diff --git a/client/.eslintrc b/client/.eslintrc
index aa6943f9e..7320a3b9f 100644
--- a/client/.eslintrc
+++ b/client/.eslintrc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   },
   "rules": {
     "comma-dangle": 0,
+    "no-param-reassign": 0,
     "object-curly-spacing": 0,
     "react/jsx-closing-bracket-location": 0,
     "react/prefer-stateless-function": 0,
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js b/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
index 1b654a934..1202cd371 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/actions/app-actions.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import debug from 'debug';
 
-import AppDispatcher from '../dispatcher/app-dispatcher';
 import ActionTypes from '../constants/action-types';
 import { saveGraph } from '../utils/file-utils';
 import { modulo } from '../utils/math-utils';
@@ -9,108 +8,123 @@ import { bufferDeltaUpdate, resumeUpdate,
   resetUpdateBuffer } from '../utils/update-buffer-utils';
 import { doControlRequest, getNodesDelta, getNodeDetails,
   getTopologies, deletePipe } from '../utils/web-api-utils';
-import AppStore from '../stores/app-store';
+import { getActiveTopologyOptions,
+  getCurrentTopologyUrl } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 
 const log = debug('scope:app-actions');
 
 export function showHelp() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({type: ActionTypes.SHOW_HELP});
+  return {type: ActionTypes.SHOW_HELP};
 }
 
 export function hideHelp() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({type: ActionTypes.HIDE_HELP});
+  return {type: ActionTypes.HIDE_HELP};
 }
 
 export function toggleHelp() {
-  if (AppStore.getShowingHelp()) {
-    hideHelp();
-  } else {
-    showHelp();
-  }
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    if (getState().get('showingHelp')) {
+      dispatch(hideHelp());
+    } else {
+      dispatch(showHelp());
+    }
+  };
 }
 
 export function selectMetric(metricId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.SELECT_METRIC,
     metricId
-  });
-}
-
-export function pinNextMetric(delta) {
-  const metrics = AppStore.getAvailableCanvasMetrics().map(m => m.get('id'));
-  const currentIndex = metrics.indexOf(AppStore.getSelectedMetric());
-  const nextIndex = modulo(currentIndex + delta, metrics.count());
-  const nextMetric = metrics.get(nextIndex);
-
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.PIN_METRIC,
-    metricId: nextMetric,
-  });
-  updateRoute();
+  };
 }
 
 export function pinMetric(metricId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.PIN_METRIC,
-    metricId,
-  });
-  updateRoute();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.PIN_METRIC,
+      metricId,
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function unpinMetric() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.UNPIN_METRIC,
-  });
-  updateRoute();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.UNPIN_METRIC,
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
+}
+
+export function pinNextMetric(delta) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const state = getState();
+    const metrics = state.get('availableCanvasMetrics').map(m => m.get('id'));
+    const currentIndex = metrics.indexOf(state.get('selectedMetric'));
+    const nextIndex = modulo(currentIndex + delta, metrics.count());
+    const nextMetric = metrics.get(nextIndex);
+
+    dispatch(pinMetric(nextMetric));
+  };
 }
 
 export function changeTopologyOption(option, value, topologyId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION,
-    topologyId,
-    option,
-    value
-  });
-  updateRoute();
-  // update all request workers with new options
-  resetUpdateBuffer();
-  getTopologies(
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
-  getNodesDelta(
-    AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl(),
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
-  getNodeDetails(
-    AppStore.getTopologyUrlsById(),
-    AppStore.getNodeDetails()
-  );
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION,
+      topologyId,
+      option,
+      value
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+    // update all request workers with new options
+    resetUpdateBuffer();
+    const state = getState();
+    getTopologies(getActiveTopologyOptions(state), dispatch);
+    getNodesDelta(
+      getCurrentTopologyUrl(state),
+      getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+      dispatch
+    );
+    getNodeDetails(
+      state.get('topologyUrlsById'),
+      state.get('nodeDetails'),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickBackground() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_BACKGROUND
-  });
-  updateRoute();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_BACKGROUND
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickCloseDetails(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_DETAILS,
-    nodeId
-  });
-  updateRoute();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_DETAILS,
+      nodeId
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickCloseTerminal(pipeId, closePipe) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_TERMINAL,
-    pipeId
-  });
-  if (closePipe) {
-    deletePipe(pipeId);
-  }
-  updateRoute();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_TERMINAL,
+      pipeId
+    });
+    if (closePipe) {
+      deletePipe(pipeId, dispatch);
+    }
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickDownloadGraph() {
@@ -118,285 +132,340 @@ export function clickDownloadGraph() {
 }
 
 export function clickForceRelayout() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_FORCE_RELAYOUT
-  });
+  return (dispatch) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_FORCE_RELAYOUT,
+      forceRelayout: true
+    });
+    // fire only once, reset after dispatch
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      dispatch({
+        type: ActionTypes.CLICK_FORCE_RELAYOUT,
+        forceRelayout: false
+      });
+    }, 100);
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickNode(nodeId, label, origin) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE,
-    origin,
-    label,
-    nodeId
-  });
-  updateRoute();
-  getNodeDetails(
-    AppStore.getTopologyUrlsById(),
-    AppStore.getNodeDetails()
-  );
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE,
+      origin,
+      label,
+      nodeId
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+    const state = getState();
+    getNodeDetails(
+      state.get('topologyUrlsById'),
+      state.get('nodeDetails'),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickPauseUpdate() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.CLICK_PAUSE_UPDATE
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickRelative(nodeId, topologyId, label, origin) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_RELATIVE,
-    label,
-    origin,
-    nodeId,
-    topologyId
-  });
-  updateRoute();
-  getNodeDetails(
-    AppStore.getTopologyUrlsById(),
-    AppStore.getNodeDetails()
-  );
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_RELATIVE,
+      label,
+      origin,
+      nodeId,
+      topologyId
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+    const state = getState();
+    getNodeDetails(
+      state.get('topologyUrlsById'),
+      state.get('nodeDetails'),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickResumeUpdate() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_RESUME_UPDATE
-  });
-  resumeUpdate();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_RESUME_UPDATE
+    });
+    resumeUpdate(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickShowTopologyForNode(topologyId, nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_SHOW_TOPOLOGY_FOR_NODE,
-    topologyId,
-    nodeId
-  });
-  updateRoute();
-  resetUpdateBuffer();
-  getNodesDelta(
-    AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl(),
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_SHOW_TOPOLOGY_FOR_NODE,
+      topologyId,
+      nodeId
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+    // update all request workers with new options
+    resetUpdateBuffer();
+    const state = getState();
+    getNodesDelta(
+      getCurrentTopologyUrl(state),
+      getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 export function clickTopology(topologyId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
-    topologyId
-  });
-  updateRoute();
-  resetUpdateBuffer();
-  getNodesDelta(
-    AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl(),
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
+      topologyId
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+    // update all request workers with new options
+    resetUpdateBuffer();
+    const state = getState();
+    getNodesDelta(
+      getCurrentTopologyUrl(state),
+      getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 export function openWebsocket() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.OPEN_WEBSOCKET
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function clearControlError(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.CLEAR_CONTROL_ERROR,
     nodeId
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function closeWebsocket() {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.CLOSE_WEBSOCKET
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function doControl(nodeId, control) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL,
-    nodeId
-  });
-  doControlRequest(nodeId, control);
+  return (dispatch) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL,
+      nodeId
+    });
+    doControlRequest(nodeId, control, dispatch);
+  };
 }
 
 export function enterEdge(edgeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.ENTER_EDGE,
     edgeId
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function enterNode(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.ENTER_NODE,
     nodeId
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function hitEsc() {
-  const controlPipe = AppStore.getControlPipe();
-  if (AppStore.getShowingHelp()) {
-    hideHelp();
-  } else if (controlPipe && controlPipe.get('status') === 'PIPE_DELETED') {
-    AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-      type: ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_TERMINAL,
-      pipeId: controlPipe.get('id')
-    });
-    updateRoute();
-    // Don't deselect node on ESC if there is a controlPipe (keep terminal open)
-  } else if (AppStore.getTopCardNodeId() && !controlPipe) {
-    AppDispatcher.dispatch({ type: ActionTypes.DESELECT_NODE });
-    updateRoute();
-  }
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const state = getState();
+    const controlPipe = state.get('controlPipes').last();
+    if (state.get('showingHelp')) {
+      dispatch(hideHelp());
+    } else if (controlPipe && controlPipe.get('status') === 'PIPE_DELETED') {
+      dispatch({
+        type: ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_TERMINAL,
+        pipeId: controlPipe.get('id')
+      });
+      updateRoute(getState);
+      // Don't deselect node on ESC if there is a controlPipe (keep terminal open)
+    } else if (state.get('nodeDetails').last() && !controlPipe) {
+      dispatch({ type: ActionTypes.DESELECT_NODE });
+      updateRoute(getState);
+    }
+  };
 }
 
 export function leaveEdge(edgeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.LEAVE_EDGE,
     edgeId
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function leaveNode(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.LEAVE_NODE,
     nodeId
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveControlError(nodeId, err) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL_ERROR,
     nodeId,
     error: err
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveControlSuccess(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL_SUCCESS,
     nodeId
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveNodeDetails(details) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODE_DETAILS,
     details
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveNodesDelta(delta) {
-  if (AppStore.isUpdatePaused()) {
-    bufferDeltaUpdate(delta);
-  } else {
-    AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-      type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA,
-      delta
-    });
-  }
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    if (delta.add || delta.update || delta.remove) {
+      const state = getState();
+      if (state.get('updatePausedAt') !== null) {
+        bufferDeltaUpdate(delta);
+      } else {
+        dispatch({
+          type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA,
+          delta
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }
 
 
 export function receiveTopologies(topologies) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_TOPOLOGIES,
-    topologies
-  });
-  getNodesDelta(
-    AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl(),
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
-  getNodeDetails(
-    AppStore.getTopologyUrlsById(),
-    AppStore.getNodeDetails()
-  );
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_TOPOLOGIES,
+      topologies
+    });
+    const state = getState();
+    getNodesDelta(
+      getCurrentTopologyUrl(state),
+      getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+      dispatch
+    );
+    getNodeDetails(
+      state.get('topologyUrlsById'),
+      state.get('nodeDetails'),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveApiDetails(apiDetails) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_API_DETAILS,
     hostname: apiDetails.hostname,
     version: apiDetails.version,
     plugins: apiDetails.plugins
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveControlNodeRemoved(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_NODE_REMOVED,
-    nodeId
-  });
-  updateRoute();
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_NODE_REMOVED,
+      nodeId
+    });
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveControlPipeFromParams(pipeId, rawTty) {
   // TODO add nodeId
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE,
     pipeId,
     rawTty
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveControlPipe(pipeId, nodeId, rawTty) {
-  if (nodeId !== AppStore.getTopCardNodeId()) {
-    log('Node was deselected before we could set up control!');
-    deletePipe(pipeId);
-    return;
-  }
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    const state = getState();
+    if (state.get('nodeDetails').last()
+      && nodeId !== state.get('nodeDetails').last().id) {
+      log('Node was deselected before we could set up control!');
+      deletePipe(pipeId, dispatch);
+      return;
+    }
 
-  const controlPipe = AppStore.getControlPipe();
-  if (controlPipe && controlPipe.get('id') !== pipeId) {
-    deletePipe(controlPipe.get('id'));
-  }
+    const controlPipe = state.get('controlPipes').last();
+    if (controlPipe && controlPipe.get('id') !== pipeId) {
+      deletePipe(controlPipe.get('id'), dispatch);
+    }
 
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE,
-    nodeId,
-    pipeId,
-    rawTty
-  });
+    dispatch({
+      type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE,
+      nodeId,
+      pipeId,
+      rawTty
+    });
 
-  updateRoute();
+    updateRoute(getState);
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveControlPipeStatus(pipeId, status) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE_STATUS,
     pipeId,
     status
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveError(errorUrl) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     errorUrl,
     type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_ERROR
-  });
+  };
 }
 
 export function receiveNotFound(nodeId) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
+  return {
     nodeId,
     type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NOT_FOUND
-  });
+  };
 }
 
