diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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+* 0.1.0
+    - First version of `gi-gtk-declarative`!
+    - Basic widget without event handling
+    - Support for `Box` and `ScrolledWindow` containers
+    - Declarative CSS classes
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Mozilla Public License Version 2.0
+==================================
+
+1. Definitions
+--------------
+
+1.1. "Contributor"
+    means each individual or legal entity that creates, contributes to
+    the creation of, or owns Covered Software.
+
+1.2. "Contributor Version"
+    means the combination of the Contributions of others (if any) used
+    by a Contributor and that particular Contributor's Contribution.
+
+1.3. "Contribution"
+    means Covered Software of a particular Contributor.
+
+1.4. "Covered Software"
+    means Source Code Form to which the initial Contributor has attached
+    the notice in Exhibit A, the Executable Form of such Source Code
+    Form, and Modifications of such Source Code Form, in each case
+    including portions thereof.
+
+1.5. "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses"
+    means
+
+    (a) that the initial Contributor has attached the notice described
+        in Exhibit B to the Covered Software; or
+
+    (b) that the Covered Software was made available under the terms of
+        version 1.1 or earlier of the License, but not also under the
+        terms of a Secondary License.
+
+1.6. "Executable Form"
+    means any form of the work other than Source Code Form.
+
+1.7. "Larger Work"
+    means a work that combines Covered Software with other material, in
+    a separate file or files, that is not Covered Software.
+
+1.8. "License"
+    means this document.
+
+1.9. "Licensable"
+    means having the right to grant, to the maximum extent possible,
+    whether at the time of the initial grant or subsequently, any and
+    all of the rights conveyed by this License.
+
+1.10. "Modifications"
+    means any of the following:
+
+    (a) any file in Source Code Form that results from an addition to,
+        deletion from, or modification of the contents of Covered
+        Software; or
+
+    (b) any new file in Source Code Form that contains any Covered
+        Software.
+
+1.11. "Patent Claims" of a Contributor
+    means any patent claim(s), including without limitation, method,
+    process, and apparatus claims, in any patent Licensable by such
+    Contributor that would be infringed, but for the grant of the
+    License, by the making, using, selling, offering for sale, having
+    made, import, or transfer of either its Contributions or its
+    Contributor Version.
+
+1.12. "Secondary License"
+    means either the GNU General Public License, Version 2.0, the GNU
+    Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, the GNU Affero General
+    Public License, Version 3.0, or any later versions of those
+    licenses.
+
+1.13. "Source Code Form"
+    means the form of the work preferred for making modifications.
+
+1.14. "You" (or "Your")
+    means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this
+    License. For legal entities, "You" includes any entity that
+    controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with You. For
+    purposes of this definition, "control" means (a) the power, direct
+    or indirect, to cause the direction or management of such entity,
+    whether by contract or otherwise, or (b) ownership of more than
+    fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares or beneficial
+    ownership of such entity.
+
+2. License Grants and Conditions
+--------------------------------
+
+2.1. Grants
+
+Each Contributor hereby grants You a world-wide, royalty-free,
+non-exclusive license:
+
+(a) under intellectual property rights (other than patent or trademark)
+    Licensable by such Contributor to use, reproduce, make available,
+    modify, display, perform, distribute, and otherwise exploit its
+    Contributions, either on an unmodified basis, with Modifications, or
+    as part of a Larger Work; and
+
+(b) under Patent Claims of such Contributor to make, use, sell, offer
+    for sale, have made, import, and otherwise transfer either its
+    Contributions or its Contributor Version.
+
+2.2. Effective Date
+
+The licenses granted in Section 2.1 with respect to any Contribution
+become effective for each Contribution on the date the Contributor first
+distributes such Contribution.
+
+2.3. Limitations on Grant Scope
+
+The licenses granted in this Section 2 are the only rights granted under
+this License. No additional rights or licenses will be implied from the
+distribution or licensing of Covered Software under this License.
+Notwithstanding Section 2.1(b) above, no patent license is granted by a
+Contributor:
+
+(a) for any code that a Contributor has removed from Covered Software;
+    or
+
+(b) for infringements caused by: (i) Your and any other third party's
+    modifications of Covered Software, or (ii) the combination of its
+    Contributions with other software (except as part of its Contributor
+    Version); or
+
+(c) under Patent Claims infringed by Covered Software in the absence of
+    its Contributions.
+
+This License does not grant any rights in the trademarks, service marks,
+or logos of any Contributor (except as may be necessary to comply with
+the notice requirements in Section 3.4).
+
+2.4. Subsequent Licenses
+
+No Contributor makes additional grants as a result of Your choice to
+distribute the Covered Software under a subsequent version of this
+License (see Section 10.2) or under the terms of a Secondary License (if
+permitted under the terms of Section 3.3).
+
+2.5. Representation
+
+Each Contributor represents that the Contributor believes its
+Contributions are its original creation(s) or it has sufficient rights
+to grant the rights to its Contributions conveyed by this License.
+
+2.6. Fair Use
+
+This License is not intended to limit any rights You have under
+applicable copyright doctrines of fair use, fair dealing, or other
+equivalents.
+
+2.7. Conditions
+
+Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 are conditions of the licenses granted
+in Section 2.1.
+
+3. Responsibilities
+-------------------
+
+3.1. Distribution of Source Form
+
+All distribution of Covered Software in Source Code Form, including any
+Modifications that You create or to which You contribute, must be under
+the terms of this License. You must inform recipients that the Source
+Code Form of the Covered Software is governed by the terms of this
+License, and how they can obtain a copy of this License. You may not
+attempt to alter or restrict the recipients' rights in the Source Code
+Form.
+
+3.2. Distribution of Executable Form
+
+If You distribute Covered Software in Executable Form then:
+
+(a) such Covered Software must also be made available in Source Code
+    Form, as described in Section 3.1, and You must inform recipients of
+    the Executable Form how they can obtain a copy of such Source Code
+    Form by reasonable means in a timely manner, at a charge no more
+    than the cost of distribution to the recipient; and
+
+(b) You may distribute such Executable Form under the terms of this
+    License, or sublicense it under different terms, provided that the
+    license for the Executable Form does not attempt to limit or alter
+    the recipients' rights in the Source Code Form under this License.
+
+3.3. Distribution of a Larger Work
+
+You may create and distribute a Larger Work under terms of Your choice,
+provided that You also comply with the requirements of this License for
+the Covered Software. If the Larger Work is a combination of Covered
+Software with a work governed by one or more Secondary Licenses, and the
+Covered Software is not Incompatible With Secondary Licenses, this
+License permits You to additionally distribute such Covered Software
+under the terms of such Secondary License(s), so that the recipient of
+the Larger Work may, at their option, further distribute the Covered
+Software under the terms of either this License or such Secondary
+License(s).
+
+3.4. Notices
+
+You may not remove or alter the substance of any license notices
+(including copyright notices, patent notices, disclaimers of warranty,
+or limitations of liability) contained within the Source Code Form of
+the Covered Software, except that You may alter any license notices to
+the extent required to remedy known factual inaccuracies.
+
+3.5. Application of Additional Terms
+
+You may choose to offer, and to charge a fee for, warranty, support,
+indemnity or liability obligations to one or more recipients of Covered
+Software. However, You may do so only on Your own behalf, and not on
+behalf of any Contributor. You must make it absolutely clear that any
+such warranty, support, indemnity, or liability obligation is offered by
+You alone, and You hereby agree to indemnify every Contributor for any
+liability incurred by such Contributor as a result of warranty, support,
+indemnity or liability terms You offer. You may include additional
+disclaimers of warranty and limitations of liability specific to any
+jurisdiction.
+
+4. Inability to Comply Due to Statute or Regulation
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+If it is impossible for You to comply with any of the terms of this
+License with respect to some or all of the Covered Software due to
+statute, judicial order, or regulation then You must: (a) comply with
+the terms of this License to the maximum extent possible; and (b)
+describe the limitations and the code they affect. Such description must
+be placed in a text file included with all distributions of the Covered
+Software under this License. Except to the extent prohibited by statute
+or regulation, such description must be sufficiently detailed for a
+recipient of ordinary skill to be able to understand it.
+
+5. Termination
+--------------
+
+5.1. The rights granted under this License will terminate automatically
+if You fail to comply with any of its terms. However, if You become
+compliant, then the rights granted under this License from a particular
+Contributor are reinstated (a) provisionally, unless and until such
+Contributor explicitly and finally terminates Your grants, and (b) on an
+ongoing basis, if such Contributor fails to notify You of the
+non-compliance by some reasonable means prior to 60 days after You have
+come back into compliance. Moreover, Your grants from a particular
+Contributor are reinstated on an ongoing basis if such Contributor
+notifies You of the non-compliance by some reasonable means, this is the
+first time You have received notice of non-compliance with this License
+from such Contributor, and You become compliant prior to 30 days after
+Your receipt of the notice.
+
+5.2. If You initiate litigation against any entity by asserting a patent
+infringement claim (excluding declaratory judgment actions,
+counter-claims, and cross-claims) alleging that a Contributor Version
+directly or indirectly infringes any patent, then the rights granted to
+You by any and all Contributors for the Covered Software under Section
+2.1 of this License shall terminate.
+
+5.3. In the event of termination under Sections 5.1 or 5.2 above, all
+end user license agreements (excluding distributors and resellers) which
+have been validly granted by You or Your distributors under this License
+prior to termination shall survive termination.
+
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+*  6. Disclaimer of Warranty                                           *
+*  -------------------------                                           *
+*                                                                      *
+*  Covered Software is provided under this License on an "as is"       *
+*  basis, without warranty of any kind, either expressed, implied, or  *
+*  statutory, including, without limitation, warranties that the       *
+*  Covered Software is free of defects, merchantable, fit for a        *
+*  particular purpose or non-infringing. The entire risk as to the     *
+*  quality and performance of the Covered Software is with You.        *
+*  Should any Covered Software prove defective in any respect, You     *
+*  (not any Contributor) assume the cost of any necessary servicing,   *
+*  repair, or correction. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an   *
+*  essential part of this License. No use of any Covered Software is   *
+*  authorized under this License except under this disclaimer.         *
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+
+************************************************************************
+*                                                                      *
+*  7. Limitation of Liability                                          *
+*  --------------------------                                          *
+*                                                                      *
+*  Under no circumstances and under no legal theory, whether tort      *
+*  (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, shall any           *
+*  Contributor, or anyone who distributes Covered Software as          *
+*  permitted above, be liable to You for any direct, indirect,         *
+*  special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character      *
+*  including, without limitation, damages for lost profits, loss of    *
+*  goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any    *
+*  and all other commercial damages or losses, even if such party      *
+*  shall have been informed of the possibility of such damages. This   *
+*  limitation of liability shall not apply to liability for death or   *
+*  personal injury resulting from such party's negligence to the       *
+*  extent applicable law prohibits such limitation. Some               *
+*  jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of           *
+*  incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion and          *
+*  limitation may not apply to You.                                    *
+*                                                                      *
+************************************************************************
+
+8. Litigation
+-------------
+
+Any litigation relating to this License may be brought only in the
+courts of a jurisdiction where the defendant maintains its principal
+place of business and such litigation shall be governed by laws of that
+jurisdiction, without reference to its conflict-of-law provisions.
+Nothing in this Section shall prevent a party's ability to bring
+cross-claims or counter-claims.
+
+9. Miscellaneous
+----------------
+
+This License represents the complete agreement concerning the subject
+matter hereof. If any provision of this License is held to be
+unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent
+necessary to make it enforceable. Any law or regulation which provides
+that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter
+shall not be used to construe this License against a Contributor.
+
+10. Versions of the License
+---------------------------
+
+10.1. New Versions
+
+Mozilla Foundation is the license steward. Except as provided in Section
+10.3, no one other than the license steward has the right to modify or
+publish new versions of this License. Each version will be given a
+distinguishing version number.
+
+10.2. Effect of New Versions
+
+You may distribute the Covered Software under the terms of the version
+of the License under which You originally received the Covered Software,
+or under the terms of any subsequent version published by the license
+steward.
+
+10.3. Modified Versions
+
+If you create software not governed by this License, and you want to
+create a new license for such software, you may create and use a
+modified version of this License if you rename the license and remove
+any references to the name of the license steward (except to note that
+such modified license differs from this License).
+
+10.4. Distributing Source Code Form that is Incompatible With Secondary
+Licenses
+
+If You choose to distribute Source Code Form that is Incompatible With
+Secondary Licenses under the terms of this version of the License, the
+notice described in Exhibit B of this License must be attached.
+
+Exhibit A - Source Code Form License Notice
+-------------------------------------------
+
+  This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+  License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+  file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+If it is not possible or desirable to put the notice in a particular
+file, then You may include the notice in a location (such as a LICENSE
+file in a relevant directory) where a recipient would be likely to look
+for such a notice.
+
+You may add additional accurate notices of copyright ownership.
+
+Exhibit B - "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses" Notice
+---------------------------------------------------------
+
+  This Source Code Form is "Incompatible With Secondary Licenses", as
+  defined by the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/gi-gtk-declarative.cabal b/gi-gtk-declarative.cabal
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+name:                 gi-gtk-declarative
+version:              0.1.0
+synopsis:             Declarative GTK+ programming in Haskell
+description:          A declarative programming model for GTK+ user
+                      interfaces, implementing support for various widgets
+                      and generalized patching. This library aims to extend the
+                      gi-gtk library as transparently as possible, and to be
+                      a reusable library for multiple application architectures
+                      and styles.
+
+                      See [the project README](https://github.com/owickstrom/gi-gtk-declarative#readme)
+                      for more information.
+license:              MPL-2.0
+license-file:         LICENSE
+author:               Oskar Wickström
+maintainer:           oskar.wickstrom@gmail.com
+copyright:            Oskar Wickström
+category:             Graphics
+build-type:           Simple
+cabal-version:        >=1.10
+extra-source-files:   CHANGELOG.md
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:      GI.Gtk.Declarative
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes.Internal
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Bin
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Box
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Patch
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.CSS
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+                      , GI.Gtk.Declarative.SingleWidget
+  build-depends:        base >=4.10 && <4.12
+                      , gi-gobject             >= 2    && <3
+                      , gi-gtk                 >= 3    && <4
+                      , haskell-gi             >= 0.21 && <0.22
+                      , haskell-gi-base        >= 0.21 && <0.22
+                      , haskell-gi-overloading == 1.0
+                      , mtl
+                      , text
+                      , unordered-containers >= 0.2 && < 0.3
+  hs-source-dirs:       src
+  default-language:     Haskell2010
+  ghc-options:          -Wall
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative.hs
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+-- | The declarative layer on top of GTK+ lets you describe your user
+-- interface as a declarative hierarchy of objects, using data
+-- structures and pure functions. You can leverage the declarative event
+-- handling to build reusable widgets. The "Patch" typeclass, and the
+-- instances provided by this library, performs minimal updates to GTK+ widgets
+-- using the underlying imperative operations, so that your rendering can always
+-- be a pure function your state to a "Widget".
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative
+  ( module Export
+  ) where
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes    as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Bin           as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container     as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Box as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.CSS           as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup        as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch         as Export
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.SingleWidget  as Export
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Attributes.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Attributes.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE KindSignatures         #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLabels       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators          #-}
+
+-- | Attribute lists on declarative objects, supporting the underlying
+-- attributes from "Data.GI.Base.Attributes", along with CSS class lists, and
+-- pure and impure event callbacks.
+
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes
+  ( Attribute(..)
+  -- *
+  , classes
+  -- * Event Handling
+  , on
+  , onM
+  -- * Callbacks
+  , ToGtkCallback(..)
+  )
+where
+
+import           Control.Monad                  (void)
+import qualified Data.GI.Base.Attributes        as GI
+import qualified Data.GI.Base.Signals           as GI
+import qualified Data.HashSet                   as HashSet
+import           Data.Text                      (Text)
+import           Data.Typeable
+import           GHC.TypeLits                   (KnownSymbol, Symbol)
+import qualified GI.Gtk                         as Gtk
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.CSS
+
+-- * Attributes
+
+-- | The attribute GADT represent a supported attribute for a declarative
+-- widget. This extends the regular notion of GTK+ attributes to also include
+-- event handling and CSS classes.
+data Attribute widget event where
+  -- | An attribute/value mapping for a declarative widget. The
+  -- 'GI.AttrLabelProxy' is parameterized by 'attr', which represents the
+  -- GTK-defined attribute name. The underlying GI object needs to support
+  -- the /construct/, /get/, and /set/ operations for the given attribute.
+  (:=)
+    :: (GI.AttrOpAllowed 'GI.AttrConstruct info widget
+      , GI.AttrOpAllowed 'GI.AttrSet info widget
+      , GI.AttrGetC info widget attr getValue
+      , GI.AttrSetTypeConstraint info setValue
+      , KnownSymbol attr
+      , Typeable attr
+      )
+   => GI.AttrLabelProxy (attr :: Symbol) -> setValue -> Attribute widget event
+  -- | Defines a set of CSS classes for the underlying widget's style context.
+  -- Use the 'classes' function instead of this constructor directly.
+  Classes
+    :: Gtk.IsWidget widget
+    => ClassSet
+    -> Attribute widget event
+  -- | Emit events using a pure callback. Use the 'on function instead of this
+  -- constructor directly.
+  OnSignalPure
+    :: ( Gtk.GObject widget
+       , GI.SignalInfo info
+       , callback ~ GI.HaskellCallbackType info
+       , Functor (PureCallback callback)
+       , ToGtkCallback (PureCallback callback)
+       , callback ~ CustomGtkCallback (PureCallback callback)
+       )
+    => Gtk.SignalProxy widget info
+    -> PureCallback callback event
+    -> Attribute widget event
+  -- | Emit events using an impure callback. Use the 'on function instead of
+  -- this constructor directly.
+  OnSignalImpure
+    :: ( Gtk.GObject widget
+       , GI.SignalInfo info
+       , callback ~ GI.HaskellCallbackType info
+       , Functor (ImpureCallback callback widget)
+       , ToGtkCallback (ImpureCallback callback widget)
+       , (widget -> callback) ~ CustomGtkCallback (ImpureCallback callback widget)
+       )
+    => Gtk.SignalProxy widget info
+    -> ImpureCallback callback widget event
+    -> Attribute widget event
+
+-- | Attributes have a 'Functor' instance that maps events in all event
+-- callbacks.
+instance Functor (Attribute widget) where
+  fmap f = \case
+    attr := value -> attr := value
+    Classes cs -> Classes cs
+    OnSignalPure signal cb -> OnSignalPure signal (fmap f cb)
+    OnSignalImpure signal cb -> OnSignalImpure signal (fmap f cb)
+
+-- | Define the CSS classes for the underlying widget's style context. For these
+-- classes to have any effect, this requires a 'Gtk.CssProvider' with CSS files
+-- loaded, to be added to the GDK screen. You probably want to do this in your
+-- entry point when setting up GTK.
+classes :: Gtk.IsWidget widget => [Text] -> Attribute widget event
+classes = Classes . HashSet.fromList
+
+-- | Emit events, using a pure callback, by subcribing to the specified
+-- signal.
+on
+  :: ( Gtk.GObject widget
+     , GI.SignalInfo info
+     , callback ~ GI.HaskellCallbackType info
+     , pure ~ ToPureCallback callback event
+     , Functor (PureCallback callback)
+     , ToGtkCallback (PureCallback callback)
+     , callback ~ CustomGtkCallback (PureCallback callback)
+     )
+  => Gtk.SignalProxy widget info
+  -> pure
+  -> Attribute widget event
+on signal = OnSignalPure signal . PureCallback
+
+-- | Emit events, using an impure callback receiving the 'widget' and returning
+-- an 'IO' action of 'event', by subcribing to the specified signal.
