diff --git a/PFERD/conductor.py b/PFERD/conductor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf41f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PFERD/conductor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import asyncio
+from contextlib import (AbstractAsyncContextManager, AbstractContextManager,
+                        asynccontextmanager, contextmanager)
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import AsyncIterator, Iterator, List, Optional
+
+import rich
+from rich.markup import escape
+from rich.progress import Progress, TaskID
+
+
+class ProgressBar:
+    def __init__(self, progress: Progress, taskid: TaskID):
+        self._progress = progress
+        self._taskid = taskid
+
+    def advance(self, amount: float = 1) -> None:
+        self._progress.advance(self._taskid, advance=amount)
+
+
+class TerminalConductor:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._stopped = False
+        self._lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self._progress = Progress()
+        self._lines: List[str] = []
+
+    def _start(self) -> None:
+        for line in self._lines:
+            rich.print(line)
+        self._lines = []
+
+        self._progress.start()
+
+    def _stop(self) -> None:
+        self._progress.stop()
+        self._stopped = True
+
+    async def start(self) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            self._start()
+
+    async def stop(self) -> None:
+        with self._lock:
+            self._stop()
+
+    def print(self, line: str) -> None:
+        if self._stopped:
+            self._lines.append(line)
+        else:
+            rich.print(line)
+
+    @asynccontextmanager
+    async def _exclusive_output_cm(self) -> AsyncIterator[None]:
+        async with self._lock:
+            self.stop()
+            try:
+                yield
+            finally:
+                self.start()
+
+    def exclusive_output(self) -> AbstractAsyncContextManager[None]:
+        return self._exclusive_output_cm()
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def _progress_bar_cm(
+            self,
+            description: str,
+            steps: Optional[float],
+    ) -> Iterator[ProgressBar]:
+        taskid = self._progress.add_task(description, steps=steps)
+        bar = ProgressBar(self._progress, taskid)
+        try:
+            yield bar
+        finally:
+            self._progress.remove_task(taskid)
+
+    def progress_bar(
+            self,
+            description: Path,
+            steps: Optional[float],
+    ) -> AbstractContextManager[ProgressBar]:
+        return self._progress_bar_cm(escape(str(description)), steps=steps)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index db60477..1c6e764 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ version = 3.0.0
 [options]
 packages = PFERD
 python_requires = >=3.8
+install_requires =
+  rich>=10.1.0
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =