diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/globalExtensionsMenu.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/globalExtensionsMenu.js
index f046d48d5..c5780abfe 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/globalExtensionsMenu.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/globalExtensionsMenu.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class GlobalExtensionsMenu {
     };
   }
 
-  controller($scope, extensionManager, syncManager, modelManager, themeManager, componentManager) {
+  controller($scope, extensionManager, syncManager, modelManager, themeManager, componentManager, packageManager) {
     'ngInject';
 
     $scope.formData = {};
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ class GlobalExtensionsMenu {
           $scope.handleThemeLink(link, completion);
         } else if(type == "component") {
           $scope.handleComponentLink(link, completion);
+        } else if(type == "package") {
+          $scope.handlePackageLink(link, completion);
         }
 
         else {
@@ -184,6 +186,10 @@ class GlobalExtensionsMenu {
       }
     }
 
+    $scope.handlePackageLink = function(link, completion) {
+      packageManager.installPackage(link, completion);
+    }
+
     $scope.handleSyncAdapterLink = function(link, completion) {
       var params = parametersFromURL(link);
       params["url"] = link;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/roomBar.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/roomBar.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27ca308cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/directives/views/roomBar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+class RoomBar {
+
+  constructor() {
+    this.restrict = "E";
+    this.templateUrl = "frontend/directives/room-bar.html";
+    this.scope = {
+    };
+  }
+
+  controller($rootScope, $scope, extensionManager, syncManager, modelManager, componentManager, $timeout) {
+    'ngInject';
+
+    $scope.extensionManager = extensionManager;
+    $scope.componentManager = componentManager;
+
+    $rootScope.$on("initial-data-loaded", () => {
+      $timeout(() => {
+        $scope.rooms = componentManager.componentsForArea("rooms");
+        console.log("Rooms:", $scope.rooms);
+      })
+    });
+
+  }
+
+
+}
+
+angular.module('app.frontend').directive('roomBar', () => new RoomBar);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/packageManager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/packageManager.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3a16666f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/services/packageManager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+class PackageManager {
+
+  constructor(httpManager, modelManager, syncManager) {
+    this.httpManager = httpManager;
+    this.modelManager = modelManager;
+    this.syncManager = syncManager;
+  }
+
+
+  installPackage(url, callback) {
+    this.httpManager.getAbsolute(url, {}, function(aPackage){
+      console.log("Got package data", aPackage);
+      if(typeof aPackage !== 'object') {
+        callback(null);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var assembled = this.modelManager.createItem(aPackage);
+      this.modelManager.addItem(assembled);
+      assembled.setDirty(true);
+      this.syncManager.sync();
+
+      console.log("Created assembled", assembled);
+
+      callback && callback(assembled);
+    }.bind(this), function(response){
+      console.error("Error retrieving package", response);
+      callback(null);
+    })
+  }
+
+
+}
+
+angular.module('app.frontend').service('packageManager', PackageManager);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_footer.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_footer.scss
index ac85969c9..e3e856325 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_footer.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/app/_footer.scss
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ h2 {
     font-weight: bold;
     margin-bottom: 4px;
   }
-  
+
   h1  {
     font-size: 16px;
   }
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ h2 {
     // margin-bottom: 10px;
     border-radius: 0px;
   }
+
+  #room-bar {
+    display: inline-block;
+    border-left: 1px solid gray;
+    padding-left: 10px;
+    padding-right: 10px;
+    margin-left: 5px;
+
+    .room-item {
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 #footer-bar .footer-bar-link {
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/frontend/directives/room-bar.html.haml b/app/assets/templates/frontend/directives/room-bar.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2aa40b9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/templates/frontend/directives/room-bar.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+.room-item{"ng-repeat" => "room in rooms"}
+  {{room.name}}
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/frontend/footer.html.haml b/app/assets/templates/frontend/footer.html.haml
index 1f7506f45..b0943a8f9 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/frontend/footer.html.haml
+++ b/app/assets/templates/frontend/footer.html.haml
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
       %a{"href" => "https://standardnotes.org/help", "target" => "_blank"}
         Help
 
+    %room-bar#room-bar
+
   .pull-right
 
     .footer-bar-link{"ng-if" => "ctrl.newUpdateAvailable", "ng-click" => "ctrl.clickedNewUpdateAnnouncement()"}