-export function route(state) {
-  AppDispatcher.dispatch({
-    state,
-    type: ActionTypes.ROUTE_TOPOLOGY
-  });
-  getTopologies(
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
-  getNodesDelta(
-    AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl(),
-    AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()
-  );
-  getNodeDetails(
-    AppStore.getTopologyUrlsById(),
-    AppStore.getNodeDetails()
-  );
+export function route(urlState) {
+  return (dispatch, getState) => {
+    dispatch({
+      state: urlState,
+      type: ActionTypes.ROUTE_TOPOLOGY
+    });
+    // update all request workers with new options
+    const state = getState();
+    getTopologies(getActiveTopologyOptions(state), dispatch);
+    getNodesDelta(
+      getCurrentTopologyUrl(state),
+      getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+      dispatch
+    );
+    getNodeDetails(
+      state.get('topologyUrlsById'),
+      state.get('nodeDetails'),
+      dispatch
+    );
+  };
 }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/edge-container.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/edge-container.js
index d19723070..b0545329d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/edge-container.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/edge-container.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import d3 from 'd3';
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Motion, spring } from 'react-motion';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
 import { Map as makeMap } from 'immutable';
 
 import Edge from './edge';
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ const buildPath = (points, layoutPrecision) => {
   return extracted;
 };
 
-export default class EdgeContainer extends React.Component {
+class EdgeContainer extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -96,4 +95,4 @@ export default class EdgeContainer extends React.Component {
 
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(EdgeContainer, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(EdgeContainer);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js
index 8689f6b84..458a8a7c3 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/edge.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import { enterEdge, leaveEdge } from '../actions/app-actions';
 
-export default class Edge extends React.Component {
+class Edge extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -27,12 +26,15 @@ export default class Edge extends React.Component {
   }
 
   handleMouseEnter(ev) {
-    enterEdge(ev.currentTarget.id);
+    this.props.enterEdge(ev.currentTarget.id);
   }
 
   handleMouseLeave(ev) {
-    leaveEdge(ev.currentTarget.id);
+    this.props.leaveEdge(ev.currentTarget.id);
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(Edge, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect(
+  null,
+  { enterEdge, leaveEdge }
+)(Edge);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/node-container.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/node-container.js
index 75506b290..74820303d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/node-container.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/node-container.js
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import d3 from 'd3';
 import { Motion, spring } from 'react-motion';
 
 import Node from './node';
 
-export default class NodeContainer extends React.Component {
+class NodeContainer extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const { dx, dy, focused, layoutPrecision, zoomScale } = this.props;
     const animConfig = [80, 20]; // stiffness, damping
@@ -30,4 +29,4 @@ export default class NodeContainer extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodeContainer, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(NodeContainer);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
index c7469c884..5d96faa41 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/node.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import { clickNode, enterNode, leaveNode } from '../actions/app-actions';
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ function ellipsis(text, fontSize, maxWidth) {
   return truncatedText;
 }
 
-export default class Node extends React.Component {
+class Node extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -116,18 +115,22 @@ export default class Node extends React.Component {
 
   handleMouseClick(ev) {
     ev.stopPropagation();
-    clickNode(this.props.id, this.props.label, ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect());
+    this.props.clickNode(this.props.id, this.props.label,
+      ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect());
   }
 
   handleMouseEnter() {
-    enterNode(this.props.id);
+    this.props.enterNode(this.props.id);
     this.setState({ hovered: true });
   }
 
   handleMouseLeave() {
-    leaveNode(this.props.id);
+    this.props.leaveNode(this.props.id);
     this.setState({ hovered: false });
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(Node, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect(
+  null,
+  { clickNode, enterNode, leaveNode }
+)(Node);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-edges.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-edges.js
index 4d1ef1ef5..4fa976288 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-edges.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-edges.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
+import { hasSelectedNode as hasSelectedNodeFn } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 import EdgeContainer from './edge-container';
 
-export default class NodesChartEdges extends React.Component {
+class NodesChartEdges extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const {hasSelectedNode, highlightedEdgeIds, layoutEdges, layoutPrecision,
       selectedNodeId} = this.props;
@@ -36,4 +36,14 @@ export default class NodesChartEdges extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodesChartEdges, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    hasSelectedNode: hasSelectedNodeFn(state),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
+    highlightedEdgeIds: state.get('highlightedEdgeIds')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(NodesChartEdges);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-elements.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-elements.js
index 075827818..7d921f0a8 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-elements.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-elements.js
@@ -1,31 +1,22 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NodesChartEdges from './nodes-chart-edges';
 import NodesChartNodes from './nodes-chart-nodes';
 
-export default class NodesChartElements extends React.Component {
+class NodesChartElements extends React.Component {
   render() {
     const props = this.props;
     return (
       <g className="nodes-chart-elements" transform={props.transform}>
-        <NodesChartEdges layoutEdges={props.edges} selectedNodeId={props.selectedNodeId}
-          highlightedEdgeIds={props.highlightedEdgeIds}
-          hasSelectedNode={props.hasSelectedNode}
+        <NodesChartEdges layoutEdges={props.layoutEdges}
           layoutPrecision={props.layoutPrecision} />
-        <NodesChartNodes layoutNodes={props.nodes} selectedNodeId={props.selectedNodeId}
-          selectedMetric={props.selectedMetric}
-          topCardNode={props.topCardNode}
-          highlightedNodeIds={props.highlightedNodeIds}
-          hasSelectedNode={props.hasSelectedNode}
-          adjacentNodes={props.adjacentNodes}
-          nodeScale={props.nodeScale} onNodeClick={props.onNodeClick}
+        <NodesChartNodes layoutNodes={props.layoutNodes} nodeScale={props.nodeScale}
           scale={props.scale} selectedNodeScale={props.selectedNodeScale}
-          topologyId={props.topologyId} layoutPrecision={props.layoutPrecision} />
+          layoutPrecision={props.layoutPrecision} />
       </g>
     );
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodesChartElements, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(NodesChartElements);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-nodes.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-nodes.js
index ce33acec2..b9447e507 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-nodes.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart-nodes.js
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
 
+import { getAdjacentNodes } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 import NodeContainer from './node-container';
 
-export default class NodesChartNodes extends React.Component {
+class NodesChartNodes extends React.Component {
   render() {
-    const {adjacentNodes, highlightedNodeIds,
-      layoutNodes, layoutPrecision, nodeScale, onNodeClick, scale,
-      selectedMetric, selectedNodeScale, selectedNodeId, topologyId, topCardNode} = this.props;
+    const { adjacentNodes, highlightedNodeIds, layoutNodes, layoutPrecision,
+      nodeScale, scale, selectedMetric, selectedNodeScale, selectedNodeId,
+      topologyId, topCardNode } = this.props;
 
     const zoomScale = scale;
 
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ export default class NodesChartNodes extends React.Component {
           topologyId={topologyId}
           shape={node.get('shape')}
           stack={node.get('stack')}
-          onClick={onNodeClick}
           key={node.get('id')}
           id={node.get('id')}
           label={node.get('label')}
@@ -76,4 +75,17 @@ export default class NodesChartNodes extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodesChartNodes, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    adjacentNodes: getAdjacentNodes(state),
+    highlightedNodeIds: state.get('highlightedNodeIds'),
+    selectedMetric: state.get('selectedMetric'),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
+    topologyId: state.get('topologyId'),
+    topCardNode: state.get('nodeDetails').last()
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(NodesChartNodes);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
index 2d6d36845..9a88e7847 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/charts/nodes-chart.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import d3 from 'd3';
 import debug from 'debug';
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { Map as makeMap, fromJS, is as isDeepEqual } from 'immutable';
 import timely from 'timely';
 
@@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ import { DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH } from '../constants/styles';
 import Logo from '../components/logo';
 import { doLayout } from './nodes-layout';
 import NodesChartElements from './nodes-chart-elements';
+import { getActiveTopologyOptions, getAdjacentNodes,
+  isSameTopology } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 
 const log = debug('scope:nodes-chart');
 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const ZOOM_CACHE_FIELDS = ['scale', 'panTranslateX', 'panTranslateY'];
 const radiusDensity = d3.scale.threshold()
   .domain([3, 6]).range([2.5, 3.5, 3]);
 
-export default class NodesChart extends React.Component {
+class NodesChart extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ export default class NodesChart extends React.Component {
     state.width = nextProps.forceRelayout ? nextProps.width : (state.width || nextProps.width);
 
     // _.assign(state, this.updateGraphState(nextProps, state));
-    if (nextProps.forceRelayout || nextProps.nodes !== this.props.nodes) {
+    if (nextProps.forceRelayout || !isSameTopology(nextProps.nodes, this.props.nodes)) {
       _.assign(state, this.updateGraphState(nextProps, state));
     }
 
@@ -139,22 +140,10 @@ export default class NodesChart extends React.Component {
           <g transform="translate(24,24) scale(0.25)">
             <Logo />
           </g>
-          <NodesChartElements
-            edges={edges}
-            nodes={nodes}
-            transform={transform}
-            adjacentNodes={this.props.adjacentNodes}
-            layoutPrecision={this.props.layoutPrecision}
-            selectedMetric={this.props.selectedMetric}
-            selectedNodeId={this.props.selectedNodeId}
-            highlightedEdgeIds={this.props.highlightedEdgeIds}
-            highlightedNodeIds={this.props.highlightedNodeIds}
-            hasSelectedNode={this.props.hasSelectedNode}
-            nodeScale={this.state.nodeScale}
-            scale={this.state.scale}
+          <NodesChartElements layoutNodes={nodes} layoutEdges={edges}
+            nodeScale={this.state.nodeScale} scale={scale} transform={transform}
             selectedNodeScale={this.state.selectedNodeScale}
-            topCardNode={this.props.topCardNode}
-            topologyId={this.props.topologyId} />
+            layoutPrecision={this.props.layoutPrecision} />
         </svg>
       </div>
     );
@@ -162,7 +151,7 @@ export default class NodesChart extends React.Component {
 
   handleMouseClick() {
     if (!this.isZooming) {
-      clickBackground();
+      this.props.clickBackground();
     } else {
       this.isZooming = false;
     }
@@ -411,4 +400,18 @@ export default class NodesChart extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodesChart, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    adjacentNodes: getAdjacentNodes(state),
+    forceRelayout: state.get('forceRelayout'),
+    nodes: state.get('nodes'),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
+    topologyId: state.get('topologyId'),
+    topologyOptions: getActiveTopologyOptions(state)
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { clickBackground }
+)(NodesChart);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/__tests__/node-details-test.js b/client/app/scripts/components/__tests__/node-details-test.js
index 9a21ecadb..e6be1701c 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/__tests__/node-details-test.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/__tests__/node-details-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React from 'react';
 import Immutable from 'immutable';
 import TestUtils from 'react/lib/ReactTestUtils';
 
-jest.dontMock('../../dispatcher/app-dispatcher');
 jest.dontMock('../node-details.js');
 jest.dontMock('../node-details/node-details-controls.js');
 jest.dontMock('../node-details/node-details-relatives.js');
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ jest.dontMock('../../utils/color-utils');
 jest.dontMock('../../utils/title-utils');
 
 // need ES5 require to keep automocking off
-const NodeDetails = require('../node-details.js').default;
+const NodeDetails = require('../node-details.js').NodeDetails;
 
 describe('NodeDetails', () => {
   let nodes;
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
index 93f4e5cc1..d9cd7045f 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/app.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 import debug from 'debug';
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import Logo from './logo';
-import AppStore from '../stores/app-store';
 import Footer from './footer.js';
 import Sidebar from './sidebar.js';
 import HelpPanel from './help-panel';
@@ -19,67 +17,32 @@ import Nodes from './nodes';
 import MetricSelector from './metric-selector';
 import EmbeddedTerminal from './embedded-terminal';
 import { getRouter } from '../utils/router-utils';
-import { showingDebugToolbar, toggleDebugToolbar,
-  DebugToolbar } from './debug-toolbar.js';
+import DebugToolbar, { showingDebugToolbar,
+  toggleDebugToolbar } from './debug-toolbar.js';
+import { getUrlState } from '../utils/router-utils';
+import { getActiveTopologyOptions } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 
 const ESC_KEY_CODE = 27;
 const keyPressLog = debug('scope:app-key-press');
 
