diff --git a/.presetterrc.json b/.presetterrc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4828a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.presetterrc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "preset": [
+        "presetter-preset-rollup",
+        "presetter-preset-esm"
+    ],
+    "config": {
+        "tsconfig": {
+            "compilerOptions": {
+                "lib": [
+                    "ES2021",
+                    "dom"
+                ]
+            }
+        },
+        "prettier": {
+            "singleQuote": false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d580323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{
+    "name": "@lumeweb/kernel",
+    "version": "0.1.0",
+    "main": "lib/index.js",
+    "module": "lib/index.mjs",
+    "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+    "exports": {
+        "require": "./lib/index.js",
+        "import": "./lib/index.mjs"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "binconv": "^0.2.0",
+        "presetter": "*",
+        "presetter-preset-esm": "^4.0.1",
+        "presetter-preset-rollup": "^4.0.1"
+    },
+    "readme": "ERROR: No README data found!",
+    "_id": "@lumeweb/kernel@0.1.0",
+    "scripts": {
+        "prepare": "presetter bootstrap",
+        "build": "run bootstrap"
+    },
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@lumeweb/libkmodule": "^0.1.0-develop.4",
+        "@lumeweb/libweb": "0.2.0-develop.3",
+        "binconv": "^0.2.0"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/err.ts b/src/err.ts
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/err.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// notableErrors is a persistent list of errors that should be checked after
+// testing. You should only add to this array in the event of an error that
+// indicates a bug with the kernel.
+const notableErrors: string[] = [];
+
+// respondErr will send an error response to the caller that closes out the
+// query for the provided nonce. The extra inputs of 'messagePortal' and
+// 'isWorker' are necessary to handle the fact that the MessageEvent you get
+// from a worker message is different from the MessageEvent you get from a
+// window message, and also from the fact that postMessage has different
+// arguments depending on whether the messagePortal is a worker or a window.
+function respondErr(
+  event: MessageEvent,
+  messagePortal: any,
+  isWorker: boolean,
+  err: string,
+) {
+  const message = {
+    nonce: event.data.nonce,
+    method: "response",
+    data: {},
+    err,
+  };
+  if (isWorker === true) {
+    messagePortal.postMessage(message);
+  } else {
+    messagePortal.postMessage(message, event.origin);
+  }
+}
+
+export { notableErrors, respondErr };
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99543e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// This is the business logic for the Skynet kernel, responsible for
+// downloading and running modules, managing queries between modules and
+// applications, managing user overrides, and other core functionalities.
+
+// NOTE: Anything and anyone can send messages to the kernel. All data that
+// gets received is untrusted and potentially maliciously crafted. Type
+// checking is very important.
+
+import { notableErrors, respondErr } from "./err.js";
+import { logLargeObjects } from "./logLargeState.js";
+import { log, logErr } from "./log.js";
+import { handleModuleCall, handleQueryUpdate } from "./queries.js";
+import { KERNEL_DISTRO, KERNEL_VERSION } from "./version.js";
+
+// These three functions are expected to have already been declared by the
+// bootloader. They are necessary for getting started and downloading the
+// kernel while informing applications about the auth state of the kernel.
+//
+// The kernel is encouraged to overwrite these functions with new values.
+declare let handleIncomingMessage: (event: MessageEvent) => void;
+declare let handleSkynetKernelRequestOverride: (event: MessageEvent) => void;
+
+// IS_EXTENSION is a boolean that indicates whether or not the kernel is
+// running in a browser extension.
+const IS_EXTENSION = window.origin === "http://kernel.lume";
+
+// Kick off the thread that will periodically log all of the large objects in
+// the kernel, so that it's easier to check for memory leaks.
+logLargeObjects();
+
+// Establish the stateful variable for tracking module overrides.
+let moduleOverrideList = {} as any;
+
+// Write a log that declares the kernel version and distribution.
+log("init", "Lume Web Kernel v" + KERNEL_VERSION + "-" + KERNEL_DISTRO);
+
+// Overwrite the handleIncomingMessage function that gets called at the end of the
+// event handler, allowing us to support custom messages.
+handleIncomingMessage = function (event: any) {
+  // Ignore all messages from ourself.
+  if (event.source === window) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Input validation.
+  if (!("method" in event.data)) {
+    logErr("handleIncomingMessage", "kernel request is missing 'method' field");
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!("nonce" in event.data)) {
+    logErr(
+      "handleIncomingMessage",
+      "message sent to kernel with no nonce field",
+      event.data,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Establish a debugging handler that a developer can call to verify
+  // that round-trip communication has been correctly programmed between
+  // the kernel and the calling application.
+  //
+  // It was easier to inline the message than to abstract it.
+  if (event.data.method === "version") {
+    event.source.postMessage(
+      {
+        nonce: event.data.nonce,
+        method: "response",
+        err: null,
+        data: {
+          distribution: KERNEL_DISTRO,
+          version: KERNEL_VERSION,
+        },
+      },
+      event.origin,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Establish a debugging handler to return any noteworthy errors that the
+  // kernel has encountered. This is mainly intended to be used by the test
+  // suite.
+  if (event.data.method === "checkErrs") {
+    event.source.postMessage(
+      {
+        nonce: event.data.nonce,
+        method: "response",
+        err: null,
+        data: {
+          errs: notableErrors,
+        },
+      },
+      event.origin,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Establish handlers for the major kernel methods.
+  if (event.data.method === "moduleCall") {
+    // Check for a domain. If the message was sent by a browser
+    // extension, we trust the domain provided by the extension,
+    // otherwise we use the domain of the parent as the domain.
+    // This does mean that the kernel is trusting that the user has
+    // no malicious browser extensions, as we aren't checking for
+    // **which** extension is sending the message, we are only
+    // checking that the message is coming from a browser
+    // extension.
+    if (event.origin.startsWith("moz") && !("domain" in event.data)) {
+      logErr(
+        "moduleCall",
+        "caller is an extension, but no domain was provided",
+      );
+      respondErr(
+        event,
+        event.source,
+        false,
+        "caller is an extension, but not domain was provided",
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    let domain;
+    if (event.origin.startsWith("moz")) {
+      domain = event.data.domain;
+    } else {
+      domain = new URL(event.origin).hostname;
+    }
+    handleModuleCall(event, event.source, domain, false);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (event.data.method === "queryUpdate") {
+    handleQueryUpdate(event);
+    return;
+  }
+  if (event.data.method === "requestOverride") {
+    handleSkynetKernelRequestOverride(event);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Unrecognized method, reject the query.
+  respondErr(
+    event,
+    event.source,
+    false,
+    "unrecognized method: " + event.data.method,
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/key.ts b/src/key.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ed60ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/key.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// This variable is the key that got loaded into memory by the bootloader, and
+// is the user key. We keep this key in memory, because if the user ever logs
+// out the kernel is expected to refresh, which will clear the key.
+declare let userKey: Uint8Array;
+
+export const activeKey = userKey;
diff --git a/src/log.ts b/src/log.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cb1016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/log.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { objAsString } from "@lumeweb/libweb";
+
+// wLog is a wrapper for the log and logErr functions, to deduplicate code.
+//
+// TODO: Need to implement a tag system for the logging. We will use the
+// dashboard to control logging messages and verbosity.
