform`` package, which
+provides build-time support for both Unix and Windows. If you prefer,
+you can use either the ``vty-unix`` package or the ``vty-windows``
+package directly instead if you only want to support one platform.
 
 With all of this in place, sending our custom events to the event
 handler is straightforward:
diff --git a/programs/CustomEventDemo.hs b/programs/CustomEventDemo.hs
--- a/programs/CustomEventDemo.hs
+++ b/programs/CustomEventDemo.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import Data.Monoid
 #endif
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
+import Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform (mkVty)
 
 import Brick.BChan
 import Brick.Main
@@ -82,6 +83,6 @@
         writeBChan chan Counter
         threadDelay 1000000
 
-    let buildVty = V.mkVty V.defaultConfig
+    let buildVty = mkVty V.defaultConfig
     initialVty <- buildVty
     void $ customMain initialVty buildVty (Just chan) theApp initialState
diff --git a/programs/FormDemo.hs b/programs/FormDemo.hs
--- a/programs/FormDemo.hs
+++ b/programs/FormDemo.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #endif
 
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
+import Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform (mkVty)
+
 import Brick
 import Brick.Forms
   ( Form
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
     let buildVty = do
-          v <- V.mkVty =<< V.standardIOConfig
+          v <- mkVty V.defaultConfig
           V.setMode (V.outputIface v) V.Mouse True
           return v
 
diff --git a/programs/TailDemo.hs b/programs/TailDemo.hs
--- a/programs/TailDemo.hs
+++ b/programs/TailDemo.hs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import Brick.BChan
 import Brick.Widgets.Border
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
+import Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform (mkVty)
 
 data AppState =
     AppState { _textAreaHeight :: Int
@@ -142,11 +143,10 @@
 
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-    cfg <- V.standardIOConfig
-    vty <- V.mkVty cfg
+    vty <- mkVty V.defaultConfig
     chan <- newBChan 10
 
     -- Run thread to simulate incoming data
     void $ forkIO $ generateLines chan
 
-    void $ customMain vty (V.mkVty cfg) (Just chan) app initialState
+    void $ customMain vty (mkVty V.defaultConfig) (Just chan) app initialState
diff --git a/programs/ViewportScrollbarsDemo.hs b/programs/ViewportScrollbarsDemo.hs
--- a/programs/ViewportScrollbarsDemo.hs
+++ b/programs/ViewportScrollbarsDemo.hs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import Data.Monoid ((<>))
 #endif
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
+import Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform (mkVty)
 
 import qualified Brick.Types as T
 import qualified Brick.Main as M
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
     let buildVty = do
-          v <- V.mkVty =<< V.standardIOConfig
+          v <- mkVty V.defaultConfig
           V.setMode (V.outputIface v) V.Mouse True
           return v
 
diff --git a/src/Brick/Main.hs b/src/Brick/Main.hs
--- a/src/Brick/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Main.hs
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
   , displayBounds
   , shutdown
   , nextEvent
-  , mkVty
-  , defaultConfig
   , restoreInputState
   , inputIface
   )
+import Graphics.Vty.CrossPlatform (mkVty)
+import Graphics.Vty.Config (defaultConfig)
 import Graphics.Vty.Attributes (defAttr)
 
 import Brick.BChan (BChan, newBChan, readBChan, readBChan2, writeBChan)
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/FileBrowser.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/FileBrowser.hs
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/FileBrowser.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/FileBrowser.hs
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
 import Lens.Micro.TH (lensRules, generateUpdateableOptics)
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as Vty
 import qualified System.Directory as D
-import qualified System.Posix.Files as U
-import qualified System.Posix.Types as U
+import qualified System.PosixCompat.Files as U
+import qualified System.PosixCompat.Types as U
 import qualified System.FilePath as FP
 import Text.Printf (printf)