-/* make sure these can all be shallow-checked for equality for PureRenderMixin */
-function getStateFromStores() {
-  return {
-    activeTopologyOptions: AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions(),
-    adjacentNodes: AppStore.getAdjacentNodes(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()),
-    controlStatus: AppStore.getControlStatus(),
-    controlPipe: AppStore.getControlPipe(),
-    currentTopology: AppStore.getCurrentTopology(),
-    currentTopologyId: AppStore.getCurrentTopologyId(),
-    currentTopologyOptions: AppStore.getCurrentTopologyOptions(),
-    errorUrl: AppStore.getErrorUrl(),
-    forceRelayout: AppStore.isForceRelayout(),
-    highlightedEdgeIds: AppStore.getHighlightedEdgeIds(),
-    highlightedNodeIds: AppStore.getHighlightedNodeIds(),
-    hostname: AppStore.getHostname(),
-    pinnedMetric: AppStore.getPinnedMetric(),
-    availableCanvasMetrics: AppStore.getAvailableCanvasMetrics(),
-    nodeDetails: AppStore.getNodeDetails(),
-    nodes: AppStore.getNodes(),
-    showingHelp: AppStore.getShowingHelp(),
-    selectedNodeId: AppStore.getSelectedNodeId(),
-    selectedMetric: AppStore.getSelectedMetric(),
-    topologies: AppStore.getTopologies(),
-    topologiesLoaded: AppStore.isTopologiesLoaded(),
-    topologyEmpty: AppStore.isTopologyEmpty(),
-    updatePaused: AppStore.isUpdatePaused(),
-    updatePausedAt: AppStore.getUpdatePausedAt(),
-    version: AppStore.getVersion(),
-    versionUpdate: AppStore.getVersionUpdate(),
-    plugins: AppStore.getPlugins(),
-    websocketClosed: AppStore.isWebsocketClosed()
-  };
-}
-
-export default class App extends React.Component {
+class App extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
-    this.onChange = this.onChange.bind(this);
     this.onKeyPress = this.onKeyPress.bind(this);
     this.onKeyUp = this.onKeyUp.bind(this);
-    this.state = getStateFromStores();
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    AppStore.addListener(this.onChange);
     window.addEventListener('keypress', this.onKeyPress);
     window.addEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyUp);
 
-    getRouter().start({hashbang: true});
-    if (!AppStore.isRouteSet()) {
+    getRouter(this.props.dispatch, this.props.urlState).start({hashbang: true});
+    if (!this.props.routeSet) {
       // dont request topologies when already done via router
-      getTopologies(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions());
+      getTopologies(this.props.activeTopologyOptions, this.props.dispatch);
     }
-    getApiDetails();
+    getApiDetails(this.props.dispatch);
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -87,18 +50,15 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     window.removeEventListener('keyup', this.onKeyUp);
   }
 
-  onChange() {
-    this.setState(getStateFromStores());
-  }
-
   onKeyUp(ev) {
     // don't get esc in onKeyPress
     if (ev.keyCode === ESC_KEY_CODE) {
-      hitEsc();
+      this.props.dispatch(hitEsc());
     }
   }
 
   onKeyPress(ev) {
+    const { dispatch } = this.props;
     //
     // keyup gives 'key'
     // keypress gives 'char'
@@ -108,42 +68,35 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
     keyPressLog('onKeyPress', 'keyCode', ev.keyCode, ev);
     const char = String.fromCharCode(ev.charCode);
     if (char === '<') {
-      pinNextMetric(-1);
+      dispatch(pinNextMetric(-1));
     } else if (char === '>') {
-      pinNextMetric(1);
+      dispatch(pinNextMetric(1));
     } else if (char === 'q') {
-      unpinMetric();
-      selectMetric(null);
+      dispatch(unpinMetric());
+      dispatch(selectMetric(null));
     } else if (char === 'd') {
       toggleDebugToolbar();
       this.forceUpdate();
     } else if (char === '?') {
-      toggleHelp();
+      dispatch(toggleHelp());
     }
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { nodeDetails, controlPipe } = this.state;
-    const topCardNode = nodeDetails.last();
+    const { availableCanvasMetrics, nodeDetails, controlPipes, showingHelp } = this.props;
     const showingDetails = nodeDetails.size > 0;
-    const showingTerminal = controlPipe;
-    // width of details panel blocking a view
-    const detailsWidth = showingDetails ? 450 : 0;
-    const topMargin = 100;
+    const showingTerminal = controlPipes.size > 0;
+    const showingMetricsSelector = availableCanvasMetrics.count() > 0;
 
     return (
       <div className="app">
         {showingDebugToolbar() && <DebugToolbar />}
 
-        {this.state.showingHelp && <HelpPanel />}
+        {showingHelp && <HelpPanel />}
 
-        {showingDetails && <Details nodes={this.state.nodes}
-          controlStatus={this.state.controlStatus}
-          details={this.state.nodeDetails} />}
+        {showingDetails && <Details />}
 
-        {showingTerminal && <EmbeddedTerminal
-          pipe={this.state.controlPipe}
-          details={this.state.nodeDetails} />}
+        {showingTerminal && <EmbeddedTerminal />}
 
         <div className="header">
           <div className="logo">
@@ -151,45 +104,35 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
               <Logo />
             </svg>
           </div>
-          <Topologies topologies={this.state.topologies}
-            currentTopology={this.state.currentTopology} />
+          <Topologies />
         </div>
 
-        <Nodes
-          nodes={this.state.nodes}
-          highlightedNodeIds={this.state.highlightedNodeIds}
-          highlightedEdgeIds={this.state.highlightedEdgeIds}
-          detailsWidth={detailsWidth}
-          selectedNodeId={this.state.selectedNodeId}
-          topMargin={topMargin}
-          topCardNode={topCardNode}
-          selectedMetric={this.state.selectedMetric}
-          forceRelayout={this.state.forceRelayout}
-          topologyOptions={this.state.activeTopologyOptions}
-          topologyEmpty={this.state.topologyEmpty}
-          adjacentNodes={this.state.adjacentNodes}
-          topologyId={this.state.currentTopologyId} />
+        <Nodes />
 
         <Sidebar>
-          <Status errorUrl={this.state.errorUrl} topology={this.state.currentTopology}
-            topologiesLoaded={this.state.topologiesLoaded}
-            websocketClosed={this.state.websocketClosed} />
-          {this.state.availableCanvasMetrics.count() > 0 && <MetricSelector
-            availableCanvasMetrics={this.state.availableCanvasMetrics}
-            pinnedMetric={this.state.pinnedMetric}
-            selectedMetric={this.state.selectedMetric}
-            />}
-          <TopologyOptions options={this.state.currentTopologyOptions}
-            topologyId={this.state.currentTopologyId}
-            activeOptions={this.state.activeTopologyOptions} />
+          <Status />
+          {showingMetricsSelector && <MetricSelector />}
+          <TopologyOptions />
         </Sidebar>
 
-        <Footer hostname={this.state.hostname} plugins={this.state.plugins}
-          updatePaused={this.state.updatePaused} updatePausedAt={this.state.updatePausedAt}
-          version={this.state.version} versionUpdate={this.state.versionUpdate} />
+        <Footer />
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(App, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    activeTopologyOptions: getActiveTopologyOptions(state),
+    availableCanvasMetrics: state.get('availableCanvasMetrics'),
+    controlPipes: state.get('controlPipes'),
+    nodeDetails: state.get('nodeDetails'),
+    routeSet: state.get('routeSet'),
+    showingHelp: state.get('showingHelp'),
+    urlState: getUrlState(state)
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(App);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/debug-toolbar.js b/client/app/scripts/components/debug-toolbar.js
index ef400ec65..214f1a1e3 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/debug-toolbar.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/debug-toolbar.js
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import Perf from 'react-addons-perf';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+import { fromJS } from 'immutable';
 
 import debug from 'debug';
 const log = debug('scope:debug-panel');
 
 import { receiveNodesDelta } from '../actions/app-actions';
-import AppStore from '../stores/app-store';
 import { getNodeColor, getNodeColorDark } from '../utils/color-utils';
 
 
@@ -56,11 +57,10 @@ const deltaAdd = (name, adjacency = [], shape = 'circle', stack = false, nodeCou
 });
 
 
-function addMetrics(node, v) {
-  const availableMetrics = AppStore.getAvailableCanvasMetrics().toJS();
-  const metrics = availableMetrics.length > 0 ? availableMetrics : [
+function addMetrics(availableMetrics, node, v) {
+  const metrics = availableMetrics.size > 0 ? availableMetrics : fromJS([
     {id: 'host_cpu_usage_percent', label: 'CPU'}
-  ];
+  ]);
 
   return Object.assign({}, node, {
     metrics: metrics.map(m => Object.assign({}, m, {max: 100, value: v}))
@@ -74,26 +74,26 @@ function label(shape, stacked) {
 }
 
 
-function addAllVariants() {
+function addAllVariants(dispatch) {
   const newNodes = _.flattenDeep(STACK_VARIANTS.map(stack => (SHAPES.map(s => {
     if (!stack) return [deltaAdd(label(s, stack), [], s, stack, 1)];
     return NODE_COUNTS.map(n => deltaAdd(label(s, stack), [], s, stack, n));
   }))));
 
-  receiveNodesDelta({
+  dispatch(receiveNodesDelta({
     add: newNodes
-  });
+  }));
 }
 
 
-function addAllMetricVariants() {
+function addAllMetricVariants(availableMetrics, dispatch) {
   const newNodes = _.flattenDeep(METRIC_FILLS.map((v, i) => (
-    SHAPES.map(s => [addMetrics(deltaAdd(label(s) + i, [], s), v)])
+    SHAPES.map(s => [addMetrics(availableMetrics, deltaAdd(label(s) + i, [], s), v)])
   )));
 
-  receiveNodesDelta({
+  dispatch(receiveNodesDelta({
     add: newNodes
-  });
+  }));
 }
 
 
@@ -109,27 +109,6 @@ function startPerf(delay) {
   setTimeout(stopPerf, delay * 1000);
 }
 
-
-function addNodes(n, prefix = 'zing') {
-  const ns = AppStore.getNodes();
-  const nodeNames = ns.keySeq().toJS();
-  const newNodeNames = _.range(ns.size, ns.size + n).map(i => (
-    // `${randomLetter()}${randomLetter()}-zing`
-    `${prefix}${i}`
-  ));
-  const allNodes = _(nodeNames).concat(newNodeNames).value();
-
-  receiveNodesDelta({
-    add: newNodeNames.map((name) => deltaAdd(
-      name,
-      sample(allNodes),
-      _.sample(SHAPES),
-      _.sample(STACK_VARIANTS),
-      _.sample(NODE_COUNTS)
-    ))
-  });
-}
-
 export function showingDebugToolbar() {
   return (('debugToolbar' in localStorage && JSON.parse(localStorage.debugToolbar))
     || location.pathname.indexOf('debug') > -1);
@@ -153,12 +132,13 @@ function disableLog() {
   window.location.reload();
 }
 
-export class DebugToolbar extends React.Component {
+class DebugToolbar extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
     this.onChange = this.onChange.bind(this);
     this.toggleColors = this.toggleColors.bind(this);
+    this.addNodes = this.addNodes.bind(this);
     this.state = {
       nodesToAdd: 30,
       showColors: false
@@ -175,20 +155,44 @@ export class DebugToolbar extends React.Component {
     });
   }
 
+  addNodes(n, prefix = 'zing') {
+    const ns = this.props.nodes;
+    const nodeNames = ns.keySeq().toJS();
+    const newNodeNames = _.range(ns.size, ns.size + n).map(i => (
+      // `${randomLetter()}${randomLetter()}-zing`
+      `${prefix}${i}`
+    ));
+    const allNodes = _(nodeNames).concat(newNodeNames).value();
+
+    this.props.dispatch(receiveNodesDelta({
+      add: newNodeNames.map((name) => deltaAdd(
+        name,
+        sample(allNodes),
+        _.sample(SHAPES),
+        _.sample(STACK_VARIANTS),
+        _.sample(NODE_COUNTS)
+      ))
+    }));
+
+    log('added nodes', n);
+  }
+
   render() {
-    log('rending debug panel');
+    const { availableCanvasMetrics } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <div className="debug-panel">
         <div>
           <label>Add nodes </label>
-          <button onClick={() => addNodes(1)}>+1</button>
-          <button onClick={() => addNodes(10)}>+10</button>
+          <button onClick={() => this.addNodes(1)}>+1</button>
+          <button onClick={() => this.addNodes(10)}>+10</button>
           <input type="number" onChange={this.onChange} value={this.state.nodesToAdd} />
-          <button onClick={() => addNodes(this.state.nodesToAdd)}>+</button>
-          <button onClick={() => addAllVariants()}>Variants</button>
-          <button onClick={() => addAllMetricVariants()}>Metric Variants</button>
-          <button onClick={() => addNodes(1, LOREM)}>Long name</button>
+          <button onClick={() => this.addNodes(this.state.nodesToAdd)}>+</button>
+          <button onClick={() => addAllVariants(this.props.dispatch)}>Variants</button>
+          <button onClick={() => addAllMetricVariants(availableCanvasMetrics, this.props.dispatch)}>
+            Metric Variants
+          </button>
+          <button onClick={() => this.addNodes(1, LOREM)}>Long name</button>
         </div>
 
