diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index e7d526d..e60289e 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ if (NOT TARGET imgui)
 	#FetchContent_MakeAvailable(imgui)
 endif()
 
+# TODO: move entt dep into solanaceae_contact
+if (NOT TARGET EnTT::EnTT)
+	FetchContent_Declare(EnTT
+		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/skypjack/entt.git
+		GIT_TAG v3.12.2
+	)
+	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(EnTT)
+endif()
+
+if (NOT TARGET solanaceae_contact)
+	FetchContent_Declare(solanaceae_contact
+		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Green-Sky/solanaceae_contact.git
+		GIT_TAG master
+	)
+	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(solanaceae_contact)
+endif()
+
 if (NOT TARGET solanaceae_plugin)
 	FetchContent_Declare(solanaceae_plugin
 		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Green-Sky/solanaceae_plugin.git
diff --git a/plugins/plugin_crdtnotes_imgui.cpp b/plugins/plugin_crdtnotes_imgui.cpp
index 66ee6a8..7337e4b 100644
--- a/plugins/plugin_crdtnotes_imgui.cpp
+++ b/plugins/plugin_crdtnotes_imgui.cpp
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT uint32_t solana_plugin_start(struct SolanaAPI* solana_api)
 
 	//ConfigModelI* conf = nullptr;
 	CRDTNotes* crdtn = nullptr;
+	Contact3Registry* cr = nullptr;
 	ImGuiContext* imguic = nullptr;
 
 	{ // make sure required types are loaded
 		//conf = RESOLVE_INSTANCE(ConfigModelI);
 		crdtn = RESOLVE_INSTANCE(CRDTNotes);
+		cr = RESOLVE_INSTANCE(Contact3Registry);
 		imguic = RESOLVE_INSTANCE(ImGuiContext);
 
 		//if (conf == nullptr) {
@@ -48,6 +50,11 @@ SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT uint32_t solana_plugin_start(struct SolanaAPI* solana_api)
 			return 2;
 		}
 
+		if (cr == nullptr) {
+			std::cerr << "PLUGIN CRDTNIMGUI missing Contact3Registry\n";
+			return 2;
+		}
+
 		if (imguic == nullptr) {
 			std::cerr << "PLUGIN CRDTNIMGUI missing ImGuiContext\n";
 			return 2;
@@ -58,7 +65,7 @@ SOLANA_PLUGIN_EXPORT uint32_t solana_plugin_start(struct SolanaAPI* solana_api)
 
 	// static store, could be anywhere tho
 	// construct with fetched dependencies
-	g_crdtn_imgui = std::make_unique<CRDTNotesImGui>(*crdtn);
+	g_crdtn_imgui = std::make_unique<CRDTNotesImGui>(*crdtn, *cr);
 
 	// register types
 	PROVIDE_INSTANCE(CRDTNotesImGui, "CRDTNotesImGui", g_crdtn_imgui.get());
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d71be19..ab874ae 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ target_link_libraries(solanaceae_crdtnotes_imgui PUBLIC
 	#imgui_interface
 	imgui
 	#solanaceae_util
+	solanaceae_contact
 )
 
 ########################################
diff --git a/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes/crdtnotes.hpp b/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes/crdtnotes.hpp
index 876f0d1..d1a88ba 100644
--- a/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes/crdtnotes.hpp
+++ b/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes/crdtnotes.hpp
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ struct std::hash<ID32> {
 };
 
 class CRDTNotes {
-	using CRDTAgent = ID32;
-	using DocID = ID32;
-	using Doc = GreenCRDT::V3::TextDocument<CRDTAgent>;
+	public:
+		using CRDTAgent = ID32;
+		using DocID = ID32;
+		using Doc = GreenCRDT::V3::TextDocument<CRDTAgent>;
 
-	// TODO: add metadata to docs
-	std::unordered_map<DocID, Doc> _docs;
+	private:
+		// TODO: add metadata to docs
+		std::unordered_map<DocID, Doc> _docs;
 
 	public:
+
 		// config?
 		CRDTNotes(void);
 		~CRDTNotes(void);
diff --git a/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.cpp b/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.cpp
index 083eb5f..4ad8e89 100644
--- a/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.cpp
+++ b/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #include "./crdtnotes_imgui.hpp"
 
+#include <solanaceae/contact/components.hpp>
+
 #include <cstdint>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include <imgui.h>
+#include <misc/cpp/imgui_stdlib.h>
+
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace detail {
 	uint8_t nib_from_hex(char c) {
@@ -40,21 +46,101 @@ namespace detail {
 } // detail
 
 
-CRDTNotesImGui::CRDTNotesImGui(CRDTNotes& notes) : _notes(notes) {
+CRDTNotesImGui::CRDTNotesImGui(CRDTNotes& notes, Contact3Registry& cr) : _notes(notes), _cr(cr) {
 }
 
 float CRDTNotesImGui::render(void) {
 	if (_show_global_list) {
-		if (ImGui::Begin("CRDTNotes - Global list")) {
+		if (ImGui::Begin("CRDTNotes")) {
+			if (ImGui::Button("Create New Doc")) {
+				ImGui::OpenPopup("create new doc contact");
+			}
+
+			if (ImGui::BeginPopup("create new doc contact")) {
+				for (const auto& c : _cr.view<Contact::Components::TagBig>()) {
+					if (renderContactListContactSmall(c, false)) {
+						const auto& self = _cr.get<Contact::Components::Self>(c).self;
+
+						_notes.addDoc(
+							// tox id (id from self)
+							{},
+							// random 32bytes?
+							{}
+						);
+
+						// and open the doc
+					}
+				}
+				ImGui::EndPopup();
+			}
+
+
+			ImGui::SeparatorText("Global list");
 			const auto doclist = _notes.getDocList();
 			for (const auto& docid : doclist) {
 				const auto docid_str = detail::to_hex(docid);
-				ImGui::TextUnformatted(docid_str.c_str());
+				//ImGui::TextUnformatted(docid_str.c_str());
+				if (ImGui::Selectable(docid_str.c_str())) {
+					// open in editor
+					_open_docs.emplace(docid);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		ImGui::End();
 	}
 
+	{
+		std::vector<CRDTNotes::DocID> to_remove;
+		for (const auto& docid : _open_docs) {
+			const std::string docid_str = "Doc " + detail::to_hex(docid);
+			bool open = true;
+
+			if (ImGui::Begin(docid_str.c_str(), &open)) {
+				renderDoc(docid);
+			}
+			ImGui::End();
+
+			if (!open) {
+				to_remove.push_back(docid);
+			}
+		}
+		for (const auto& docid : to_remove) {
+			_open_docs.erase(docid);
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 1.f;
 }
 
+bool CRDTNotesImGui::renderContactListContactSmall(const Contact3 c, const bool selected) const {
+	std::string label;
+
+	label += (_cr.all_of<Contact::Components::Name>(c) ? _cr.get<Contact::Components::Name>(c).name.c_str() : "<unk>");
+	label += "###";
+	label += std::to_string(entt::to_integral(c));
+
+	return ImGui::Selectable(label.c_str(), selected);
+}
+
+bool CRDTNotesImGui::renderDoc(const CRDTNotes::DocID& doc_id) {
+	auto* doc = _notes.getDoc(doc_id);
+	if (doc == nullptr) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	auto text = doc->getText();
+	if (renderDocText(text)) {
+		auto op_vec = doc->merge(text);
+		std::cout << "doc changed " << op_vec.size() << " ops generated\n";
+		// ... uh?
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
+bool CRDTNotesImGui::renderDocText(std::string& text) const {
+	// TODO: replace with text editor (zep) or visualize stuff??
+	return ImGui::InputTextMultiline("##doc", &text, {-1,-1}, ImGuiInputTextFlags_AllowTabInput);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.hpp b/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.hpp
index 8a6422d..f81884d 100644
--- a/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.hpp
+++ b/src/solanaceae/crdtnotes_imgui/crdtnotes_imgui.hpp
@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <solanaceae/crdtnotes/crdtnotes.hpp>
+#include <solanaceae/contact/contact_model3.hpp>
+
+#include <set>
 
 class CRDTNotesImGui {
 	CRDTNotes& _notes;
+	Contact3Registry& _cr;
 
 	bool _show_global_list {true};
 
+	std::set<CRDTNotes::DocID> _open_docs;
+
 	public:
-		CRDTNotesImGui(CRDTNotes& notes);
+		CRDTNotesImGui(CRDTNotes& notes, Contact3Registry& cr);
 
 		float render(void);
+
+		bool renderContactListContactSmall(const Contact3 c, const bool selected) const;
+
+		bool renderDoc(const CRDTNotes::DocID& doc_id);
+		bool renderDocText(std::string& text) const;
 };