diff --git a/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig b/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig
index d74b753..4194833 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig
+++ b/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig
@@ -36,8 +36,32 @@ pub fn delete(id: []const u8, request: *jetzig.Request, data: *jetzig.Data) !jet
 }
 
 pub fn receiveMessage(message: jetzig.channels.Message) !void {
-    std.debug.print("payload: {s}\n", .{message.payload});
-    try message.channel.publish("hello");
+    const data = try message.data();
+    if (data.getT(.string, "toggle")) |toggle| {
+        if (message.channel.get("cells")) |cells| {
+            const is_taken = cells.getT(.boolean, toggle);
+            if (is_taken == null or is_taken.? == false) {
+                try cells.put(toggle, true);
+            }
+        } else {
+            var cells = try message.channel.put("cells", .object);
+            for (1..10) |cell| {
+                var buf: [1]u8 = undefined;
+                const key = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{d}", .{cell});
+                try cells.put(key, std.mem.eql(u8, key, toggle));
+            }
+        }
+        try message.channel.sync();
+    } else {
+        var cells = try message.channel.put("cells", .object);
+        for (1..10) |cell| {
+            var buf: [1]u8 = undefined;
+            const key = try std.fmt.bufPrint(&buf, "{d}", .{cell});
+            try cells.put(key, false);
+        }
+        try message.channel.sync();
+    }
+    // try message.channel.publish("hello");
 }
 
 test "index" {
diff --git a/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl b/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl
index 8a1dc4d..17f920c 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl
+++ b/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl
@@ -1,17 +1,78 @@
+<script>
+    const channel = {
+        websocket: null,
+        callbacks: [],
+        onStateChanged: function(callback) { this.callbacks.push(callback); },
+        publish: function(path, data) {
+            if (this.websocket) {
+                const json = JSON.stringify(data);
+                this.websocket.send(`${path}:${json}`);
+            }
+        },
+    };
+</script>
+
 @if (context.request) |request|
     @if (request.headers.get("host")) |host|
         <script>
-            const websocket = new WebSocket('ws://{{host}}');
-
-            console.log(websocket);
-
-            websocket.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
-                console.log(event.data);
-            });
-
-            websocket.addEventListener("open", (event) => {
-                websocket.send("websockets:hello jetzig websocket");
+            channel.websocket = new WebSocket('ws://{{host}}');
+            channel.websocket.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
+                const state = JSON.parse(event.data);
+                channel.callbacks.forEach((callback) => {
+                    callback(state);
+                });
             });
+            @// channel.websocket.addEventListener("open", (event) => {
+            @//     // TODO
+            @//     channel.publish("websockets", {});
+            @// });
         </script>
     @end
 @end
+
+<style>
+    #tic-tac-toe-grid td {
+        min-width: 5rem;
+        width: 5rem;
+        height: 5rem;
+        border: 1px dotted black;
+        font-size: 3rem;
+        font-family: monospace;
+    }
+</style>
+
+<table id="tic-tac-toe-grid">
+    <tbody>
+        <tr>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-1" data-cell="1"></td>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-2" data-cell="2"></td>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-3" data-cell="3"></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-4" data-cell="4"></td>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-5" data-cell="5"></td>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-6" data-cell="6"></td>
+        </tr>
+        <tr>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-7" data-cell="7"></td>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-8" data-cell="8"></td>
+            <td id="tic-tac-toe-cell-9" data-cell="9"></td>
+        </tr>
+    </tbody>
+</table>
+
+<script>
+    channel.onStateChanged(state => {
+        console.log(state);
+        Object.entries(state.cells).forEach(([cell, toggle]) => {
+            const element = document.querySelector(`#tic-tac-toe-cell-${cell}`);
+            element.innerHTML = toggle ? "&#9992;" : "&#129422;"
+        });
+    });
+
+    document.querySelectorAll("#tic-tac-toe-grid td").forEach(element => {
+        element.addEventListener("click", () => {
+            channel.publish("websockets", { toggle: element.dataset.cell });
+        });
+    });
+</script>
diff --git a/src/Routes.zig b/src/Routes.zig
index 9635f73..243e64e 100644
--- a/src/Routes.zig
+++ b/src/Routes.zig
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ fn writeChannelRoutes(self: *Routes, writer: anytype) !void {
         const view_name = try route.viewName();
         defer self.allocator.free(view_name);
 
-        std.debug.print("{s}: {s}\n", .{ route.name, route.view_name });
         try writer.print(
             \\.{{ "{s}", jetzig.channels.Route{{ .receiveMessageFn = @import("{s}").receiveMessage }} }},
             \\
diff --git a/src/jetzig/App.zig b/src/jetzig/App.zig
index 597bb2d..7ba4244 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/App.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/App.zig
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ pub fn start(self: *const App, routes_module: type, options: AppOptions) !void {
     var cache = try jetzig.kv.Store.CacheStore.init(self.allocator, self.env.logger, .cache);
     defer cache.deinit();
 
