diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+bin/
diff --git a/config.nims b/config.nims
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+task build, "build":
+  selfExec "c -d:release --outdir:bin src/hyprman"
diff --git a/src/hyprman.nim b/src/hyprman.nim
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+import std/[os,net, json, sugar, strformat, tables]
+
+
+const icons = {
+        "[Running] - Oracle VM VirtualBox": "",
+        "Visual Studio Code": "",
+        "vivaldi-stable": "󰖟",
+        "LibreOffice": "",
+        "Geneious Prime": "󰚄",
+        "Firefox": "",
+        "- NVIM": "",
+        "Alacritty": "",
+        "- Wezterm": "",
+        "org.wezfurlong.wezterm":""
+}.toTable
+
+
+type
+  HyprlandDefect* = Defect
+
+  # Workspace = object
+  #   id, monitorID, windows: int
+  #   name, monitor, lastwindow, lastwindowtitle: string
+  #   hasfullscreen: bool
+
+  WorkspaceIcon = object
+    id: int
+    icon, class: string
+
+  ActiveWorkspace = object
+    id: int
+    name: string
+
+  Monitor = object
+    id: int
+    activeWorkspace: ActiveWorkspace
+
+  Client = object
+    workspace: ActiveWorkspace
+    class, title: string
+
+
+proc getData(data: string): string =
+  let
+    his = getenv("HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE")
+    socketPath = "/tmp/hypr" / his / ".socket.sock"
+
+  let socket = newSocket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP)
+  try:
+    socket.connectUnix(socketPath)
+  except OSError:
+    raise newException(HyprlandDefect, "Could not connect to Hyprland IPC UNIX path; is Hyprland running?")
+
+  socket.send(data)
+  let response = socket.recv(4096)
+  socket.close() # is this necessary?
+  return response
+
+
+proc getDefaultWorkspaces(): seq[WorkspaceIcon] =
+  let clients = parseJson(getData("[-j]/clients")).to(seq[Client])
+  result = collect(for i in 1..9: WorkspaceIcon(id: i, icon:"",class:fmt"ws-button-{i - 1}"))
+  for client in clients:
+    let match = icons.getOrDefault(client.class,"")
+    if client.workspace.id < 0: continue
+    result[client.workspace.id - 1].icon &= match
+  for ws in result.mitems:
+    if ws.icon == "":
+      ws.icon = ""
+
+proc getActive(m: Monitor): int {.inline.} = m.activeWorkspace.id
+
+proc getState(): seq[seq[WorkspaceIcon]] =
+  let
+    monitors = parseJson(getData("[-j]/monitors")).to(seq[Monitor])
+    defaultWorkspaces = getDefaultWorkspaces()
+  for m in monitors:
+    result.add defaultWorkspaces
+    result[m.id][getActive(m) - 1].class &=
+      " " & "ws-button-open"
+
+when isMainModule:
+  while true:
+    sleep 500
+    try:
+      echo (%* getState())
+    except JsonParsingError:
+      discard