+onM
+  :: ( Gtk.GObject widget
+     , GI.SignalInfo info
+     , callback ~ GI.HaskellCallbackType info
+     , impure ~ ToImpureCallback callback event
+     , withWidget ~ (widget -> impure)
+     , Functor (ImpureCallback callback widget)
+     , ToGtkCallback (ImpureCallback callback widget)
+     , (widget -> callback) ~ CustomGtkCallback (ImpureCallback callback widget)
+     )
+  => Gtk.SignalProxy widget info
+  -> withWidget
+  -> Attribute widget event
+onM signal = OnSignalImpure signal . ImpureCallback
+
+-- * Pure Callbacks
+
+-- | Convert a GTK+ callback type to a pure callback type, i.e. a type
+-- without 'IO'. The pure callback is either a single 'event', or a function of
+-- the same arity and arguments as the GTK+ callback, but with the 'event' as
+-- the range.
+type family ToPureCallback gtkCallback event where
+  ToPureCallback (IO ()) event = event
+  ToPureCallback (a -> b) event = a -> ToPureCallback b event
+
+-- | A 'PureCallback' holds a pure callback, as defined by 'ToPureCallback'.
+data PureCallback callback event where
+  PureCallback
+    :: (pure ~ ToPureCallback callback event)
+    => pure
+    -> PureCallback callback event
+
+-- The functor instances are pretty annoying, being repeated for each function
+-- arity. Could this be done in another way?
+
+instance Functor (PureCallback (IO ())) where
+  fmap f (PureCallback e) = PureCallback (f e)
+
+instance Functor (PureCallback (x -> IO ())) where
+  fmap f (PureCallback g) = PureCallback (f . g)
+
+instance Functor (PureCallback (x -> y -> IO ())) where
+  fmap f (PureCallback g) = PureCallback (\x -> f . g x)
+
+-- * Impure Callbacks
+
+-- | Convert a GTK+ callback type to an impure callback type, i.e. a type
+-- with 'IO event' as the range, instead of 'IO ()'. The impure callback is
+-- either a single 'IO event', or a function of the same arity and arguments as
+-- the GTK+ callback, but with 'IO event' as the range.
+type family ToImpureCallback t e where
+  ToImpureCallback (IO ()) e  = IO e
+  ToImpureCallback (a -> b) e = a -> ToImpureCallback b e
+
+-- | An 'ImpureCallback' holds an impure callback, as defined by
+-- 'ToImpureCallback', but with an extra 'widget' argument. This is so that
+-- impure callbacks can query their underlying GTK+ widgets for data.
+data ImpureCallback callback widget event where
+  ImpureCallback
+    :: (impure ~ ToImpureCallback callback event)
+    => (widget -> impure)
+    -> ImpureCallback callback widget event
+
+-- The functor instances are pretty annoying, being repeated for each function
+-- arity. Could this be done in another way?
+
+instance Functor (ImpureCallback (IO ()) widget) where
+  fmap f (ImpureCallback g) = ImpureCallback (\w -> f <$> g w)
+
+instance Functor (ImpureCallback (x -> IO ()) widget) where
+  fmap f (ImpureCallback g) = ImpureCallback (\w -> fmap f . g w)
+
+instance Functor (ImpureCallback (x -> y -> IO ()) widget) where
+  fmap f (ImpureCallback g) = ImpureCallback (\w x -> fmap f . g w x)
+
+-- * GTK+ Callback Conversions
+
+-- | Internal class for converting user callbacks to gi-gtk callbacks.
+class ToGtkCallback userCallback where
+  type CustomGtkCallback userCallback :: *
+  -- | Converts a user callback, i.e. a pure or an impure callback, back to a
+  -- GTK+ callback.
+  toGtkCallback :: userCallback event -> (event -> IO ()) -> CustomGtkCallback userCallback
+
+instance ToGtkCallback (PureCallback (IO ())) where
+  type CustomGtkCallback (PureCallback (IO ())) = IO ()
+  toGtkCallback (PureCallback cb) f = void (f cb)
+
+instance ToGtkCallback (PureCallback (x -> IO ())) where
+  type CustomGtkCallback (PureCallback (x -> IO ())) = x -> IO ()
+  toGtkCallback (PureCallback cb) f x = void (f (cb x))
+
+instance ToGtkCallback (PureCallback (x -> y -> IO ()))  where
+  type CustomGtkCallback (PureCallback (x -> y -> IO ())) = x -> y -> IO ()
+  toGtkCallback (PureCallback cb) f x y = void (f (cb x y))
+
+instance ToGtkCallback (ImpureCallback (IO ()) widget)  where
+  type CustomGtkCallback (ImpureCallback (IO ()) widget) = widget -> IO ()
+  toGtkCallback (ImpureCallback cb) f w = void (cb w >>= f)
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Attributes/Internal.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Attributes/Internal.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Attributes/Internal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase             #-}
+
+-- | Internal helpers for applying attributes and signal handlers to GTK+
+-- widgets.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes.Internal
+  ( extractAttrConstructOps
+  , extractAttrSetOps
+  , addClass
+  , removeClass
+  , addSignalHandler
+  ) where
+
+import qualified Data.GI.Base.Attributes        as GI
+import qualified GI.GObject           as GI
+import qualified GI.Gtk                         as Gtk
+import           Control.Monad.IO.Class         (MonadIO)
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+
+extractAttrConstructOps
+  :: Attribute widget event -> [GI.AttrOp widget 'GI.AttrConstruct]
+extractAttrConstructOps = \case
+  (attr := value) -> pure (attr Gtk.:= value)
+  _               -> mempty
+
+extractAttrSetOps :: Attribute widget event -> [GI.AttrOp widget 'GI.AttrSet]
+extractAttrSetOps = \case
+  (attr := value) -> pure (attr Gtk.:= value)
+  _               -> mempty
+
+addClass :: MonadIO m => Gtk.StyleContext -> Attribute widget event -> m ()
+addClass sc = \case
+  Classes cs -> mapM_ (Gtk.styleContextAddClass sc) cs
+  _          -> pure ()
+
+removeClass :: MonadIO m => Gtk.StyleContext -> Attribute widget event -> m ()
+removeClass sc = \case
+  Classes cs -> mapM_ (Gtk.styleContextRemoveClass sc) cs
+  _          -> pure ()
+
+addSignalHandler
+  :: (Gtk.IsWidget widget, MonadIO m)
+  => (event -> IO ())
+  -> widget
+  -> Attribute widget event
+  -> m (Maybe Subscription)
+addSignalHandler onEvent widget' = \case
+  OnSignalPure signal handler -> do
+    handlerId <- Gtk.on widget' signal (toGtkCallback handler onEvent)
+    w         <- Gtk.toWidget widget'
+    pure (Just (fromCancellation (GI.signalHandlerDisconnect w handlerId)))
+  OnSignalImpure signal handler -> do
+    handlerId <- Gtk.on widget' signal (toGtkCallback handler onEvent widget')
+    w         <- Gtk.toWidget widget'
+    pure (Just (fromCancellation (GI.signalHandlerDisconnect w handlerId)))
+  _ -> pure Nothing
+
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Bin.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Bin.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Bin.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unticked-promoted-constructors #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLabels       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators          #-}
+
+-- | A declarative representation of 'Gtk.Bin' in GTK.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Bin
+  ( Bin
+  , bin
+  )
+where
+
+import           Control.Monad                          ((>=>))
+import           Data.Maybe
+import           Data.Typeable
+import qualified GI.GObject                             as GI
+import qualified GI.Gtk                                 as Gtk
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes.Internal
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+
+
+-- | Supported 'Gtk.Bin's.