+function wLog(isErr: boolean, tag: string, ...inputs: any) {
+  let message = "[lumeweb-kernel]\n" + tag;
+  for (let i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
+    message += "\n";
+    message += objAsString(inputs[i]);
+  }
+  window.parent.postMessage(
+    {
+      method: "log",
+      data: {
+        isErr,
+        message,
+      },
+    },
+    "*",
+  );
+}
+function log(tag: string, ...inputs: any) {
+  wLog(false, tag, ...inputs);
+}
+function logErr(tag: string, ...inputs: any) {
+  wLog(true, tag, ...inputs);
+}
+
+export { log, logErr };
diff --git a/src/logLargeState.ts b/src/logLargeState.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a856291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/logLargeState.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { notableErrors } from "./err.js";
+import { log } from "./log.js";
+import { modules, modulesLoading, queries } from "./queries.js";
+
+// Set up a loop that will periodically log all of the large objects in the
+// kernel, for the sake of making detection and debugging easier in the event
+// of a
+let waitTime = 30000;
+function logLargeObjects() {
+  const queriesLenStr = Object.keys(queries).length.toString();
+  const modulesLenStr = Object.keys(modules).length.toString();
+  const modulesLoadingLenStr = Object.keys(modulesLoading).length.toString();
+  log(
+    "open queries :: open modules :: modules loading :: notable errors : " +
+      queriesLenStr +
+      " :: " +
+      modulesLenStr +
+      " :: " +
+      modulesLoadingLenStr +
+      " :: " +
+      notableErrors.length,
+  );
+  waitTime *= 1.25;
+  setTimeout(logLargeObjects, waitTime);
+}
+setTimeout(logLargeObjects, waitTime);
+
+export { logLargeObjects };
diff --git a/src/queries.ts b/src/queries.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d07eccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/queries.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,634 @@
+import { notableErrors, respondErr } from "./err.js";
+import { log, logErr } from "./log.js";
+import { activeKey } from "./key.js";
+import { KERNEL_DISTRO, KERNEL_VERSION } from "./version.js";
+import {
+  addContextToErr,
+  bufToB64,
+  deriveChildKey,
+  downloadObject,
+  encodeU64,
+  Err,
+  objAsString,
+  Portal,
+  sha512,
+} from "@lumeweb/libweb";
+import { moduleQuery, presentKeyData } from "@lumeweb/libkmodule";
+import { readableStreamToUint8Array } from "binconv";
+
+// WorkerLaunchFn is the type signature of the function that launches the
+// worker to set up for processing a query.
+type WorkerLaunchFn = () => [Worker, Err];
+
+// modules is a hashmap that maps from a domain to the module that handles
+// queries to that domain. It maintains the domain and URL of the module so
+// that the worker doesn't need to be downloaded multiple times to keep
+// launching queries.
+//
+// a new worker gets launched for every query.
+interface Module {
+  domain: string;
+  url: string;
+  launchWorker: WorkerLaunchFn;
+  worker?: Worker;
+}
+
+// OpenQuery holds all of the information necessary for managing an open query.
+interface OpenQuery {
+  isWorker: boolean;
+  domain: string;
+  source: any;
+  dest: Worker;
+  nonce: string;
+  origin: string;
+}
+
+// Define the stateful variables for managing the modules. We track the set of
+// queries that are in progress, the set of skapps that are known to the
+// kernel, the set of modules that we've downloaded, and the set of modules
+// that are actively being downloaded.
+let queriesNonce = 0;
+const queries = {} as any;
+const skapps = {} as any;
+const modules = {} as any;
+const modulesLoading = {} as any;
+
+// Create a standard message handler for messages coming from workers.
+//
+// TODO: If the worker makes a mistake or has a bug that makes it seem
+// unstable, we should create some sort of debug log that can be viewed from
+// the kernel debug/control panel. We'll need to make sure the debug logs don't
+// consume too much memory, and we'll need to terminate workers that are
+// bugging out.
+//
+// TODO: Set up a ratelimiting system for modules making logs, we don't want
+// modules to be able to pollute the kernel and cause instability by logging
+// too much.
+//
+// TODO: Need to check that the postMessage call in respondErr isn't going to
+// throw or cause issuse in the event that the worker who sent the message has
+// been terminated.
+//
+// TODO: We probably need to have timeouts for queries, if a query doesn't send
+// an update after a certain amount of time we drop it.
+function handleWorkerMessage(event: MessageEvent, mod: Module, worker: Worker) {
+  // TODO: Use of respondErr here may not be correct, should only be using
+  // respondErr for functions that are expecting a response and aren't
+  // already part of a separate query. If they are part of a separate query
+  // we need to close that query out gracefully.
+
+  // Perform input verification for a worker message.
+  if (!("method" in event.data)) {
+    logErr("worker", mod.domain, "received worker message with no method");
+    respondErr(event, worker, true, "received message with no method");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check whether this is a logging call.
+  if (event.data.method === "log") {
+    // Perform the input verification for logging.
+    if (!("data" in event.data)) {
+      logErr(
+        "worker",
+        mod.domain,
+        "received worker log message with no data field",
+      );
+      respondErr(
+        event,
+        worker,
+        true,
+        "received log messsage with no data field",
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    if (typeof event.data.data.message !== "string") {
+      logErr(
+        "worker",
+        mod.domain,
+        "worker log data.message is not of type 'string'",
+      );
+      respondErr(
+        event,
+        worker,
+        true,
+        "received log messsage with no message field",
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+    if (event.data.data.isErr === undefined) {
+      event.data.data.isErr = false;
+    }
+    if (typeof event.data.data.isErr !== "boolean") {
+      logErr(
+        "worker",
+        mod.domain,
+        "worker log data.isErr is not of type 'boolean'",
+      );
+      respondErr(
+        event,
+        worker,
+        true,
+        "received log messsage with invalid isErr field",
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Send the log to the parent so that the log can be put in the
+    // console.
+    if (event.data.data.isErr === false) {
+      log("worker", "[" + mod.domain + "]", event.data.data.message);
+    } else {
+      logErr("worker", "[" + mod.domain + "]", event.data.data.message);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check for a nonce - log is the only message from a worker that does not
+  // need a nonce.
+  if (!("nonce" in event.data)) {
+    event.data.nonce = "N/A";
+    logErr(
+      "worker",
+      mod.domain,
+      "worker sent a message with no nonce",
+      event.data,
+    );
+    respondErr(event, worker, true, "received message with no nonce");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Handle a version request.
+  if (event.data.method === "version") {
+    worker.postMessage({
+      nonce: event.data.nonce,
+      method: "response",
+      err: null,
+      data: {
+        distribution: KERNEL_DISTRO,
+        version: KERNEL_VERSION,
+        err: null,
+      },
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Handle a call from the worker to another module.
+  if (event.data.method === "moduleCall") {
+    handleModuleCall(event, worker, mod.domain, true);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // The only other methods allowed are the queryUpdate, responseUpdate,
+  // and response methods.
+  const isQueryUpdate = event.data.method === "queryUpdate";
+  const isResponseUpdate = event.data.method === "responseUpdate";
+  const isResponse = event.data.method === "response";
+  if (isQueryUpdate || isResponseUpdate || isResponse) {
+    handleModuleResponse(event, mod, worker);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // We don't know what this message was.
+  logErr(
+    "worker",
+    mod.domain,
+    "received message from worker with unrecognized method",
+  );
+}
+
+// createModule will create a module from the provided worker code and domain.
+// This call does not launch the worker, that should be done separately.
+async function createModule(
+  workerCode: Uint8Array | ReadableStream,
+  domain: string,
+): Promise<[Module | null, Err]> {
+  if (workerCode instanceof ReadableStream) {
+    try {
+      workerCode = await readableStreamToUint8Array(workerCode);
+    } catch (e) {
+      return [null, e];
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Generate the URL for the worker code.
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([workerCode]));
+
+  // Create the module object.
+  const mod: Module = {
+    domain,
+    url,
+    launchWorker: function (): [Worker, Err] {
+      return launchWorker(mod);
+    },
+  };
+  return [mod, null];
+}
+
+// launchWorker will launch a worker and perform all the setup so that the
+// worker is ready to receive a query.
+function launchWorker(mod: Module): [Worker, Err] {
+  // Create and launch the worker.
+  let worker: Worker;
+  try {
+    worker = new Worker(mod.url);
+  } catch (err: any) {
+    logErr("worker", mod.domain, "unable to create worker", mod.domain, err);
+    return [
+      {} as Worker,
+      addContextToErr(objAsString(err), "unable to create worker"),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  // Set the onmessage and onerror functions.