         <div>
@@ -228,3 +232,14 @@ export class DebugToolbar extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    nodes: state.get('nodes'),
+    availableCanvasMetrics: state.get('availableCanvasMetrics')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(DebugToolbar);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js b/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js
index bfee43e9a..a8469625d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/details-card.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NodeDetails from './node-details';
 import { DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH as WIDTH, DETAILS_PANEL_OFFSET as OFFSET,
   DETAILS_PANEL_MARGINS as MARGINS } from '../constants/styles';
 
-export default class DetailsCard extends React.Component {
+class DetailsCard extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -54,4 +53,4 @@ export default class DetailsCard extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(DetailsCard, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(DetailsCard);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/details.js b/client/app/scripts/components/details.js
index 528e2790b..87938a052 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/details.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/details.js
@@ -1,15 +1,30 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import DetailsCard from './details-card';
 
-export default function Details({controlStatus, details, nodes}) {
-  // render all details as cards, later cards go on top
-  return (
-    <div className="details">
-      {details.toIndexedSeq().map((obj, index) => <DetailsCard key={obj.id}
-        index={index} cardCount={details.size} nodes={nodes}
-        nodeControlStatus={controlStatus.get(obj.id)} {...obj} />
-      )}
-    </div>
-  );
+class Details extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    const { controlStatus, details } = this.props;
+    // render all details as cards, later cards go on top
+    return (
+      <div className="details">
+        {details.toIndexedSeq().map((obj, index) => <DetailsCard key={obj.id}
+          index={index} cardCount={details.size}
+          nodeControlStatus={controlStatus.get(obj.id)} {...obj} />
+        )}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    controlStatus: state.get('controlStatus'),
+    details: state.get('nodeDetails')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(Details);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/dev-tools.js b/client/app/scripts/components/dev-tools.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3012ab99b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/dev-tools.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { createDevTools } from 'redux-devtools';
+import LogMonitor from 'redux-devtools-log-monitor';
+import DockMonitor from 'redux-devtools-dock-monitor';
+
+export default createDevTools(
+  <DockMonitor defaultIsVisible={false}
+    toggleVisibilityKey="ctrl-h" changePositionKey="ctrl-w">
+    <LogMonitor />
+  </DockMonitor>
+);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/embedded-terminal.js b/client/app/scripts/components/embedded-terminal.js
index 524bc9e98..2ad699449 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/embedded-terminal.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/embedded-terminal.js
@@ -1,29 +1,45 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { getNodeColor, getNodeColorDark } from '../utils/color-utils';
 import Terminal from './terminal';
 import { DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH, DETAILS_PANEL_MARGINS,
   DETAILS_PANEL_OFFSET } from '../constants/styles';
 
-export default function EmeddedTerminal({pipe, details}) {
-  const nodeId = pipe.get('nodeId');
-  const node = details.get(nodeId);
-  const d = node && node.details;
-  const titleBarColor = d && getNodeColorDark(d.rank, d.label);
-  const statusBarColor = d && getNodeColor(d.rank, d.label);
-  const title = d && d.label;
+class EmeddedTerminal extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    const { pipe, details } = this.props;
+    const nodeId = pipe.get('nodeId');
+    const node = details.get(nodeId);
+    const d = node && node.details;
+    const titleBarColor = d && getNodeColorDark(d.rank, d.label);
+    const statusBarColor = d && getNodeColor(d.rank, d.label);
+    const title = d && d.label;
 
-  const style = {
-    right: DETAILS_PANEL_MARGINS.right + DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH + 10 +
-      (details.size * DETAILS_PANEL_OFFSET)
-  };
+    const style = {
+      right: DETAILS_PANEL_MARGINS.right + DETAILS_PANEL_WIDTH + 10 +
+        (details.size * DETAILS_PANEL_OFFSET)
+    };
 
-  // React unmount/remounts when key changes, this is important for cleaning up
-  // the term.js and creating a new one for the new pipe.
-  return (
-    <div className="terminal-embedded" style={style}>
-      <Terminal key={pipe.get('id')} pipe={pipe} titleBarColor={titleBarColor}
-        statusBarColor={statusBarColor} containerMargin={style.right} title={title} />
-    </div>
-  );
+    // React unmount/remounts when key changes, this is important for cleaning up
+    // the term.js and creating a new one for the new pipe.
+    return (
+      <div className="terminal-embedded" style={style}>
+        <Terminal key={pipe.get('id')} pipe={pipe} titleBarColor={titleBarColor}
+          statusBarColor={statusBarColor} containerMargin={style.right}
+          title={title} />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    details: state.get('nodeDetails'),
+    pipe: state.get('controlPipes').last()
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(EmeddedTerminal);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/footer.js b/client/app/scripts/components/footer.js
index 48bfedd7e..6b5b37aee 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/footer.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/footer.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import moment from 'moment';
 
 import Plugins from './plugins.js';
@@ -8,83 +9,103 @@ import { clickDownloadGraph, clickForceRelayout, clickPauseUpdate,
   clickResumeUpdate, toggleHelp } from '../actions/app-actions';
 import { basePathSlash } from '../utils/web-api-utils';
 
-export default function Footer(props) {
-  const { hostname, plugins, updatePaused, updatePausedAt, version, versionUpdate } = props;
-  const contrastMode = isContrastMode();
+class Footer extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    const { hostname, updatePausedAt, version, versionUpdate } = this.props;
+    const contrastMode = isContrastMode();
 
-  // link url to switch contrast with current UI state
-  const otherContrastModeUrl = contrastMode
-    ? basePathSlash(window.location.pathname) : contrastModeUrl;
-  const otherContrastModeTitle = contrastMode
-    ? 'Switch to normal contrast' : 'Switch to high contrast';
-  const forceRelayoutTitle = 'Force re-layout (might reduce edge crossings, '
-    + 'but may shift nodes around)';
+    // link url to switch contrast with current UI state
+    const otherContrastModeUrl = contrastMode
+      ? basePathSlash(window.location.pathname) : contrastModeUrl;
+    const otherContrastModeTitle = contrastMode
+      ? 'Switch to normal contrast' : 'Switch to high contrast';
+    const forceRelayoutTitle = 'Force re-layout (might reduce edge crossings, '
+      + 'but may shift nodes around)';
 
-  // pause button
-  const isPaused = updatePaused;
-  const updateCount = getUpdateBufferSize();
-  const hasUpdates = updateCount > 0;
-  const pausedAgo = moment(updatePausedAt).fromNow();
-  const pauseTitle = isPaused
-    ? `Paused ${pausedAgo}` : 'Pause updates (freezes the nodes in their current layout)';
-  const pauseAction = isPaused ? clickResumeUpdate : clickPauseUpdate;
-  const pauseClassName = isPaused ? 'footer-icon footer-icon-active' : 'footer-icon';
-  let pauseLabel = '';
-  if (hasUpdates && isPaused) {
-    pauseLabel = `Paused +${updateCount}`;
-  } else if (hasUpdates && !isPaused) {
-    pauseLabel = `Resuming +${updateCount}`;
-  } else if (!hasUpdates && isPaused) {
-    pauseLabel = 'Paused';
+    // pause button
+    const isPaused = updatePausedAt !== null;
+    const updateCount = getUpdateBufferSize();
+    const hasUpdates = updateCount > 0;
+    const pausedAgo = moment(updatePausedAt).fromNow();
+    const pauseTitle = isPaused
+      ? `Paused ${pausedAgo}` : 'Pause updates (freezes the nodes in their current layout)';
+    const pauseAction = isPaused ? this.props.clickResumeUpdate : this.props.clickPauseUpdate;
+    const pauseClassName = isPaused ? 'footer-icon footer-icon-active' : 'footer-icon';
+    let pauseLabel = '';
+    if (hasUpdates && isPaused) {
+      pauseLabel = `Paused +${updateCount}`;
+    } else if (hasUpdates && !isPaused) {
+      pauseLabel = `Resuming +${updateCount}`;
+    } else if (!hasUpdates && isPaused) {
+      pauseLabel = 'Paused';
+    }
+
+    const versionUpdateTitle = versionUpdate
+      ? `New version available: ${versionUpdate.version}. Click to download`
+      : '';
+
+    return (
+      <div className="footer">
+
+        <div className="footer-status">
+          {versionUpdate && <a className="footer-versionupdate"
+            title={versionUpdateTitle} href={versionUpdate.downloadUrl} target="_blank">
+            Update available: {versionUpdate.version}
+          </a>}
+          <span className="footer-label">Version</span>
+          {version}
+          <span className="footer-label">on</span>
+          {hostname}
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="footer-plugins">
+          <Plugins />
+        </div>
+
+        <div className="footer-tools">
+          <a className={pauseClassName} onClick={pauseAction} title={pauseTitle}>
+            {pauseLabel !== '' && <span className="footer-label">{pauseLabel}</span>}
+            <span className="fa fa-pause" />
+          </a>
+          <a className="footer-icon" onClick={this.props.clickForceRelayout}
+            title={forceRelayoutTitle}>
+            <span className="fa fa-refresh" />
+          </a>
+          <a className="footer-icon" onClick={this.props.clickDownloadGraph}
+            title="Save canvas as SVG">
+            <span className="fa fa-download" />
+          </a>
+          <a className="footer-icon" href="api/report" download title="Save raw data as JSON">
+            <span className="fa fa-code" />
+          </a>
+          <a className="footer-icon" href={otherContrastModeUrl} title={otherContrastModeTitle}>
+            <span className="fa fa-adjust" />
+          </a>
+          <a className="footer-icon" href="https://gitreports.com/issue/weaveworks/scope" target="_blank" title="Report an issue">
+            <span className="fa fa-bug" />
+          </a>
+          <a className="footer-icon" onClick={this.props.toggleHelp}
+            title="Show help">
+            <span className="fa fa-question" />
+          </a>
+        </div>
+
+      </div>
+    );
   }
-
-  const versionUpdateTitle = versionUpdate
-    ? `New version available: ${versionUpdate.version}. Click to download`
-    : '';
-
-  return (
-    <div className="footer">
-
-      <div className="footer-status">
-        {versionUpdate && <a className="footer-versionupdate"
-          title={versionUpdateTitle} href={versionUpdate.downloadUrl} target="_blank">
-          Update available: {versionUpdate.version}
-        </a>}
-        <span className="footer-label">Version</span>
-        {version}
-        <span className="footer-label">on</span>
-        {hostname}
-      </div>
-
-      <div className="footer-plugins">
-        <Plugins plugins={plugins} />
-      </div>
-
-      <div className="footer-tools">
-        <a className={pauseClassName} onClick={pauseAction} title={pauseTitle}>
-          {pauseLabel !== '' && <span className="footer-label">{pauseLabel}</span>}
-          <span className="fa fa-pause" />
-        </a>
-        <a className="footer-icon" onClick={clickForceRelayout} title={forceRelayoutTitle}>
-          <span className="fa fa-refresh" />
-        </a>
-        <a className="footer-icon" onClick={clickDownloadGraph} title="Save canvas as SVG">
-          <span className="fa fa-download" />
-        </a>
-        <a className="footer-icon" href="api/report" download title="Save raw data as JSON">
-          <span className="fa fa-code" />
-        </a>
-        <a className="footer-icon" href={otherContrastModeUrl} title={otherContrastModeTitle}>
-          <span className="fa fa-adjust" />
-        </a>
-        <a className="footer-icon" href="https://gitreports.com/issue/weaveworks/scope" target="_blank" title="Report an issue">
-          <span className="fa fa-bug" />
-        </a>
-        <a className="footer-icon" onClick={toggleHelp} title="Show help">
-          <span className="fa fa-question" />
-        </a>
-      </div>
-
-    </div>
-  );
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    hostname: state.get('hostname'),
+    updatePausedAt: state.get('updatePausedAt'),
+    version: state.get('version'),
+    versionUpdate: state.get('versionUpdate')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { clickDownloadGraph, clickForceRelayout, clickPauseUpdate,
+    clickResumeUpdate, toggleHelp }
+)(Footer);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector-item.js b/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector-item.js
index d3890e0a4..9c6e4481c 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector-item.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector-item.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
 import { selectMetric, pinMetric, unpinMetric } from '../actions/app-actions';
 
-
-export class MetricSelectorItem extends React.Component {
+class MetricSelectorItem extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ export class MetricSelectorItem extends React.Component {
 
   onMouseOver() {
     const k = this.props.metric.get('id');
-    selectMetric(k);
+    this.props.selectMetric(k);
   }
 
   onMouseClick() {
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ export class MetricSelectorItem extends React.Component {
     const pinnedMetric = this.props.pinnedMetric;
 
     if (k === pinnedMetric) {
-      unpinMetric(k);
+      this.props.unpinMetric(k);
     } else {
-      pinMetric(k);
+      this.props.pinMetric(k);
     }
   }
 
@@ -49,3 +50,15 @@ export class MetricSelectorItem extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    selectedMetric: state.get('selectedMetric'),
+    pinnedMetric: state.get('pinnedMetric')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { selectMetric, pinMetric, unpinMetric }
+)(MetricSelectorItem);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector.js b/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector.js
index a00578e33..daa2f5414 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/metric-selector.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
+
 import { selectMetric } from '../actions/app-actions';
-import { MetricSelectorItem } from './metric-selector-item';
+import MetricSelectorItem from './metric-selector-item';
 
-
-export default class MetricSelector extends React.Component {
+class MetricSelector extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -11,19 +12,18 @@ export default class MetricSelector extends React.Component {
   }
 
   onMouseOut() {
-    selectMetric(this.props.pinnedMetric);
+    this.props.selectMetric(this.props.pinnedMetric);
   }
 
   render() {
     const {availableCanvasMetrics} = this.props;
 
     const items = availableCanvasMetrics.map(metric => (
-      <MetricSelectorItem key={metric.get('id')} metric={metric} {...this.props} />
+      <MetricSelectorItem key={metric.get('id')} metric={metric} />
     ));
 
     return (
-      <div
-        className="metric-selector">
+      <div className="metric-selector">
         <div className="metric-selector-wrapper" onMouseLeave={this.onMouseOut}>
           {items}
         </div>
@@ -32,3 +32,14 @@ export default class MetricSelector extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    availableCanvasMetrics: state.get('availableCanvasMetrics'),
+    pinnedMetric: state.get('pinnedMetric')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { selectMetric }
+)(MetricSelector);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
index bf8cd1506..6c566c372 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NodeDetailsControls from './node-details/node-details-controls';
 import NodeDetailsHealth from './node-details/node-details-health';
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import { clickCloseDetails, clickShowTopologyForNode } from '../actions/app-acti
 import { brightenColor, getNeutralColor, getNodeColorDark } from '../utils/color-utils';
 import { resetDocumentTitle, setDocumentTitle } from '../utils/title-utils';
 
-export default class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
+export class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -21,12 +22,12 @@ export default class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
 
   handleClickClose(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    clickCloseDetails(this.props.nodeId);
+    this.props.clickCloseDetails(this.props.nodeId);
   }
 
   handleShowTopologyForNode(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    clickShowTopologyForNode(this.props.topologyId, this.props.nodeId);
+    this.props.clickShowTopologyForNode(this.props.topologyId, this.props.nodeId);
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
@@ -215,3 +216,14 @@ export default class NodeDetails extends React.Component {
     setDocumentTitle(this.props.details && this.props.details.label);
   }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    nodes: state.get('nodes')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { clickCloseDetails, clickShowTopologyForNode }
+)(NodeDetails);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js
index 99a2629a6..36c414ae6 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-control-button.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { doControl } from '../../actions/app-actions';
 
-export default class NodeDetailsControlButton extends React.Component {
+class NodeDetailsControlButton extends React.Component {
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
     this.handleClick = this.handleClick.bind(this);
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ export default class NodeDetailsControlButton extends React.Component {
 
   handleClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    doControl(this.props.nodeId, this.props.control);
+    this.props.dispatch(doControl(this.props.nodeId, this.props.control));
   }
 }
+
+export default connect()(NodeDetailsControlButton);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-relatives-link.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-relatives-link.js
index 50a19b24f..81c9d43d7 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-relatives-link.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-relatives-link.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { clickRelative } from '../../actions/app-actions';
 
-export default class NodeDetailsRelativesLink extends React.Component {
+class NodeDetailsRelativesLink extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -14,8 +13,8 @@ export default class NodeDetailsRelativesLink extends React.Component {
 
   handleClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    clickRelative(this.props.id, this.props.topologyId, this.props.label,
-      ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect());
+    this.props.dispatch(clickRelative(this.props.id, this.props.topologyId,
+      this.props.label, ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect()));
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -28,4 +27,4 @@ export default class NodeDetailsRelativesLink extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodeDetailsRelativesLink, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(NodeDetailsRelativesLink);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js
index b463a7e00..3c54af6ab 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table-node-link.js
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { clickRelative } from '../../actions/app-actions';
 
-export default class NodeDetailsTableNodeLink extends React.Component {
+class NodeDetailsTableNodeLink extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -14,8 +13,8 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTableNodeLink extends React.Component {
 
   handleClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    clickRelative(this.props.nodeId, this.props.topologyId, this.props.label,
-      ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect());
+    this.props.dispatch(clickRelative(this.props.nodeId, this.props.topologyId,
+      this.props.label, ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect()));
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -35,4 +34,4 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTableNodeLink extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(NodeDetailsTableNodeLink, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(NodeDetailsTableNodeLink);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js b/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
index 28d3ae79d..d2ce010be 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/nodes.js
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import NodesChart from '../charts/nodes-chart';
 import NodesError from '../charts/nodes-error';
+import { isTopologyEmpty } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 
 const navbarHeight = 160;
 const marginTop = 0;
+const detailsWidth = 450;
 
 /**
  * dynamic coords precision based on topology size
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ function getLayoutPrecision(nodesCount) {
   return precision;
 }
 
-export default class Nodes extends React.Component {
+class Nodes extends React.Component {
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
     this.handleResize = this.handleResize.bind(this);
@@ -70,7 +71,8 @@ export default class Nodes extends React.Component {
     return (
       <div className="nodes-wrapper">
         {topologyEmpty && errorEmpty}
-        <NodesChart {...this.props} {...this.state}
+        <NodesChart {...this.state}
+          detailsWidth={detailsWidth}
           layoutPrecision={layoutPrecision}
           hasSelectedNode={hasSelectedNode}
         />
@@ -90,4 +92,14 @@ export default class Nodes extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(Nodes, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    nodes: state.get('nodes'),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
+    topologyEmpty: isTopologyEmpty(state),
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(Nodes);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/plugins.js b/client/app/scripts/components/plugins.js
index f7b191682..5217b1ed0 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/plugins.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/plugins.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
-export default class Plugins extends React.Component {
+class Plugins extends React.Component {
   renderPlugin({id, label, description, status}) {
     const error = status !== 'ok';
     const className = classNames({ error });
@@ -19,15 +20,26 @@ export default class Plugins extends React.Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const hasPlugins = this.props.plugins && this.props.plugins.length > 0;
+    const hasPlugins = this.props.plugins && this.props.plugins.size > 0;
     return (
       <div className="plugins">
         <span className="plugins-label">
           Plugins:
         </span>
-        {hasPlugins && this.props.plugins.map((plugin, index) => this.renderPlugin(plugin, index))}
+        {hasPlugins && this.props.plugins.toIndexedSeq()
+          .map((plugin, index) => this.renderPlugin(plugin, index))}
         {!hasPlugins && <span className="plugins-empty">n/a</span>}
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    plugins: state.get('plugins')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(Plugins);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/show-more.js b/client/app/scripts/components/show-more.js
index a9d17bff6..5578cf5ff 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/show-more.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/show-more.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
-export default class ShowMore extends React.Component {
+class ShowMore extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -31,4 +30,4 @@ export default class ShowMore extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(ShowMore, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect()(ShowMore);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/status.js b/client/app/scripts/components/status.js
index c2a027391..b22e190f7 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/status.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/status.js
@@ -1,36 +1,54 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
-export default function Status({errorUrl, topologiesLoaded, topology, websocketClosed}) {
-  let title = '';
-  let text = 'Trying to reconnect...';
-  let showWarningIcon = false;
-  let classNames = 'status sidebar-item';
+class Status extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    const {errorUrl, topologiesLoaded, topology, websocketClosed} = this.props;
 
-  if (errorUrl) {
-    title = `Cannot reach Scope. Make sure the following URL is reachable: ${errorUrl}`;
-    classNames += ' status-loading';
-    showWarningIcon = true;
-  } else if (!topologiesLoaded) {
-    text = 'Connecting to Scope...';
-    classNames += ' status-loading';
-    showWarningIcon = true;
-  } else if (websocketClosed) {
-    classNames += ' status-loading';
-    showWarningIcon = true;
-  } else if (topology) {
-    const stats = topology.get('stats');
-    text = `${stats.get('node_count')} nodes`;
-    if (stats.get('filtered_nodes')) {
-      text = `${text} (${stats.get('filtered_nodes')} filtered)`;
+    let title = '';
+    let text = 'Trying to reconnect...';
+    let showWarningIcon = false;
+    let classNames = 'status sidebar-item';
+
+    if (errorUrl) {
+      title = `Cannot reach Scope. Make sure the following URL is reachable: ${errorUrl}`;
+      classNames += ' status-loading';
+      showWarningIcon = true;
+    } else if (!topologiesLoaded) {
+      text = 'Connecting to Scope...';
+      classNames += ' status-loading';
+      showWarningIcon = true;
+    } else if (websocketClosed) {
+      classNames += ' status-loading';
+      showWarningIcon = true;
+    } else if (topology) {
+      const stats = topology.get('stats');
+      text = `${stats.get('node_count')} nodes`;
+      if (stats.get('filtered_nodes')) {
+        text = `${text} (${stats.get('filtered_nodes')} filtered)`;
+      }
+      classNames += ' status-stats';
+      showWarningIcon = false;
     }
-    classNames += ' status-stats';
-    showWarningIcon = false;
-  }
 
-  return (
-    <div className={classNames}>
-      {showWarningIcon && <span className="status-icon fa fa-exclamation-circle" />}
-      <span className="status-label" title={title}>{text}</span>
-    </div>
-  );
+    return (
+      <div className={classNames}>
+        {showWarningIcon && <span className="status-icon fa fa-exclamation-circle" />}
+        <span className="status-label" title={title}>{text}</span>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    errorUrl: state.get('errorUrl'),
+    topologiesLoaded: state.get('topologiesLoaded'),
+    topology: state.get('currentTopology'),
+    websocketClosed: state.get('websocketClosed')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(Status);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/terminal-app.js b/client/app/scripts/components/terminal-app.js
index b9e348515..b48da142d 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/terminal-app.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/terminal-app.js
@@ -1,48 +1,32 @@
 import React from 'react';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
-import AppStore from '../stores/app-store';
 import Terminal from './terminal';
 import { receiveControlPipeFromParams } from '../actions/app-actions';
 
-function getStateFromStores() {
-  return {
-    controlPipe: AppStore.getControlPipe()
-  };
-}
-
-export class TerminalApp extends React.Component {
+class TerminalApp extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
-    this.onChange = this.onChange.bind(this);
 
     const paramString = window.location.hash.split('/').pop();
     const params = JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(paramString));
-    receiveControlPipeFromParams(params.pipe.id, null, params.pipe.raw, false);
+    this.props.receiveControlPipeFromParams(params.pipe.id, null, params.pipe.raw, false);
 
     this.state = {
       title: params.title,
       titleBarColor: params.titleBarColor,
-      statusBarColor: params.statusBarColor,
-      controlPipe: AppStore.getControlPipe()
+      statusBarColor: params.statusBarColor
     };
   }
 
-  componentDidMount() {
-    AppStore.addListener(this.onChange);
-  }
-
-  onChange() {
-    this.setState(getStateFromStores());
-  }
-
   render() {
     const style = {borderTop: `4px solid ${this.state.titleBarColor}`};
 
     return (
       <div className="terminal-app" style={style}>
-        {this.state.controlPipe && <Terminal
-          pipe={this.state.controlPipe}
+        {this.props.controlPipe && <Terminal
+          pipe={this.props.controlPipe}
           titleBarColor={this.state.titleBarColor}
           statusBarColor={this.state.statusBarColor}
           title={this.state.title}
@@ -51,3 +35,14 @@ export class TerminalApp extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 }
+
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    controlPipe: state.get('controlPipes').last()
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { receiveControlPipeFromParams }
+)(TerminalApp);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/terminal.js b/client/app/scripts/components/terminal.js
index ff062659e..a387c08cb 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/terminal.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/terminal.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import debug from 'debug';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 
 import { clickCloseTerminal } from '../actions/app-actions';
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ function openNewWindow(url, bcr, minWidth = 200) {
   window.open(url, '', windowOptionsString);
 }
 
-export default class Terminal extends React.Component {
+class Terminal extends React.Component {
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ export default class Terminal extends React.Component {
     const socket = new WebSocket(`${wsUrl}/api/pipe/${this.getPipeId()}`);
     socket.binaryType = 'arraybuffer';
 