+class BinChild bin (child :: * -> *) | bin -> child where
+  getChild :: bin -> IO Gtk.Widget
+
+instance BinChild Gtk.ScrolledWindow Widget where
+  getChild scrolledWindow = do
+    viewPort <- getBinChild Gtk.Viewport scrolledWindow
+    getBinChild Gtk.Widget viewPort
+
+instance BinChild Gtk.ListBoxRow Widget where
+  getChild = getBinChild Gtk.Widget
+
+-- | Declarative version of a /bin/ widget, i.e. a widget with exactly one
+-- child.
+data Bin widget child event where
+  Bin
+    :: ( Typeable widget
+       , Gtk.IsContainer widget
+       , Gtk.IsBin widget
+       , Gtk.IsWidget widget
+       , Functor child
+       )
+    => (Gtk.ManagedPtr widget -> widget)
+    -> [Attribute widget event]
+    -> child event
+    -> Bin widget child event
+
+instance Functor (Bin widget child) where
+  fmap f (Bin ctor attrs child) =
+    Bin ctor (fmap f <$> attrs) (fmap f child)
+
+-- | Construct a /bin/ widget, i.e. a widget with exactly one child.
+bin ::
+     ( Patchable (Bin widget child)
+     , Typeable widget
+     , Typeable child
+     , Typeable event
+     , Functor child
+     , Gtk.IsContainer widget
+     , Gtk.IsBin widget
+     , Gtk.IsWidget widget
+     , FromWidget (Bin widget child) event target
+     , BinChild widget child
+     )
+  => (Gtk.ManagedPtr widget -> widget) -- ^ A bin widget constructor from the underlying gi-gtk library.
+  -> [Attribute widget event]          -- ^ List of 'Attribute's.
+  -> child event                       -- ^ The bin's child widget, whose type is decided by the 'BinChild' instance.
+  -> target                            -- ^ The target, whose type is decided by 'FromWidget'.
+bin ctor attrs = fromWidget . Bin ctor attrs
+
+--
+-- Patchable
+--
+
+instance (BinChild parent child, Patchable child) => Patchable (Bin parent child) where
+  create (Bin ctor props child) = do
+    let attrOps = concatMap extractAttrConstructOps props
+    widget' <- Gtk.new ctor attrOps
+
+    sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget'
+    mapM_ (addClass sc) props
+
+    Gtk.containerAdd widget' =<< create child
+    Gtk.toWidget widget'
+
+  patch (Bin _ oldAttributes oldChild) (Bin ctor newAttributes newChild) =
+    Modify $ \widget' -> do
+
+      binWidget <- Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor widget'
+      Gtk.set binWidget (concatMap extractAttrSetOps newAttributes)
+
+      sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext binWidget
+      mapM_ (removeClass sc) oldAttributes
+      mapM_ (addClass sc) newAttributes
+
+      childWidget <- getChild binWidget
+
+      case patch oldChild newChild of
+        Modify modify -> modify childWidget
+        Replace createNew -> do
+          Gtk.containerRemove binWidget childWidget
+          Gtk.containerAdd binWidget =<< createNew
+        Keep -> return ()
+
+--
+-- EventSource
+--
+
+instance (BinChild parent child, EventSource child) =>
+         EventSource (Bin parent child) where
+  subscribe (Bin ctor props child) widget' cb = do
+    binWidget <- Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor widget'
+    handlers' <-
+      mconcat . catMaybes <$> mapM (addSignalHandler cb binWidget) props
+    childWidget <- getChild binWidget
+    (<> handlers') <$> subscribe child childWidget cb
+
+--
+-- FromWidget
+--
+
+instance ( BinChild widget child
+         , Typeable widget
+         , Patchable child
+         , EventSource child
+         , Functor (Bin widget child)
+         ) =>
+         FromWidget (Bin widget child) event (Widget event) where
+  fromWidget = Widget
+
+instance a ~ () => FromWidget (Bin widget child) event (MarkupOf (Bin widget child) event a) where
+  fromWidget = single
+
+instance ( BinChild widget child
+         , a ~ ()
+         , Typeable widget
+         , Patchable child
+         , EventSource child
+         , Functor (Bin widget child)
+         ) =>
+         FromWidget (Bin widget child) event (Markup event a) where
+  fromWidget = single . Widget
+
+
+-- | Get a "Gtk.Bin" child, or fail, and cast it to the given widget type.
+getBinChild
+  :: (Gtk.IsBin bin, GI.GObject child)
+  => (Gtk.ManagedPtr child -> child)
+  -> bin
+  -> IO child
+getBinChild ctor =
+  Gtk.binGetChild
+    >=> maybe (fail "expected Bin to have a child") return
+    >=> Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/CSS.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/CSS.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/CSS.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+-- | Helpers for modifying CSS classes in 'Gtk.StyleContext'
+-- objects.
+
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.CSS where
+
+import           Data.HashSet (HashSet)
+import qualified Data.HashSet as HashSet
+import           Data.Text    (Text)
+import qualified GI.Gtk       as Gtk
+
+-- | A set of CSS classes.
+type ClassSet = HashSet Text
+
+-- | Add the classes to the widget's style context.
+addClasses
+  :: Gtk.IsWidget w
+  => w        -- ^ The widget to add classes to.
+  -> ClassSet -- ^ New classes to add.
+  -> IO ()
+addClasses widget cs = do
+  sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget
+  mapM_ (Gtk.styleContextAddClass sc) cs
+
+-- | Replace all classes in 'old' with the ones in 'old' in the widget's style
+-- context.
+replaceClasses
+  :: Gtk.IsWidget w
+  => w        -- ^ The widget to replace classes in.
+  -> ClassSet -- ^ Old classes to replace.
+  -> ClassSet -- ^ New classes to replace with.