+    var channels = try jetzig.kv.Store.CacheStore.init(self.allocator, self.env.logger, .channels);
+    defer channels.deinit();
+
     var repo = try jetzig.database.repo(self.allocator, self);
     defer repo.deinit();
 
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ pub fn start(self: *const App, routes_module: type, options: AppOptions) !void {
         &store,
         &job_queue,
         &cache,
+        &channels,
         &repo,
         options.global,
     );
diff --git a/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig b/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig
index 4e1053e..6b35f0f 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig
@@ -2,10 +2,33 @@ const std = @import("std");
 
 const httpz = @import("httpz");
 
+const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
+
 const Channel = @This();
 
-connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn,
+websocket: *jetzig.http.Websocket,
+state: *jetzig.data.Value,
 
 pub fn publish(self: Channel, data: []const u8) !void {
     try self.connection.write(data);
 }
+
+pub fn getT(
+    self: Channel,
+    comptime T: jetzig.data.Data.ValueType,
+    key: []const u8,
+) @TypeOf(self.state.getT(T, key)) {
+    return self.state.getT(T, key);
+}
+
+pub fn get(self: Channel, key: []const u8) ?*jetzig.data.Value {
+    return self.state.get(key);
+}
+
+pub fn put(self: Channel, key: []const u8, value: anytype) @TypeOf(self.state.put(key, value)) {
+    return try self.state.put(key, value);
+}
+
+pub fn sync(self: Channel) !void {
+    try self.websocket.syncState(self);
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig b/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig
index b1cb269..d729c84 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig
@@ -1,32 +1,48 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
+
 const Channel = @import("Channel.zig");
 
 const Message = @This();
 
-data: []const u8,
+allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+raw_data: []const u8,
 channel_name: ?[]const u8,
 payload: []const u8,
 channel: Channel,
 
-pub fn init(channel: Channel, data: []const u8) Message {
-    const channel_name = parseChannelName(data);
-    const payload = parsePayload(data, channel_name);
-    return .{ .data = data, .channel = channel, .channel_name = channel_name, .payload = payload };
+pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, channel: Channel, raw_data: []const u8) Message {
+    const channel_name = parseChannelName(raw_data);
+    const payload = parsePayload(raw_data, channel_name);
+    return .{
+        .allocator = allocator,
+        .raw_data = raw_data,
+        .channel = channel,
+        .channel_name = channel_name,
+        .payload = payload,
+    };
 }
 
-fn parseChannelName(data: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
-    return if (std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, data, ':')) |index|
-        if (index > 1) data[0..index] else null
+pub fn data(message: Message) !*jetzig.data.Value {
+    var d = try message.allocator.create(jetzig.data.Data);
+    d.* = jetzig.data.Data.init(message.allocator);
+    try d.fromJson(message.payload);
+    return d.value.?;
+}
+
+fn parseChannelName(raw_data: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
+    return if (std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, raw_data, ':')) |index|
+        if (index > 1) raw_data[0..index] else null
     else
         null;
 }
 
-fn parsePayload(data: []const u8, maybe_channel_name: ?[]const u8) []const u8 {
+fn parsePayload(raw_data: []const u8, maybe_channel_name: ?[]const u8) []const u8 {
     return if (maybe_channel_name) |channel_name|
-        data[channel_name.len + 1 ..]
+        raw_data[channel_name.len + 1 ..]
     else
-        data;
+        raw_data;
 }
 
 test "message with channel and payload" {
diff --git a/src/jetzig/config.zig b/src/jetzig/config.zig
index da82dbc..7dd77fb 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/config.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/config.zig
@@ -145,6 +145,19 @@ pub const cache: kv.Store.Options = .{
     // },
 };
 
+/// Channels. Identical to `store` options, but allows using different
+/// backends (e.g. `.memory` for key-value store, `.file` for cache.
+/// Channel state data is stored here.
+pub const channels: kv.Store.Options = .{
+    .backend = .memory,
+    // .backend = .file,
+    // .file_options = .{
+    //     .path = "/path/to/jetkv-channels.db",
+    //     .truncate = false, // Set to `true` to clear the store on each server launch.
+    //     .address_space_size = jetzig.jetkv.JetKV.addressSpace(4096),
+    // },
+};
+
 /// SMTP configuration for Jetzig Mail.
 pub const smtp: mail.SMTPConfig = .{
     .port = 25,
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
index ff09bc9..c47f45b 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ initialized: bool = false,
 store: *jetzig.kv.Store.GeneralStore,
 job_queue: *jetzig.kv.Store.JobQueueStore,
 cache: *jetzig.kv.Store.CacheStore,
+channels: *jetzig.kv.Store.ChannelStore,
 repo: *jetzig.database.Repo,
 global: *anyopaque,
 decoded_static_route_params: []const *jetzig.data.Value = &.{},
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ pub fn init(
     store: *jetzig.kv.Store.GeneralStore,
     job_queue: *jetzig.kv.Store.JobQueueStore,
     cache: *jetzig.kv.Store.CacheStore,
+    channels: *jetzig.kv.Store.ChannelStore,
     repo: *jetzig.database.Repo,
     global: *anyopaque,
 ) Server {
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ pub fn init(
         .store = store,
         .job_queue = job_queue,
         .cache = cache,
+        .channels = channels,
         .repo = repo,
         .global = global,
     };
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig
index 0a88e42..2f17478 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig
@@ -14,18 +14,28 @@ const Websocket = @This();
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn,
 server: *const jetzig.http.Server,
+data: *jetzig.Data,
+id: [32]u8 = undefined,
 