+  worker.onmessage = function (event: MessageEvent) {
+    handleWorkerMessage(event, mod, worker);
+  };
+  worker.onerror = function (event: ErrorEvent) {
+    const errStr =
+      objAsString(event.message) +
+      "\n" +
+      objAsString(event.error) +
+      "\n" +
+      objAsString(event);
+    logErr(
+      "worker",
+      mod.domain,
+      addContextToErr(errStr, "received onerror event"),
+    );
+  };
+
+  // Send the key to the module.
+  const path = "moduleKeyDerivation" + mod.domain;
+  const moduleKey = deriveChildKey(activeKey, path);
+  const msgData: presentKeyData = {
+    key: moduleKey,
+  };
+  const msg: moduleQuery = {
+    method: "presentKey",
+    domain: "root",
+    data: msgData,
+  };
+
+  worker.postMessage(msg);
+  return [worker, null];
+}
+
+// handleModuleCall will handle a callModule message sent to the kernel from an
+// extension or webpage.
+function handleModuleCall(
+  event: MessageEvent,
+  messagePortal: any,
+  callerDomain: string,
+  isWorker: boolean,
+) {
+  if (!("data" in event.data) || !("module" in event.data.data)) {
+    logErr(
+      "moduleCall",
+      "received moduleCall with no module field in the data",
+      event.data,
+    );
+    respondErr(
+      event,
+      messagePortal,
+      isWorker,
+      "moduleCall is missing 'module' field: " + JSON.stringify(event.data),
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  if (
+    typeof event.data.data.module !== "string" ||
+    event.data.data.module.length != 46
+  ) {
+    logErr("moduleCall", "received moduleCall with malformed module");
+    respondErr(
+      event,
+      messagePortal,
+      isWorker,
+      "'module' field in moduleCall is expected to be a base64 skylink",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!("method" in event.data.data)) {
+    logErr(
+      "moduleCall",
+      "received moduleCall without a method set for the module",
+    );
+    respondErr(
+      event,
+      messagePortal,
+      isWorker,
+      "no 'data.method' specified, module does not know what method to run",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  if (typeof event.data.data.method !== "string") {
+    logErr(
+      "moduleCall",
+      "recieved moduleCall with malformed method",
+      event.data,
+    );
+    respondErr(
+      event,
+      messagePortal,
+      isWorker,
+      "'data.method' needs to be a string",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  if (event.data.data.method === "presentSeed") {
+    logErr(
+      "moduleCall",
+      "received malicious moduleCall - only root is allowed to use presentSeed method",
+    );
+    respondErr(
+      event,
+      messagePortal,
+      isWorker,
+      "presentSeed is a priviledged method, only root is allowed to use it",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!("data" in event.data.data)) {
+    logErr("moduleCall", "received moduleCall with no input for the module");
+    respondErr(
+      event,
+      messagePortal,
+      isWorker,
+      "no field data.data in moduleCall, data.data contains the module input",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // TODO: Load any overrides.
+  const finalModule = event.data.data.module; // Can change with overrides.
+  const moduleDomain = event.data.data.module; // Does not change with overrides.
+
+  // Define a helper function to create a new query to the module. It will
+  // both open a query on the module and also send an update message to the
+  // caller with the kernel nonce for this query so that the caller can
+  // perform query updates.
+  const newModuleQuery = function (mod: Module) {
+    let worker = mod.worker!;
+
+    // Get the nonce for this query. The nonce is a
+    // cryptographically secure string derived from a number and
+    // the user's seed. We use 'kernelNonceSalt' as a salt to
+    // namespace the nonces and make sure other processes don't
+    // accidentally end up using the same hashes.