+  -> IO ()
+replaceClasses widget old new = do
+  sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget
+  mapM_ (Gtk.styleContextRemoveClass sc) (HashSet.difference old new)
+  mapM_ (Gtk.styleContextAddClass sc)    (HashSet.difference new old)
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unticked-promoted-constructors #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLabels       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators          #-}
+
+-- | Implementations for common "Gtk.Container".
+
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container
+  ( Container
+  , container
+  )
+where
+
+import           Control.Monad                      (forM_)
+import           Data.Maybe
+import           Data.Typeable
+import qualified GI.Gtk                             as Gtk
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes.Internal
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Patch
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+
+-- | Declarative version of a /container/ widget, i.e. a widget with zero
+-- or more child widgets. The type of 'children' is parameterized, and differs
+-- across the supported container widgets, as some containers require specific
+-- types of child widgets. These type relations are decided by 'IsContainer',
+-- and instances can found in "GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Patch".
+data Container widget children event where
+  Container
+    :: ( Typeable widget
+       , Gtk.IsWidget widget
+       , Gtk.IsContainer widget
+       , Functor children
+       )
+    => (Gtk.ManagedPtr widget -> widget)
+    -> [Attribute widget event]
+    -> children event
+    -> Container widget children event
+
+instance Functor (Container widget children) where
+  fmap f (Container ctor attrs children) =
+    Container ctor (fmap f <$> attrs) (fmap f children)
+
+-- | Construct a /container/ widget, i.e. a widget with zero or more children.
+container
+  :: ( Patchable (Container widget (Children child))
+     , Typeable widget
+     , Typeable child
+     , Typeable event
+     , Functor child
+     , Gtk.IsWidget widget
+     , Gtk.IsContainer widget
+     , FromWidget (Container widget (Children child)) event target
+     )
+  => (Gtk.ManagedPtr widget -> widget) -- ^ A container widget constructor from the underlying gi-gtk library.
+  -> [Attribute widget event]          -- ^ List of 'Attribute's.
+  -> MarkupOf child event ()           -- ^ The container's 'child' widgets, in a 'MarkupOf' builder.
+  -> target                            -- ^ The target, whose type is decided by 'FromWidget'.
+container ctor attrs = fromWidget . Container ctor attrs . toChildren
+
+newtype Children child event = Children { unChildren :: [child event] }
+  deriving (Functor)
+
+toChildren :: MarkupOf child event () -> Children child event
+toChildren = Children . runMarkup
+
+--
+-- Patchable
+--
+
+instance (Patchable child, IsContainer container child) =>
+         Patchable (Container container (Children child)) where
+  create (Container ctor props children) = do
+    let attrOps = concatMap extractAttrConstructOps props
+    widget' <- Gtk.new ctor attrOps
+    sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget'
+    mapM_ (addClass sc) props
+    forM_ (unChildren children) $ \child -> do
+      childWidget <- create child
+      appendChild widget' child childWidget
+    Gtk.toWidget widget'
+  patch (Container _ oldAttributes oldChildren) (Container ctor newAttributes newChildren) =
+    Modify $ \widget' -> do
+      containerWidget <- Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor widget'
+      Gtk.set containerWidget (concatMap extractAttrSetOps newAttributes)
+      sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget'
+      mapM_ (removeClass sc) oldAttributes
+      mapM_ (addClass sc) newAttributes
+      patchInContainer
+        containerWidget
+        (unChildren oldChildren)
+        (unChildren newChildren)
+
+--
+-- EventSource
+--
+
+instance (Typeable child, EventSource child) =>
+         EventSource (Container widget (Children child)) where
+  subscribe (Container ctor props children) widget' cb = do
+    parentWidget <- Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor widget'
+    handlers' <- mconcat . catMaybes <$> mapM (addSignalHandler cb parentWidget) props
+    childWidgets <- Gtk.containerGetChildren parentWidget
+    subs <-
+      flip foldMap (zip (unChildren children) childWidgets) $ \(c, w) ->
+        subscribe c w cb
+    return (handlers' <> subs)
+
+--
+-- FromWidget
+--
+
+instance ( Typeable widget
+         , Typeable children
+         , Patchable (Container widget children)
+         , EventSource (Container widget children)
+         , Functor (Container widget children)
+         ) =>
+         FromWidget (Container widget children) event (Widget event) where
+  fromWidget = Widget
+
+instance a ~ () =>
+         FromWidget (Container widget children) event (MarkupOf (Container widget children) event a) where
+  fromWidget = single
+
+instance ( a ~ ()
+         , Typeable widget
+         , Typeable children
+         , Patchable (Container widget children)
+         , EventSource (Container widget children)
+         , Functor (Container widget children)
+         ) =>
+         FromWidget (Container widget children) event (Markup event a) where
+  fromWidget = single . Widget
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container/Box.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container/Box.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container/Box.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unticked-promoted-constructors #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLabels       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators          #-}
+
+-- | Implementation of 'Gtk.Box' as a declarative container.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Box
+  ( BoxChild(..)
+  , boxChild
+  )
+where
+
+import           Data.Word                      (Word32)
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+
+-- | Described a child widget to be added with 'boxAppend' to a 'Box'.
+data BoxChild event = BoxChild
+  { expand  :: Bool
+  , fill    :: Bool
+  , padding :: Word32
+  , child   :: Widget event
+  }
+  deriving (Functor)
+
+-- | Construct a box child with the given 'boxAppend' parameters.
+boxChild
+  :: Bool
+  -> Bool
+  -> Word32
+  -> Widget event
+  -> MarkupOf BoxChild event ()
+boxChild expand fill padding child = single BoxChild {..}
+
+instance Patchable BoxChild where
+  create = create . child
+  patch b1 b2 = patch (child b1) (child b2)
+
+instance EventSource BoxChild where
+  subscribe BoxChild{..} = subscribe child
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container/Patch.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container/Patch.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Container/Patch.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-unticked-promoted-constructors #-}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds              #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses  #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLabels       #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables    #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators          #-}
+
+-- | This module implements the patch algorithm for containers.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Patch (IsContainer(..), patchInContainer) where
+
+import           Control.Monad                    (forM_)
+import           Data.Int                         (Int32)
+import           Data.List                        (zip4)
+import qualified GI.Gtk                           as Gtk
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Bin
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Container.Box
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+
+
+-- | Describes supported GTK+ containers and their specialized APIs for
+-- appending and replacing child widgets.
+class IsContainer container child | container -> child where
+  -- | Append a child widget to the container.
+  appendChild
+    :: container    -- ^ Container widget
+    -> child event  -- ^ Declarative child widget
+    -> Gtk.Widget   -- ^ GTK child widget to append
+    -> IO ()
+  -- | Replace the child widget at the given index in the container.
+  replaceChild
+    :: container    -- ^ Container widget
+    -> child event  -- ^ Declarative child widget
+    -> Int32        -- ^ Index to replace at
+    -> Gtk.Widget   -- ^ Old GTK widget to replace
+    -> Gtk.Widget   -- ^ New GTK widget to replace with
+    -> IO ()
+
+-- | Patch all children in a container. This does not feature any ID checking,
+-- as seen in React, so reordering children in a container can produce many
+-- updates.
+patchInContainer
+  :: ( Gtk.IsWidget container
+     , Gtk.IsContainer container
+     , Patchable child
+     , IsContainer container child
+     )
+  => container
+  -> [child e1]
+  -> [child e2]
+  -> IO ()
+patchInContainer container os' ns' = do
+  cs <- Gtk.containerGetChildren container
+  let maxLength = maximum [length cs, length os', length ns']
+      indices   = [0 .. pred (fromIntegral maxLength)]
+  forM_ (zip4 indices (padMaybes cs) (padMaybes os') (padMaybes ns')) $ \case
+
+    -- In case we have a corresponding old and new declarative widget, we patch
+    -- the GTK widget.
+    (i, Just w, Just old, Just new) -> case patch old new of
+      Modify  modify       -> modify w
+      Replace createWidget -> replaceChild container new i w =<< createWidget
+      Keep                 -> return ()
+
+    -- When there is a new declarative widget, but there already exists a GTK
+    -- widget in the corresponding place, we need to replace the GTK widget with
+    -- one created from the declarative widget.
+    (i, Just w, Nothing, Just new) ->
+      replaceChild container new i w =<< create new
+
+    -- When there is a new declarative widget, or one that lacks a corresponding
+    -- GTK widget, create and add it.
+    (_i, Nothing, _      , Just n ) -> create n >>= appendChild container n
+
+    -- When an declarative widget has been removed, remove the GTK widget from
+    -- the container.
+    (_i, Just w , Just _ , Nothing) -> Gtk.containerRemove container w
+
+    -- When there are more old declarative widgets than GTK widgets, we can
+    -- safely ignore the old declarative widgets.
+    (_i, Nothing, Just _ , Nothing) -> return ()
+
+    -- But, when there are stray GTK widgets without corresponding
+    -- declarative widgets, something has gone wrong, and we clean that up by
+    -- removing the GTK widgets.
+    (_i, Just w , Nothing, Nothing) -> Gtk.containerRemove container w
+
+    -- No more GTK widgets or declarative widgets, we are done.
+    (_i, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing) -> return ()
+
+  Gtk.widgetQueueResize container
+
+instance IsContainer Gtk.ListBox (Bin Gtk.ListBoxRow Widget) where
+  appendChild box _ widget' = Gtk.listBoxInsert box widget' (-1)
+  replaceChild box _ i old new = do
+    Gtk.containerRemove box old
+    Gtk.listBoxInsert box new i
+    Gtk.widgetShowAll box
+
+instance IsContainer Gtk.Box BoxChild where
+  appendChild box BoxChild {..} widget' =
+    Gtk.boxPackStart box widget' expand fill padding
+
+  replaceChild box boxChild' i old new = do
+    Gtk.containerRemove box old
+    appendChild box boxChild' new
+    Gtk.boxReorderChild box new i
+    Gtk.widgetShowAll box
+
+padMaybes :: [a] -> [Maybe a]
+padMaybes xs = map Just xs ++ repeat Nothing
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/EventSource.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/EventSource.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses      #-}
+
+-- | Event handling for declarative widgets.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+  ( EventSource (..)
+  , Subscription
+  , fromCancellation
+  , cancel
+  )
+where
+
+import qualified GI.Gtk               as Gtk
+
+-- | Cancel a 'Subscription', meaning that the callback will not be invoked on
+-- any subsequent signal emissions.
+cancel :: Subscription -> IO ()
+cancel = sequence_ . cancellations
+
+-- | An 'EventSource' can be subscribed to, with a callback, returning a
+-- 'Subscription'.
+class EventSource widget where
+  subscribe
+    :: widget event     -- ^ Declarative widget with event handlers.
+    -> Gtk.Widget       -- ^ Actual 'Gtk.Widget' that has been created or patched.
+    -> (event -> IO ()) -- ^ Event callback, invoked on each emitted event until
+                        -- the 'Subscription' is cancelled, or widget is otherwise
+                        -- destroyed.
+    -> IO Subscription  -- ^ A 'Subscription' is returned, which can be cancelled.
+
+-- | A 'Subscription' contains zero or more cancellation actions for connected
+-- handlers (to a tree of widgets.) When subscribing to a container widget, all
+-- child widgets are also subscribed to, and the 'Subscription's are combined
+-- using the 'Semigroup' instance.
+newtype Subscription = Subscription { cancellations :: [IO ()] }
+  deriving (Semigroup, Monoid)
+
+-- | Create a subscription from a cancellation IO action.
+fromCancellation :: IO () -> Subscription
+fromCancellation = Subscription . pure
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Markup.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Markup.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances          #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FunctionalDependencies     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables        #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications           #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators              #-}
+
+-- | 'MarkupOf' is the common builder type for the (declarative) GTK+ markup
+-- language, supporting do syntax. 'MarkupOf' wraps many widgets, usually of
+-- type 'Widget', but they can be of other types.
+--
+-- A 'Widget' value can wrap any 'Patchable' widget, hiding the underlying
+-- widget type, such that you can embed heterogeneous collections of widgets in
+-- containers.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+  ( Widget(..)
+  -- * Markup
+  , MarkupOf
+  , Markup
+  , single
+  , multiple
+  , runMarkup
+  -- * Widget to Markup conversion
+  , FromWidget(..)
+  )
+where
+
+import           Control.Monad.Writer
+import           Data.Typeable
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+
+-- | A 'Widget' value wraps a 'Patchable' and 'EventSource' widget, providing
+-- a constrained equivalent of a 'Dynamic' value. It is used to support
+-- heterogeneous containers of widgets, and to support equality
+-- checks on different types of widgets when calculating patches.
+data Widget event where
+  Widget
+    :: ( Typeable widget
+       , Patchable widget
+       , Functor widget
+       , EventSource widget
+       )
+    => widget event
+    -> Widget event
+
+instance Functor Widget where
+  fmap f (Widget w) = Widget (fmap f w)
+
+-- | 'Widget' is itself patchable, by delegating to the underlying
+-- widget instances.
+instance Patchable Widget where
+  create (Widget w) = create w
+  patch (Widget (w1 :: t1 e1)) (Widget (w2 :: t2 e2)) =
+    case eqT @t1 @t2 of
+      Just Refl -> patch w1 w2
+      _         -> Replace (create w2)
+
+instance EventSource Widget where
+  subscribe (Widget w) = subscribe w
+
+-- * Markup
+
+-- | The declarative markup builder, primarily for using its 'Monad' instance
+-- and do notation to construct adjacent widgets in containers.
