diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 Chris Penner
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/rasa-ext-status-bar.cabal b/rasa-ext-status-bar.cabal
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+name:                rasa-ext-status-bar
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Rasa Ext for populating status-bar
+description:         Rasa Ext for populating status-status-bar
+homepage:            https://github.com/ChrisPenner/rasa/
+license:             MIT
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Chris Penner
+maintainer:          christopher.penner@gmail.com
+copyright:           2016 Chris Penner
+category:            Extension
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:
+                       Rasa.Ext.StatusBar
+
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+                     , rasa
+                     , data-default
+                     , lens
+                     , text
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+  ghc-options:         -Wall
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/ChrisPenner/rasa
diff --git a/src/Rasa/Ext/StatusBar.hs b/src/Rasa/Ext/StatusBar.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Rasa.Ext.StatusBar
+  ( leftStatus
+  , centerStatus
+  , rightStatus
+  , statusBar
+  , left
+  , center
+  , right
+  , StatusBar(..)
+  ) where
+
+import Control.Lens
+
+import Data.Typeable
+import Data.Default
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+
+import Rasa.Ext
+
+data StatusBar = StatusBar
+  { _left :: [T.Text]
+  , _center :: [T.Text]
+  , _right :: [T.Text]
+  } deriving (Typeable, Show, Eq)
+
+makeLenses ''StatusBar
+
+instance Default StatusBar where
+  def = StatusBar
+    { _left=[]
+    , _center=[]
+    , _right=[]
+    }
+
+statusBar :: Scheduler ()
+statusBar = beforeEvent $ bufDo clearStatus
+
+clearStatus :: BufAction ()
+clearStatus = do
+  bufExt.left .= []
+  bufExt.center .= []
+  bufExt.right .= []
+
+leftStatus :: T.Text -> BufAction ()
+leftStatus txt = bufExt.left %= (txt:)
+
+centerStatus :: T.Text -> BufAction ()
+centerStatus txt = bufExt.center %= (txt:)
+
+rightStatus :: T.Text -> BufAction ()
+rightStatus txt = bufExt.right %= (txt:)