+    const nonceSalt = new TextEncoder().encode("kernelNonceSalt");
+    const [nonceBytes] = encodeU64(BigInt(queriesNonce));
+    const noncePreimage = new Uint8Array(
+      nonceSalt.length + activeKey.length + nonceBytes.length,
+    );
+    noncePreimage.set(nonceSalt, 0);
+    noncePreimage.set(activeKey, nonceSalt.length);
+    noncePreimage.set(nonceBytes, nonceSalt.length + activeKey.length);
+    const nonce = bufToB64(sha512(noncePreimage));
+    queriesNonce = queriesNonce + 1;
+    queries[nonce] = {
+      isWorker,
+      domain: callerDomain,
+      source: messagePortal,
+      dest: worker,
+      nonce: event.data.nonce,
+      origin: event.origin,
+    } as OpenQuery;
+
+    // Send the message to the worker to start the query.
+    worker.postMessage({
+      nonce: nonce,
+      domain: callerDomain,
+      method: event.data.data.method,
+      data: event.data.data.data,
+    });
+
+    // If the caller is asking for the kernel nonce for this query,
+    // send the kernel nonce. We don't always send the kernel nonce
+    // because messages have material overhead.
+    if (event.data.sendKernelNonce === true) {
+      const msg = {
+        nonce: event.data.nonce,
+        method: "responseNonce",
+        data: {
+          nonce,
+        },
+      };
+      if (isWorker) {
+        messagePortal.postMessage(msg);
+      } else {
+        messagePortal.postMessage(msg, event.origin);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  // Check the worker pool to see if this module is already available.
+  if (moduleDomain in modules) {
+    const module = modules[moduleDomain];
+    newModuleQuery(module);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check if another thread is already fetching the module.
+  if (moduleDomain in modulesLoading) {
+    const p = modulesLoading[moduleDomain];
+    p.then((errML: Err) => {
+      if (errML !== null) {
+        respondErr(
+          event,
+          messagePortal,
+          isWorker,
+          addContextToErr(errML, "module could not be loaded"),
+        );
+        return;
+      }
+      const module = modules[moduleDomain];
+      newModuleQuery(module);
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Fetch the module in a background thread, and launch the query once the
+  // module is available.
+  modulesLoading[moduleDomain] = new Promise(async (resolve) => {
+    // TODO: Check localStorage for the module.
+
+    // Download the code for the worker.
+    const [moduleData, errDS] = await downloadObject(finalModule);
+    if (errDS !== null) {
+      const err = addContextToErr(errDS, "unable to load module");
+      respondErr(event, messagePortal, isWorker, err);
+      resolve(err);
+      delete modulesLoading[moduleDomain];
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // The call to download the skylink is async. That means it's possible that
+    // some other thread created the module successfully and already added it.
+    // Based on the rest of the code, this should not be possible, but we check
+    // for it anyway at runtime so that any concurrency bugs will be made
+    // visible through the `notableErrors` field.
+    //
+    // This check is mainly here as a verification that the rest of the kernel
+    // code is correct.
+    if (moduleDomain in modules) {
+      // Though this is an error, we do already have the module so we
+      // use the one we already loaded.
+      logErr("a module that was already loaded has been loaded");
+      notableErrors.push("module loading experienced a race condition");
+      const mod = modules[moduleDomain];
+      newModuleQuery(mod);
+      resolve(null);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // TODO: Save the result to localStorage. Can't do that until
+    // subscriptions are in place so that localStorage can sync
+    // with any updates from the remote module.
+
+    // Create a new module.
+    const [mod, errCM] = await createModule(moduleData, moduleDomain);
+    if (errCM !== null) {
+      const err = addContextToErr(errCM, "unable to create module");
+      respondErr(event, messagePortal, isWorker, err);
+      resolve(err);
+      delete modulesLoading[moduleDomain];
+      return;
+    }
+    modules[moduleDomain] = mod as Module;
+    newModuleQuery(mod as Module);
+    resolve(null);
+    delete modulesLoading[moduleDomain];
+  });
+}
+
+function handleModuleResponse(
+  event: MessageEvent,
+  mod: Module,
+  worker: Worker,
+) {
+  // TODO: Need to figure out what to do with the errors here. Do we call
+  // 'respondErr'? That doesn't seem correct. It's not correct because if we
+  // end a query we need to let both sides know that the query was killed by
+  // the kernel.
+
+  // Technically the caller already computed these values, but it's easier to
+  // compute them again than to pass them as function args.
+  const isQueryUpdate = event.data.method === "queryUpdate";
+  const isResponse = event.data.method === "response";
+
+  // Check that the data field is present.
+  if (!("data" in event.data)) {
+    logErr(
+      "worker",
+      mod.domain,
+      "received response or update from worker with no data field",
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Grab the query information so that we can properly relay the worker
+  // response to the original caller.
+  if (!(event.data.nonce in queries)) {
+    // If there's no corresponding query and this is a response, send an
+    // error.
+    if (isResponse === true) {
+      logErr("worker", mod.domain, "received response for an unknown nonce");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // If there's no responding query and this isn't a response, it could
+    // just be an accident. queryUpdates and responseUpdates are async and
+    // can therefore be sent before both sides know that a query has been
+    // closed but not get processed untila afterwards.
+    //
+    // This can't happen with a 'response' message because the response
+    // message is the only message that can close the query, and there's
+    // only supposed to be one response message.
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // If the message is a query update, relay the update to the worker.
+  if (isQueryUpdate) {
+    const dest = queries[event.data.nonce].dest;
+    dest.postMessage({
+      nonce: event.data.nonce,
+      method: event.data.method,
+      data: event.data.data,
+    });
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Check that the err field is being used correctly for response messages.
+  if (isResponse) {
+    // Check that the err field exists.
+    if (!("err" in event.data)) {
+      logErr(
+        "worker",
+        mod.domain,
+        "got response from worker with no err field",
+      );
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Check that exactly one of 'err' and 'data' are null.
+    const errNull = event.data.err === null;
+    const dataNull = event.data.data === null;
+    if (errNull === dataNull) {
+      logErr("worker", mod.domain, "exactly one of err and data must be null");
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // We are sending either a response message or a responseUpdate message,
+  // all other possibilities have been handled.
+  const sourceIsWorker = queries[event.data.nonce].isWorker;
+  const sourceNonce = queries[event.data.nonce].nonce;
+  const source = queries[event.data.nonce].source;
+  const origin = queries[event.data.nonce].origin;
+  const msg: any = {
+    nonce: sourceNonce,
+    method: event.data.method,
+    data: event.data.data,
+  };
+  // For responses only, set an error and close out the query by deleting it
+  // from the query map.
+  if (isResponse) {
+    msg["err"] = event.data.err;
+    delete queries[event.data.nonce];
+  }
+  if (sourceIsWorker === true) {
+    source.postMessage(msg);
+  } else {
+    source.postMessage(msg, origin);
+  }
+}
+
+function handleQueryUpdate(event: MessageEvent) {
+  // Check that the module still exists before sending a queryUpdate to
+  // the module.
+  if (!(event.data.nonce in queries)) {
+    logErr(
+      "auth",
+      "received queryUpdate but nonce is not recognized",
+      event.data,
+      queries,
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+  const dest = queries[event.data.nonce].dest;
+  dest.postMessage({
+    nonce: event.data.nonce,
+    method: event.data.method,
+    data: event.data.data,
+  });
+}
+
+export {
+  Module,
+  handleModuleCall,
+  handleModuleResponse,
+  handleQueryUpdate,
+  modules,
+  modulesLoading,
+  queries,
+};
diff --git a/src/version.ts b/src/version.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab0d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/version.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Set the distribution and version of this kernel. There may be other versions
+// of the kernel in the world produced by other development teams, so openly
+// declaring the version number and development team allows other pieces of
+// software to determine what features are or are not supported.
+//
+// At some point we may want something like a capabilities array, but the
+// ecosystem isn't mature enough to need that.
+const KERNEL_DISTRO = "Lume Web";
+const KERNEL_VERSION = "0.1.0";
+
+export { KERNEL_DISTRO, KERNEL_VERSION };