+--
+-- It is parameterized with 'widget' and 'event', such that containers can
+-- restrict the type of their children to other types than 'Widget'.
+--
+-- Note that the return type, 'a', is not used in this library. It's a more a
+-- technical necessity to have the 'Monad' instance. You can still use it if
+-- you need to return a value from a markup function, though.
+newtype MarkupOf widget event a =
+  MarkupOf (Writer [widget event] a)
+  deriving (Functor, Applicative, Monad)
+
+-- | Run a 'MarkupOf' builder and get its widgets.
+runMarkup :: MarkupOf widget event () -> [widget event]
+runMarkup (MarkupOf w) = execWriter w
+
+-- | Handy type alias for the common case of markup containing 'Widget's.
+type Markup event a = MarkupOf Widget event a
+
+-- | Construct markup from a single widget.
+single :: widget event -> MarkupOf widget event ()
+single w = MarkupOf (tell [w])
+
+-- | Construct markup from multiple widgets.
+multiple :: [widget event] -> MarkupOf widget event ()
+multiple = MarkupOf . tell
+
+-- | Convert a widget to a target type. This is deliberately unconstrained in
+-- it's types, and is used by smart constructors to implement return type
+-- polymorphism, so that a smart contructor can return either a 'Widget', or
+-- some specifically typed 'MarkupOf', depending on the context in which it's
+-- used.
+class FromWidget widget event target | target -> event where
+  fromWidget :: (Typeable widget, Typeable event) => widget event -> target
+
+instance FromWidget Widget event (Widget event) where
+  fromWidget = id
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Patch.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/Patch.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes            #-}
+
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+  ( Patch(..)
+  , Patchable(..)
+  ) where
+
+import qualified GI.Gtk as Gtk
+
+-- | A possible action to take on an existing 'Gtk.Widget', decided by the
+-- 'patch' method when comparing declarative widgets.
+data Patch
+  = Modify (Gtk.Widget -> IO ())
+  -- ^ An 'IO' action to apply to a 'Gtk.Widget' to make it reflect an updated
+  -- declarative widget. The action to apply is calculated from the difference
+  -- between the old and the new declarative widget.
+  | Replace (IO Gtk.Widget)
+  -- ^ Replace the current 'Gtk.Widget' by the widget returned by the IO
+  -- action.
+  | Keep
+  -- ^ Do nothing, i.e. keep the 'Gtk.Widget' as it is.
+
+-- | A patchable widget is one that can create an underlying GTK widget, or
+-- calculate a 'Patch' to be applied to an existing GTK widget that was
+-- previously created.
+class Patchable widget where
+  -- | Given a declarative widget that is 'Patchable', return an IO action that
+  -- can create a new corresponding 'Gtk.Widget'. The created widget should be
+  -- use in corresponding patch modifications, until it is replaced.
+  create :: widget e -> IO Gtk.Widget
+  -- | Given two declarative widgets of the same widget type (but not
+  -- necessarily of the same event types,) calculate a 'Patch'.
+  patch :: widget e1 -> widget e2 -> Patch
diff --git a/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/SingleWidget.hs b/src/GI/Gtk/Declarative/SingleWidget.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds             #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances     #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE GADTs                 #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE RankNTypes            #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications      #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeOperators         #-}
+
+-- | A declarative representation of 'Gtk.Widget' in GTK without children.
+module GI.Gtk.Declarative.SingleWidget
+  ( SingleWidget
+  , widget
+  )
+where
+
+import           Data.Maybe
+import           Data.Typeable
+import qualified GI.Gtk                         as Gtk
+
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Attributes.Internal
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.EventSource
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Markup
+import           GI.Gtk.Declarative.Patch
+
+-- | Declarative version of a /leaf/ widget, i.e. a widget without any children.
+data SingleWidget widget event where
+  SingleWidget
+    :: (Typeable widget, Gtk.IsWidget widget, Functor (Attribute widget))
+    => (Gtk.ManagedPtr widget -> widget)
+    -> [Attribute widget event]
+    -> SingleWidget widget event
+
+instance Functor (SingleWidget widget) where
+  fmap f (SingleWidget ctor attrs) = SingleWidget ctor (fmap f <$> attrs)
+
+instance Patchable (SingleWidget widget) where
+  create = \case
+    (SingleWidget ctor props) -> do
+        let attrOps = concatMap extractAttrConstructOps props
+        widget' <- Gtk.new ctor attrOps
+
+        sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget'
+        mapM_ (addClass sc) props
+
+        Gtk.widgetShowAll widget'
+        Gtk.toWidget widget'
+  patch (SingleWidget (_    :: Gtk.ManagedPtr w1 -> w1) oldAttributes)
+        (SingleWidget (ctor :: Gtk.ManagedPtr w2 -> w2) newAttributes) =
+    case eqT @w1 @w2 of
+      Just Refl ->
+        Modify $ \widget' -> do
+          w <- Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor widget'
+          Gtk.set w (concatMap extractAttrSetOps newAttributes)
+
+          sc <- Gtk.widgetGetStyleContext widget'
+          mapM_ (removeClass sc) oldAttributes
+          mapM_ (addClass sc) newAttributes
+
+          Gtk.widgetShowAll w
+
+      Nothing -> Replace (create (SingleWidget ctor newAttributes))
+
+instance EventSource (SingleWidget widget) where
+  subscribe (SingleWidget ctor props) widget' cb = do
+    w <- Gtk.unsafeCastTo ctor widget'
+    mconcat . catMaybes <$> mapM (addSignalHandler cb w) props
+
+instance (Typeable widget, Functor (SingleWidget widget))
+  => FromWidget (SingleWidget widget) event (Widget event) where
+  fromWidget = Widget
+
+instance FromWidget (SingleWidget widget) event (MarkupOf (SingleWidget widget) event ()) where
+  fromWidget = single
+
+instance (Typeable widget, Functor (SingleWidget widget))
+  => FromWidget (SingleWidget widget) event (Markup event ()) where
+  fromWidget = single . Widget
+
+-- | Construct a /leaf/ widget, i.e. one without any children.
+widget ::
+     ( Typeable widget
+     , Typeable event
+     , Functor (Attribute widget)
+     , Gtk.IsWidget widget
+     , FromWidget (SingleWidget widget) event target
+     )
+  => (Gtk.ManagedPtr widget -> widget) -- ^ A widget constructor from the underlying gi-gtk library.
+  -> [Attribute widget event]          -- ^ List of 'Attribute's.
+  -> target                            -- ^ The target, whose type is decided by 'FromWidget'.
+widget ctor = fromWidget . SingleWidget ctor
