diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 665fabf..3c80efc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7f202df86484c868dbad7eaa557ef785d5c66295e41b460ef922eca0723b842c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "beer"
+version = "0.0.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "pound",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -71,6 +81,26 @@ version = "0.2.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a89322df9ebe1c1578d689c92318e070967d1042b512afbe49518723f4e6d5cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pound"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b29188deca8885da40aaafd27d756c5d94420fb8ba8a569663c7a87fef6d28ad"
+dependencies = [
+ "pound-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pound-derive"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "215966bbf23c9af48d9014a71bc426ecf9be95ffb04b5f1ae3e64f8d8a2a920c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "venial",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.106"
@@ -214,6 +244,16 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "venial"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9a42528baceab6c7784446df2a10f4185078c39bf73dc614f154353f1a6b1229"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-link"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -228,12 +268,3 @@ checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
 dependencies = [
  "windows-link",
 ]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "wterm"
-version = "0.0.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
-]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a8db8be..f0a465f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 [package]
-name = "wterm"
+name = "beer"
 version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2024"
-rust-version = "1.95"
+rust-version = "1.95.0"
 description = "A fast, software-rendered, Wayland-native terminal emulator"
 license = "EUPL-1.2"
 readme = true
-default-run = "wterm"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.102"
+pound = "0.1.6"
 tracing = "0.1.44"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.23", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [lints.rust]
-rust_2018_idioms = { level = "warn", priority = -1 }
 unsafe_op_in_unsafe_fn = "deny"
 missing_debug_implementations = "warn"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ead51e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//! beer, a fast, software-rendered, Wayland-native terminal emulator.
+
+use std::process::ExitCode;
+
+use pound::Parse;
+
+/// A fast, software-rendered, Wayland-native terminal emulator.
+#[derive(Parse)]
+#[pound(name = "beer", version = "0.0.0")]
+struct Cli {
+    /// Run as a daemon hosting multiple windows.
+    #[pound(long)]
+    server: bool,
+}
+
+fn main() -> ExitCode {
+    init_logging();
+    match run(Cli::parse()) {
+        Ok(()) => ExitCode::SUCCESS,
+        Err(err) => {
+            tracing::error!("{err:#}");
+            eprintln!("beer: {err:#}");
+            ExitCode::FAILURE
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn init_logging() {
+    use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, fmt};
+
+    let filter = EnvFilter::try_from_env("BEER_LOG")
+        .or_else(|_| EnvFilter::try_from_default_env())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| EnvFilter::new("warn"));
+
+    fmt()
+        .with_env_filter(filter)
+        .with_writer(std::io::stderr)
+        .init();
+}
+
+fn run(cli: Cli) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    if cli.server {
+        tracing::info!("starting beer server");
+        todo!("server mode")
+    }
+
+    tracing::info!("starting beer");
+    todo!("window mode")
+}
diff --git a/terminfo/beer.info b/terminfo/beer.info
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ac3d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminfo/beer.info
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# beer terminfo entry. Inherits xterm-256color; only the deltas live here.
+#
+# Compile with extended (user-defined) capabilities:
+#   tic -x -o "$out" terminfo/beer.info
+beer|beer-256color|beer terminal emulator,
+	Tc,
+	use=xterm-256color,