 pub fn init(connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn, context: Context) !Websocket {
-    return .{
+    var websocket = Websocket{
         .allocator = context.allocator,
         .connection = connection,
         .server = context.server,
+        .data = try context.allocator.create(jetzig.Data),
     };
+    websocket.data.* = jetzig.Data.init(context.allocator);
+    _ = jetzig.util.generateRandomString(&websocket.id);
+
+    return websocket;
 }
 
 pub fn clientMessage(self: *Websocket, data: []const u8) !void {
-    const channel = jetzig.channels.Channel{ .connection = self.connection };
-    const message = jetzig.channels.Message.init(channel, data);
+    const channel = jetzig.channels.Channel{
+        .websocket = self,
+        .state = try self.getState(),
+    };
+    const message = jetzig.channels.Message.init(self.allocator, channel, data);
 
     if (message.channel_name) |target_channel_name| {
         if (self.server.matchChannelRoute(target_channel_name)) |route| {
@@ -33,3 +43,17 @@ pub fn clientMessage(self: *Websocket, data: []const u8) !void {
         } else try self.server.logger.WARN("Unrecognized channel: {s}", .{target_channel_name});
     } else try self.server.logger.WARN("Invalid channel message format.", .{});
 }
+
+pub fn syncState(self: *Websocket, channel: jetzig.channels.Channel) !void {
+    // TODO: Make this really fast.
+    try self.server.channels.put(&self.id, channel.state);
+    try self.connection.write(try self.data.toJson());
+}
+
+fn getState(self: *Websocket) !*jetzig.data.Value {
+    return try self.server.channels.get(self.data, &self.id) orelse blk: {
+        const root = try self.data.root(.object);
+        try self.server.channels.put(&self.id, root);
+        break :blk try self.server.channels.get(self.data, &self.id) orelse error.JetzigInvalidChannel;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/kv.zig b/src/jetzig/kv.zig
index c10078e..88d8930 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/kv.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/kv.zig
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ pub const Store = struct {
     /// Store ephemeral data.
     pub const CacheStore = @import("kv/Store.zig").Store(config.get(Store.Options, "cache"));
 
+    /// Store channel data.
+    pub const ChannelStore = @import("kv/Store.zig").Store(config.get(Store.Options, "channels"));
+
     /// Background job storage.
     pub const JobQueueStore = @import("kv/Store.zig").Store(config.get(Store.Options, "job_queue"));
 
diff --git a/src/jetzig/kv/Store.zig b/src/jetzig/kv/Store.zig
index 3a46cbe..34721bf 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/kv/Store.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/kv/Store.zig
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn jetKVOptions(options: KVOptions) jetzig.jetkv.Options {
 }
 
 /// Role a given store fills. Used in log outputs.
-pub const Role = enum { jobs, cache, general, custom };
+pub const Role = enum { jobs, cache, general, channels, custom };
 
 pub fn Store(comptime options: KVOptions) type {
     return struct {
diff --git a/src/jetzig/testing/App.zig b/src/jetzig/testing/App.zig
index 98c5408..2617fcc 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/testing/App.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/testing/App.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ routes: []const jetzig.views.Route,
 arena: *std.heap.ArenaAllocator,
 store: *MemoryStore,
 cache: *MemoryStore,
+channels: *MemoryStore,
 job_queue: *MemoryStore,
 multipart_boundary: ?[]const u8 = null,
 logger: jetzig.loggers.Logger,
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, routes_module: type) !App {
         .routes = &routes_module.routes,
         .store = try createStore(arena.allocator(), logger, .general),
         .cache = try createStore(arena.allocator(), logger, .cache),
+        .channels = try createStore(arena.allocator(), logger, .channels),
         .job_queue = try createStore(arena.allocator(), logger, .jobs),
         .logger = logger,
         .server = .{ .logger = logger },
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ pub fn request(
         .mime_map = jetzig.testing.mime_map,
         .store = self.store,
         .cache = self.cache,
+        .channels = self.channels,
         .job_queue = self.job_queue,
         .global = undefined,
         .repo = self.repo,