-    getPipeStatus(this.getPipeId());
+    getPipeStatus(this.getPipeId(), this.props.dispatch);
 
     socket.onopen = () => {
       clearTimeout(this.reconnectTimeout);
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ export default class Terminal extends React.Component {
   handleCloseClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
     if (this.isEmbedded()) {
-      clickCloseTerminal(this.getPipeId(), true);
+      this.props.dispatch(clickCloseTerminal(this.getPipeId(), true));
     } else {
       window.close();
     }
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ export default class Terminal extends React.Component {
   handlePopoutTerminal(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
     const paramString = JSON.stringify(this.props);
-    clickCloseTerminal(this.getPipeId());
+    this.props.dispatch(clickCloseTerminal(this.getPipeId()));
 
     const bcr = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(this).getBoundingClientRect();
     const minWidth = this.state.pixelPerCol * 80 + (8 * 2);
@@ -322,3 +323,5 @@ export default class Terminal extends React.Component {
     );
   }
 }
+
+export default connect()(Terminal);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js b/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js
index d8152f412..84d8b75e9 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/topologies.js
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { clickTopology } from '../actions/app-actions';
 
-export default class Topologies extends React.Component {
+class Topologies extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
     this.onTopologyClick = this.onTopologyClick.bind(this);
-    this.renderSubTopology = this.renderSubTopology.bind(this);
   }
 
   onTopologyClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
-    clickTopology(ev.currentTarget.getAttribute('rel'));
+    this.props.clickTopology(ev.currentTarget.getAttribute('rel'));
   }
 
   renderSubTopology(subTopology) {
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ export default class Topologies extends React.Component {
         </div>
         <div className="topologies-sub">
           {topology.has('sub_topologies')
-            && topology.get('sub_topologies').map(this.renderSubTopology)}
+            && topology.get('sub_topologies').map(subTop => this.renderSubTopology(subTop))}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
@@ -72,4 +70,14 @@ export default class Topologies extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(Topologies, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    topologies: state.get('topologies'),
+    currentTopology: state.get('currentTopology')
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps,
+  { clickTopology }
+)(Topologies);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/topology-option-action.js b/client/app/scripts/components/topology-option-action.js
index b83eeabe8..f8ee59770 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/topology-option-action.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/topology-option-action.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
 import { changeTopologyOption } from '../actions/app-actions';
 
-export default class TopologyOptionAction extends React.Component {
+class TopologyOptionAction extends React.Component {
 
   constructor(props, context) {
     super(props, context);
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export default class TopologyOptionAction extends React.Component {
   onClick(ev) {
     ev.preventDefault();
     const { optionId, topologyId, item } = this.props;
-    changeTopologyOption(optionId, item.get('value'), topologyId);
+    this.props.changeTopologyOption(optionId, item.get('value'), topologyId);
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -29,4 +28,7 @@ export default class TopologyOptionAction extends React.Component {
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(TopologyOptionAction, PureRenderMixin);
+export default connect(
+  null,
+  { changeTopologyOption }
+)(TopologyOptionAction);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/components/topology-options.js b/client/app/scripts/components/topology-options.js
index 758cda37a..89bf4ccc9 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/components/topology-options.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/components/topology-options.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import PureRenderMixin from 'react-addons-pure-render-mixin';
-import reactMixin from 'react-mixin';
+import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 
+import { getActiveTopologyOptions, getCurrentTopologyOptions } from '../utils/topology-utils';
 import TopologyOptionAction from './topology-option-action';
 
-export default class TopologyOptions extends React.Component {
+class TopologyOptions extends React.Component {
 
   renderOption(option) {
     const { activeOptions, topologyId } = this.props;
@@ -26,10 +26,21 @@ export default class TopologyOptions extends React.Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <div className="topology-options">
-        {this.props.options.toIndexedSeq().map(option => this.renderOption(option))}
+        {this.props.options && this.props.options.toIndexedSeq().map(
+          option => this.renderOption(option))}
       </div>
     );
   }
 }
 
-reactMixin.onClass(TopologyOptions, PureRenderMixin);
+function mapStateToProps(state) {
+  return {
+    options: getCurrentTopologyOptions(state),
+    topologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId'),
+    activeOptions: getActiveTopologyOptions(state)
+  };
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  mapStateToProps
+)(TopologyOptions);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js b/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js
index 20d66e878..be647be61 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/contrast-main.js
@@ -2,9 +2,19 @@ require('font-awesome-webpack');
 require('../styles/contrast.less');
 require('../images/favicon.ico');
 
+import 'babel-polyfill';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 
+import configureStore from './stores/configureStore';
 import App from './components/app.js';
 
-ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
+const store = configureStore();
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <App />
+  </Provider>,
+  document.getElementById('app')
+);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/debug.js b/client/app/scripts/debug.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a546827ee..000000000
--- a/client/app/scripts/debug.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import Immutable from 'immutable';
-import installDevTools from 'immutable-devtools';
-installDevTools(Immutable);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/dispatcher/app-dispatcher.js b/client/app/scripts/dispatcher/app-dispatcher.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 918ad5d8e..000000000
--- a/client/app/scripts/dispatcher/app-dispatcher.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { Dispatcher } from 'flux';
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import debug from 'debug';
-const log = debug('scope:dispatcher');
-
-const instance = new Dispatcher();
-
-instance.dispatch = _.wrap(Dispatcher.prototype.dispatch, (func, payload) => {
-  log(payload.type, payload);
-  func.call(instance, payload);
-});
-
-export default instance;
-export const dispatch = instance.dispatch.bind(instance);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/main.dev.js b/client/app/scripts/main.dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..377885d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/main.dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require('font-awesome-webpack');
+require('../styles/main.less');
+require('../images/favicon.ico');
+
+import 'babel-polyfill';
+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
+
+import configureStore from './stores/configureStore.dev';
+import App from './components/app';
+
+import DevTools from './components/dev-tools';
+import Immutable from 'immutable';
+import installDevTools from 'immutable-devtools';
+installDevTools(Immutable);
+
+const store = configureStore();
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <div>
+      <App />
+      <DevTools />
+    </div>
+  </Provider>,
+  document.getElementById('app')
+);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/main.js b/client/app/scripts/main.js
index 61a28bc1a..0132b87bb 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/main.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/main.js
@@ -2,9 +2,21 @@ require('font-awesome-webpack');
 require('../styles/main.less');
 require('../images/favicon.ico');
 
+import 'babel-polyfill';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 
-import App from './components/app.js';
+import configureStore from './stores/configureStore';
+import App from './components/app';
 
-ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('app'));
+const store = configureStore();
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <div>
+      <App />
+    </div>
+  </Provider>,
+  document.getElementById('app')
+);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js b/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..506d17d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/reducers/__tests__/root-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,461 @@
+jest.dontMock('../../utils/router-utils');
+jest.dontMock('../../utils/topology-utils');
+jest.dontMock('../../constants/action-types');
+jest.dontMock('../root');
+
+const is = require('immutable').is;
+
+// Root reducer test suite using Jasmine matchers
+
+describe('RootReducer', () => {
+  const ActionTypes = require('../../constants/action-types').default;
+  const reducer = require('../root').default;
+  const initialState = require('../root').initialState;
+  const topologyUtils = require('../../utils/topology-utils');
+  // TODO maybe extract those to topology-utils tests?
+  const getActiveTopologyOptions = topologyUtils.getActiveTopologyOptions;
+  const getAdjacentNodes = topologyUtils.getAdjacentNodes;
+  const isTopologyEmpty = topologyUtils.isTopologyEmpty;
+  const getUrlState = require('../../utils/router-utils').getUrlState;
+
+  // fixtures
+
+  const NODE_SET = {
+    n1: {
+      id: 'n1',
+      rank: undefined,
+      adjacency: ['n1', 'n2'],
+      pseudo: undefined,
+      label: undefined,
+      label_minor: undefined
+    },
+    n2: {
+      id: 'n2',
+      rank: undefined,
+      adjacency: undefined,
+      pseudo: undefined,
+      label: undefined,
+      label_minor: undefined
+    }
+  };
+
+  // actions
+
+  const ChangeTopologyOptionAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION,
+    topologyId: 'topo1',
+    option: 'option1',
+    value: 'on'
+  };
+
+  const ChangeTopologyOptionAction2 = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION,
+    topologyId: 'topo1',
+    option: 'option1',
+    value: 'off'
+  };
+
+  const ClickNodeAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE,
+    nodeId: 'n1'
+  };
+
+  const ClickNode2Action = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE,
+    nodeId: 'n2'
+  };
+
+  const ClickRelativeAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_RELATIVE,
+    nodeId: 'rel1'
+  };
+
+  const ClickShowTopologyForNodeAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_SHOW_TOPOLOGY_FOR_NODE,
+    topologyId: 'topo2',
+    nodeId: 'rel1'
+  };
+
+  const ClickSubTopologyAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
+    topologyId: 'topo1-grouped'
+  };
+
+  const ClickTopologyAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
+    topologyId: 'topo1'
+  };
+
+  const ClickTopology2Action = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
+    topologyId: 'topo2'
+  };
+
+  const CloseWebsocketAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.CLOSE_WEBSOCKET
+  };
+
+  const deSelectNode = {
+    type: ActionTypes.DESELECT_NODE
+  };
+
+  const OpenWebsocketAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.OPEN_WEBSOCKET
+  };
+
+  const ReceiveNodesDeltaAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA,
+    delta: {
+      add: [{
+        id: 'n1',
+        adjacency: ['n1', 'n2']
+      }, {
+        id: 'n2'
+      }]
+    }
+  };
+
+  const ReceiveNodesDeltaUpdateAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA,
+    delta: {
+      update: [{
+        id: 'n1',
+        adjacency: ['n1']
+      }],
+      remove: ['n2']
+    }
+  };
+
+  const ReceiveTopologiesAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_TOPOLOGIES,
+    topologies: [{
+      url: '/topo1',
+      name: 'Topo1',
+      options: [{
+        id: 'option1',
+        defaultValue: 'off',
+        options: [
+          {value: 'on'},
+          {value: 'off'}
+        ]
+      }],
+      stats: {
+        node_count: 1
+      },
+      sub_topologies: [{
+        url: '/topo1-grouped',
+        name: 'topo 1 grouped'
+      }]
+    }, {
+      url: '/topo2',
+      name: 'Topo2',
+      stats: {
+        node_count: 0
+      }
+    }]
+  };
+
+  const RouteAction = {
+    type: ActionTypes.ROUTE_TOPOLOGY,
+    state: {}
+  };
+
+  // Basic tests
+
+  it('returns initial state', () => {
+    const nextState = reducer(undefined, {});
+    expect(is(nextState, initialState)).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  // topology tests
+
+  it('init with no topologies', () => {
+    const nextState = reducer(undefined, {});
+    expect(nextState.get('topologies').size).toBe(0);
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology')).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('get current topology', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+
+    expect(nextState.get('topologies').size).toBe(2);
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('name')).toBe('Topo1');
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('url')).toBe('/topo1');
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('options').first().get('id')).toBe('option1');
+  });
+
+  it('get sub-topology', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickSubTopologyAction);
+
+    expect(nextState.get('topologies').size).toBe(2);
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('name')).toBe('topo 1 grouped');
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('url')).toBe('/topo1-grouped');
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('options')).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  // topology options
+
+  it('changes topology option', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+
+    // default options
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).has('option1')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('off');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
+
+    // turn on
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ChangeTopologyOptionAction);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('on');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('on');
+
+    // turn off
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ChangeTopologyOptionAction2);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('off');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
+
+    // sub-topology should retain main topo options
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickSubTopologyAction);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('off');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
+
+    // other topology w/o options dont return options, but keep in app state
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopology2Action);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState)).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
+  });
+
+  it('sets topology options from route', () => {
+    RouteAction.state = {
+      topologyId: 'topo1',
+      selectedNodeId: null,
+      topologyOptions: {topo1: {option1: 'on'}}};
+
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, RouteAction);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('on');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('on');
+
+    // stay same after topos have been received
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('on');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('on');
+  });
+
+  it('uses default topology options from route', () => {
+    RouteAction.state = {
+      topologyId: 'topo1',
+      selectedNodeId: null,
+      topologyOptions: null};
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, RouteAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    expect(getActiveTopologyOptions(nextState).get('option1')).toBe('off');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
+  });
+
+  // nodes delta
+
+  it('replaces adjacency on update', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS().n1.adjacency).toEqual(['n1', 'n2']);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaUpdateAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS().n1.adjacency).toEqual(['n1']);
+  });
+
+  // browsing
+
+  it('shows nodes that were received', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
+  });
+
+  it('knows a route was set', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    expect(nextState.get('routeSet')).toBeFalsy();
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, RouteAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('routeSet')).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('gets selected node after click', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, deSelectNode);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe(null);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps showing nodes on navigating back after node click', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).selectedNodeId).toEqual(null);
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).selectedNodeId).toEqual('n1');
+
+    // go back in browsing
+    RouteAction.state = {topologyId: 'topo1', selectedNodeId: null};
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, RouteAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe(null);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
+  });
+
+  it('closes details when changing topologies', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).selectedNodeId).toEqual(null);
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyId).toEqual('topo1');
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).selectedNodeId).toEqual('n1');
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyId).toEqual('topo1');
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickSubTopologyAction);
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).selectedNodeId).toEqual(null);
+    expect(getUrlState(nextState).topologyId).toEqual('topo1-grouped');
+  });
+
+  // connection errors
+
+  it('resets topology on websocket reconnect', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, CloseWebsocketAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('websocketClosed')).toBeTruthy();
+    // keep showing old nodes
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, OpenWebsocketAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('websocketClosed')).toBeFalsy();
+    // opened socket clears nodes
+    expect(nextState.get('nodes').toJS()).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  // adjacency test
+
+  it('returns the correct adjacency set for a node', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
+    expect(getAdjacentNodes(nextState).size).toEqual(0);
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(getAdjacentNodes(nextState, 'n1').size).toEqual(2);
+    expect(getAdjacentNodes(nextState, 'n1').has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(getAdjacentNodes(nextState, 'n1').has('n2')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, deSelectNode);
+    expect(getAdjacentNodes(nextState).size).toEqual(0);
+  });
+
+  // empty topology
+
+  it('detects that the topology is empty', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    expect(isTopologyEmpty(nextState)).toBeFalsy();
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopology2Action);
+    expect(isTopologyEmpty(nextState)).toBeTruthy();
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    expect(isTopologyEmpty(nextState)).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  // selection of relatives
+
+  it('keeps relatives as a stack', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(1);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickRelativeAction);
+    // stack relative, first node stays main node
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(2);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('rel1')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // click on first node should clear the stack
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(1);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('rel1')).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('keeps clears stack when sibling is clicked', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(1);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickRelativeAction);
+    // stack relative, first node stays main node
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(2);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('rel1')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // click on sibling node should clear the stack
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNode2Action);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n2');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('n2');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(1);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('n1')).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('rel1')).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('selectes relatives topology while keeping node selected', () => {
+    let nextState = initialState;
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickTopologyAction);
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ReceiveTopologiesAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('name')).toBe('Topo1');
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickNodeAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(1);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
+
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickRelativeAction);
+    // stack relative, first node stays main node
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('n1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(2);
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').has('rel1')).toBeTruthy();
+
+    // click switches over to relative's topology and selectes relative
+    nextState = reducer(nextState, ClickShowTopologyForNodeAction);
+    expect(nextState.get('selectedNodeId')).toBe('rel1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
+    expect(nextState.get('nodeDetails').size).toEqual(1);
+    expect(nextState.get('currentTopology').get('name')).toBe('Topo2');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js b/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9711554b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/reducers/root.js
@@ -0,0 +1,560 @@
+import _ from 'lodash';
+import debug from 'debug';
+import { fromJS, is as isDeepEqual, List as makeList, Map as makeMap,
+  OrderedMap as makeOrderedMap, Set as makeSet } from 'immutable';
+
+import ActionTypes from '../constants/action-types';
+import { EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR } from '../constants/naming';
+import { findTopologyById, getAdjacentNodes, setTopologyUrlsById,
+  updateTopologyIds, filterHiddenTopologies } from '../utils/topology-utils';
+
+const log = debug('scope:app-store');
+const error = debug('scope:error');
+
+// Helpers
+
+function makeNode(node) {
+  return {
+    id: node.id,
+    label: node.label,
+    label_minor: node.label_minor,
+    node_count: node.node_count,
+    rank: node.rank,
+    pseudo: node.pseudo,
+    stack: node.stack,
+    shape: node.shape,
+    adjacency: node.adjacency,
+    metrics: node.metrics
+  };
+}
+
+const topologySorter = topology => topology.get('rank');
+
+// Initial values
+
+export const initialState = makeMap({
+  topologyOptions: makeOrderedMap(), // topologyId -> options
+  controlStatus: makeMap(),
+  currentTopology: null,
+  currentTopologyId: 'containers',
+  errorUrl: null,
+  forceRelayout: false,
+  highlightedEdgeIds: makeSet(),
+  highlightedNodeIds: makeSet(),
+  hostname: '...',
+  version: '...',
+  versionUpdate: null,
+  plugins: makeList(),
+  mouseOverEdgeId: null,
+  mouseOverNodeId: null,
+  nodeDetails: makeOrderedMap(), // nodeId -> details
+  nodes: makeOrderedMap(), // nodeId -> node
+  selectedNodeId: null,
+  topologies: makeList(),
+  topologiesLoaded: false,
+  topologyUrlsById: makeOrderedMap(), // topologyId -> topologyUrl
+  routeSet: false,
+  controlPipes: makeOrderedMap(), // pipeId -> controlPipe
+  updatePausedAt: null, // Date
+  websocketClosed: true,
+  showingHelp: false,
+
+  selectedMetric: null,
+  pinnedMetric: null,
+  // class of metric, e.g. 'cpu', rather than 'host_cpu' or 'process_cpu'.
+  // allows us to keep the same metric "type" selected when the topology changes.
+  pinnedMetricType: null,
+  availableCanvasMetrics: makeList()
+});
+
+// adds ID field to topology (based on last part of URL path) and save urls in
+// map for easy lookup
+function processTopologies(state, nextTopologies) {
+  // filter out hidden topos
+  const visibleTopologies = filterHiddenTopologies(nextTopologies);
+
+  // add IDs to topology objects in-place
+  const topologiesWithId = updateTopologyIds(visibleTopologies);
+
+  // cache URLs by ID
+  state = state.set('topologyUrlsById',
+    setTopologyUrlsById(state.get('topologyUrlsById'), topologiesWithId));
+
+  const immNextTopologies = fromJS(topologiesWithId).sortBy(topologySorter);
+  return state.mergeDeepIn(['topologies'], immNextTopologies);
+}
+
+function setTopology(state, topologyId) {
+  state = state.set('currentTopology', findTopologyById(
+    state.get('topologies'), topologyId));
+  return state.set('currentTopologyId', topologyId);
+}
+
+function setDefaultTopologyOptions(state, topologyList) {
+  topologyList.forEach(topology => {
+    let defaultOptions = makeOrderedMap();
+    if (topology.has('options') && topology.get('options')) {
+      topology.get('options').forEach((option) => {
+        const optionId = option.get('id');
+        const defaultValue = option.get('defaultValue');
+        defaultOptions = defaultOptions.set(optionId, defaultValue);
+      });
+    }
+
+    if (defaultOptions.size) {
+      state = state.setIn(['topologyOptions', topology.get('id')],
+        defaultOptions
+      );
+    }
+  });
+  return state;
+}
+
+function closeNodeDetails(state, nodeId) {
+  const nodeDetails = state.get('nodeDetails');
+  if (nodeDetails.size > 0) {
+    const popNodeId = nodeId || nodeDetails.keySeq().last();
+    // remove pipe if it belongs to the node being closed
+    state = state.update('controlPipes',
+      controlPipes => controlPipes.filter(pipe => pipe.get('nodeId') !== popNodeId));
+    state = state.deleteIn(['nodeDetails', popNodeId]);
+  }
+  if (state.get('nodeDetails').size === 0 || state.get('selectedNodeId') === nodeId) {
+    state = state.set('selectedNodeId', null);
+  }
+  return state;
+}
+
+function closeAllNodeDetails(state) {
+  while (state.get('nodeDetails').size) {
+    state = closeNodeDetails(state);
+  }
+  return state;
+}
+
+function resumeUpdate(state) {
+  return state.set('updatePausedAt', null);
+}
+
+export function rootReducer(state = initialState, action) {
+  if (!action.type) {
+    error('Payload missing a type!', action);
+  }
+
+  switch (action.type) {
+    case ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION: {
+      state = resumeUpdate(state);
+      // set option on parent topology
+      const topology = findTopologyById(state.get('topologies'), action.topologyId);
+      if (topology) {
+        const topologyId = topology.get('parentId') || topology.get('id');
+        if (state.getIn(['topologyOptions', topologyId, action.option]) !== action.value) {
+          state = state.update('nodes', nodes => nodes.clear());
+        }
+        state = state.setIn(
+          ['topologyOptions', topologyId, action.option],
+          action.value
+        );
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLEAR_CONTROL_ERROR: {
+      return state.removeIn(['controlStatus', action.nodeId, 'error']);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_BACKGROUND: {
+      return closeAllNodeDetails(state);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_DETAILS: {
+      return closeNodeDetails(state, action.nodeId);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_TERMINAL: {
+      return state.update('controlPipes', controlPipes => controlPipes.clear());
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_FORCE_RELAYOUT: {
+      return state.set('forceRelayout', action.forceRelayout);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE: {
+      const prevSelectedNodeId = state.get('selectedNodeId');
+      const prevDetailsStackSize = state.get('nodeDetails').size;
+
+      // click on sibling closes all
+      state = closeAllNodeDetails(state);
+
+      // select new node if it's not the same (in that case just delesect)
+      if (prevDetailsStackSize > 1 || prevSelectedNodeId !== action.nodeId) {
+        // dont set origin if a node was already selected, suppresses animation
+        const origin = prevSelectedNodeId === null ? action.origin : null;
+        state = state.setIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId],
+          {
+            id: action.nodeId,
+            label: action.label,
+            origin,
+            topologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId')
+          }
+        );
+        state = state.set('selectedNodeId', action.nodeId);
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_PAUSE_UPDATE: {
+      return state.set('updatePausedAt', new Date);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_RELATIVE: {
+      if (state.hasIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId])) {
+        // bring to front
+        const details = state.getIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId]);
+        state = state.deleteIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId]);
+        state = state.setIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId], details);
+      } else {
+        state = state.setIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId],
+          {
+            id: action.nodeId,
+            label: action.label,
+            origin: action.origin,
+            topologyId: action.topologyId
+          }
+        );
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_RESUME_UPDATE: {
+      return resumeUpdate(state);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_SHOW_TOPOLOGY_FOR_NODE: {
+      state = resumeUpdate(state);
+
+      state = state.update('nodeDetails',
+        nodeDetails => nodeDetails.filter((v, k) => k === action.nodeId));
+      state = state.update('controlPipes', controlPipes => controlPipes.clear());
+      state = state.set('selectedNodeId', action.nodeId);
+
+      if (action.topologyId !== state.get('currentTopologyId')) {
+        state = setTopology(state, action.topologyId);
+        state = state.update('nodes', nodes => nodes.clear());
+      }
+      state = state.set('availableCanvasMetrics', makeList());
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY: {
+      state = resumeUpdate(state);
+      state = closeAllNodeDetails(state);
+
+      if (action.topologyId !== state.get('currentTopologyId')) {
+        state = setTopology(state, action.topologyId);
+        state = state.update('nodes', nodes => nodes.clear());
+      }
+      state = state.set('availableCanvasMetrics', makeList());
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.CLOSE_WEBSOCKET: {
+      if (!state.get('websocketClosed')) {
+        state = state.set('websocketClosed', true);
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.SELECT_METRIC: {
+      return state.set('selectedMetric', action.metricId);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.PIN_METRIC: {
+      const metricTypes = makeMap(
+        state.get('availableCanvasMetrics').map(m => [m.get('id'), m.get('label')]));
+      return state.merge({
+        pinnedMetric: action.metricId,
+        pinnedMetricType: metricTypes.get(action.metricId),
+        selectedMetric: action.metricId
+      });
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.UNPIN_METRIC: {
+      return state.merge({
+        pinnedMetric: null,
+        pinnedMetricType: null
+      });
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.SHOW_HELP: {
+      return state.set('showingHelp', true);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.HIDE_HELP: {
+      return state.set('showingHelp', false);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.DESELECT_NODE: {
+      return closeNodeDetails(state);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL: {
+      return state.setIn(['controlStatus', action.nodeId], makeMap({
+        pending: true,
+        error: null
+      }));
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.ENTER_EDGE: {
+      // highlight adjacent nodes
+      state = state.update('highlightedNodeIds', highlightedNodeIds => {
+        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.clear();
+        return highlightedNodeIds.union(action.edgeId.split(EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR));
+      });
+
+      // highlight edge
+      state = state.update('highlightedEdgeIds', highlightedEdgeIds => {
+        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.clear();
+        return highlightedEdgeIds.add(action.edgeId);
+      });
+
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.ENTER_NODE: {
+      const nodeId = action.nodeId;
+      const adjacentNodes = getAdjacentNodes(state, nodeId);
+
+      // highlight adjacent nodes
+      state = state.update('highlightedNodeIds', highlightedNodeIds => {
+        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.clear();
+        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.add(nodeId);
+        return highlightedNodeIds.union(adjacentNodes);
+      });
+
+      // highlight edge
+      state = state.update('highlightedEdgeIds', highlightedEdgeIds => {
+        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.clear();
+        if (adjacentNodes.size > 0) {
+          // all neighbour combinations because we dont know which direction exists
+          highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.union(adjacentNodes.flatMap((adjacentId) => [
+            [adjacentId, nodeId].join(EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR),
+            [nodeId, adjacentId].join(EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR)
+          ]));
+        }
+        return highlightedEdgeIds;
+      });
+
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.LEAVE_EDGE: {
+      state = state.update('highlightedEdgeIds', highlightedEdgeIds => highlightedEdgeIds.clear());
+      state = state.update('highlightedNodeIds', highlightedNodeIds => highlightedNodeIds.clear());
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.LEAVE_NODE: {
+      state = state.update('highlightedEdgeIds', highlightedEdgeIds => highlightedEdgeIds.clear());
+      state = state.update('highlightedNodeIds', highlightedNodeIds => highlightedNodeIds.clear());
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.OPEN_WEBSOCKET: {
+      // flush nodes cache after re-connect
+      state = state.update('nodes', nodes => nodes.clear());
+      state = state.set('websocketClosed', false);
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL_ERROR: {
+      return state.setIn(['controlStatus', action.nodeId], makeMap({
+        pending: false,
+        error: action.error
+      }));
+    }
+    case ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL_SUCCESS: {
+      return state.setIn(['controlStatus', action.nodeId], makeMap({
+        pending: false,
+        error: null
+      }));
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_NODE_REMOVED: {
+      return closeNodeDetails(state, action.nodeId);
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE: {
+      return state.setIn(['controlPipes', action.pipeId], makeOrderedMap({
+        id: action.pipeId,
+        nodeId: action.nodeId,
+        raw: action.rawTty
+      }));
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE_STATUS: {
+      if (state.hasIn(['controlPipes', action.pipeId])) {
+        state = state.setIn(['controlPipes', action.pipeId, 'status'], action.status);
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_ERROR: {
+      if (state.get('errorUrl') !== null) {
+        state = state.set('errorUrl', action.errorUrl);
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODE_DETAILS: {
+      state = state.set('errorUrl', null);
+
+      // disregard if node is not selected anymore
+      if (state.hasIn(['nodeDetails', action.details.id])) {
+        state = state.updateIn(['nodeDetails', action.details.id], obj => {
+          const result = Object.assign({}, obj);
+          result.notFound = false;
+          result.details = action.details;
+          return result;
+        });
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA: {
+      const emptyMessage = !action.delta.add && !action.delta.remove
+        && !action.delta.update;
+
+      if (!emptyMessage) {
+        log('RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA',
+          'remove', _.size(action.delta.remove),
+          'update', _.size(action.delta.update),
+          'add', _.size(action.delta.add));
+      }
+
+      state = state.set('errorUrl', null);
+
+      // nodes that no longer exist
+      _.each(action.delta.remove, (nodeId) => {
+        // in case node disappears before mouseleave event
+        if (state.get('mouseOverNodeId') === nodeId) {
+          state = state.set('mouseOverNodeId', null);
+        }
+        if (state.hasIn(['nodes', nodeId]) && _.includes(state.get('mouseOverEdgeId'), nodeId)) {
+          state = state.set('mouseOverEdgeId', null);
+        }
+        state = state.deleteIn(['nodes', nodeId]);
+      });
+
+      // update existing nodes
+      _.each(action.delta.update, (node) => {
+        if (state.hasIn(['nodes', node.id])) {
+          state = state.updateIn(['nodes', node.id], n => n.merge(fromJS(node)));
+        }
+      });
+
+      // add new nodes
+      _.each(action.delta.add, (node) => {
+        state = state.setIn(['nodes', node.id], fromJS(makeNode(node)));
+      });
+
+      state = state.set('availableCanvasMetrics', state.get('nodes')
+        .valueSeq()
+        .flatMap(n => (n.get('metrics') || makeList()).map(m => (
+          makeMap({id: m.get('id'), label: m.get('label')})
+        )))
+        .toSet()
+        .toList()
+        .sortBy(m => m.get('label')));
+
+      const similarTypeMetric = state.get('availableCanvasMetrics')
+        .find(m => m.get('label') === state.get('pinnedMetricType'));
+      state = state.set('pinnedMetric', similarTypeMetric && similarTypeMetric.get('id'));
+      // if something in the current topo is not already selected, select it.
+      if (!state.get('availableCanvasMetrics')
+        .map(m => m.get('id'))
+        .toSet()
+        .has(state.get('selectedMetric'))) {
+        state = state.set('selectedMetric', state.get('pinnedMetric'));
+      }
+
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NOT_FOUND: {
+      if (state.hasIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId])) {
+        state = state.updateIn(['nodeDetails', action.nodeId], obj => {
+          const result = Object.assign({}, obj);
+          result.notFound = true;
+          return result;
+        });
+      }
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_TOPOLOGIES: {
+      state = state.set('errorUrl', null);
+      state = state.update('topologyUrlsById', topologyUrlsById => topologyUrlsById.clear());
+      state = processTopologies(state, action.topologies);
+      state = setTopology(state, state.get('currentTopologyId'));
+      // only set on first load, if options are not already set via route
+      if (!state.get('topologiesLoaded') && state.get('topologyOptions').size === 0) {
+        state = setDefaultTopologyOptions(state, state.get('topologies'));
+      }
+      state = state.set('topologiesLoaded', true);
+
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_API_DETAILS: {
+      state = state.set('errorUrl', null);
+
+      return state.merge({
+        hostname: action.hostname,
+        version: action.version,
+        plugins: action.plugins,
+        versionUpdate: action.newVersion
+      });
+    }
+
+    case ActionTypes.ROUTE_TOPOLOGY: {
+      state = state.set('routeSet', true);
+      if (state.get('currentTopologyId') !== action.state.topologyId) {
+        state = state.update('nodes', nodes => nodes.clear());
+      }
+      state = setTopology(state, action.state.topologyId);
+      state = setDefaultTopologyOptions(state, state.get('topologies'));
+      state = state.merge({
+        selectedNodeId: action.state.selectedNodeId,
+        pinnedMetricType: action.state.pinnedMetricType
+      });
+      if (action.state.controlPipe) {
+        state = state.set('controlPipes', makeOrderedMap({
+          [action.state.controlPipe.id]:
+            makeOrderedMap(action.state.controlPipe)
+        }));
+      } else {
+        state = state.update('controlPipes', controlPipes => controlPipes.clear());
+      }
+      if (action.state.nodeDetails) {
+        const actionNodeDetails = makeOrderedMap(
+          action.state.nodeDetails.map(obj => [obj.id, obj]));
+        // check if detail IDs have changed
+        if (!isDeepEqual(state.get('nodeDetails').keySeq(), actionNodeDetails.keySeq())) {
+          state = state.set('nodeDetails', actionNodeDetails);
+        }
+      } else {
+        state = state.update('nodeDetails', nodeDetails => nodeDetails.clear());
+      }
+      state = state.set('topologyOptions',
+        fromJS(action.state.topologyOptions) || state.get('topologyOptions'));
+      return state;
+    }
+
+    default: {
+      return state;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export default rootReducer;
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/stores/__tests__/app-store-test.js b/client/app/scripts/stores/__tests__/app-store-test.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 80b54059e..000000000
--- a/client/app/scripts/stores/__tests__/app-store-test.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,434 +0,0 @@
-jest.dontMock('../../utils/topology-utils');
-jest.dontMock('../../constants/action-types');
-jest.dontMock('../app-store');
-
-// Appstore test suite using Jasmine matchers
-
-describe('AppStore', () => {
-  const ActionTypes = require('../../constants/action-types').default;
-  let AppStore;
-  let registeredCallback;
-
-  // fixtures
-
-  const NODE_SET = {
-    n1: {
-      id: 'n1',
-      rank: undefined,
-      adjacency: ['n1', 'n2'],
-      pseudo: undefined,
-      label: undefined,
-      label_minor: undefined
-    },
-    n2: {
-      id: 'n2',
-      rank: undefined,
-      adjacency: undefined,
-      pseudo: undefined,
-      label: undefined,
-      label_minor: undefined
-    }
-  };
-
-  // actions
-
-  const ChangeTopologyOptionAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION,
-    topologyId: 'topo1',
-    option: 'option1',
-    value: 'on'
-  };
-
-  const ChangeTopologyOptionAction2 = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION,
-    topologyId: 'topo1',
-    option: 'option1',
-    value: 'off'
-  };
-
-  const ClickNodeAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE,
-    nodeId: 'n1'
-  };
-
-  const ClickNode2Action = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE,
-    nodeId: 'n2'
-  };
-
-  const ClickRelativeAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_RELATIVE,
-    nodeId: 'rel1'
-  };
-
-  const ClickShowTopologyForNodeAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_SHOW_TOPOLOGY_FOR_NODE,
-    topologyId: 'topo2',
-    nodeId: 'rel1'
-  };
-
-  const ClickSubTopologyAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
-    topologyId: 'topo1-grouped'
-  };
-
-  const ClickTopologyAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
-    topologyId: 'topo1'
-  };
-
-  const ClickTopology2Action = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY,
-    topologyId: 'topo2'
-  };
-
-  const CloseWebsocketAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.CLOSE_WEBSOCKET
-  };
-
-  const deSelectNode = {
-    type: ActionTypes.DESELECT_NODE
-  };
-
-  const OpenWebsocketAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.OPEN_WEBSOCKET
-  };
-
-  const ReceiveNodesDeltaAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA,
-    delta: {
-      add: [{
-        id: 'n1',
-        adjacency: ['n1', 'n2']
-      }, {
-        id: 'n2'
-      }]
-    }
-  };
-
-  const ReceiveNodesDeltaUpdateAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA,
-    delta: {
-      update: [{
-        id: 'n1',
-        adjacency: ['n1']
-      }],
-      remove: ['n2']
-    }
-  };
-
-  const ReceiveTopologiesAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.RECEIVE_TOPOLOGIES,
-    topologies: [{
-      url: '/topo1',
-      name: 'Topo1',
-      options: [{
-        id: 'option1',
-        defaultValue: 'off',
-        options: [
-          {value: 'on'},
-          {value: 'off'}
-        ]
-      }],
-      stats: {
-        node_count: 1
-      },
-      sub_topologies: [{
-        url: '/topo1-grouped',
-        name: 'topo 1 grouped'
-      }]
-    }, {
-      url: '/topo2',
-      name: 'Topo2',
-      stats: {
-        node_count: 0
-      }
-    }]
-  };
-
-  const RouteAction = {
-    type: ActionTypes.ROUTE_TOPOLOGY,
-    state: {}
-  };
-
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    AppStore = require('../app-store').default;
-    const AppDispatcher = AppStore.getDispatcher();
-    const callback = AppDispatcher.dispatch.bind(AppDispatcher);
-    registeredCallback = callback;
-  });
-
-  // topology tests
-
-  it('init with no topologies', () => {
-    const topos = AppStore.getTopologies();
-    expect(topos.size).toBe(0);
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopology()).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it('get current topology', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-
-    expect(AppStore.getTopologies().size).toBe(2);
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopology().get('name')).toBe('Topo1');
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl()).toBe('/topo1');
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopologyOptions().first().get('id')).toBe('option1');
-  });
-
-  it('get sub-topology', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickSubTopologyAction);
-
-    expect(AppStore.getTopologies().size).toBe(2);
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopology().get('name')).toBe('topo 1 grouped');
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopologyUrl()).toBe('/topo1-grouped');
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopologyOptions().size).toBe(0);
-  });
-
-  // topology options
-
-  it('changes topology option', () => {
-    // default options
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().has('option1')).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('off');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
-
-    // turn on
-    registeredCallback(ChangeTopologyOptionAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('on');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('on');
-
-    // turn off
-    registeredCallback(ChangeTopologyOptionAction2);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('off');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
-
-    // sub-topology should retain main topo options
-    registeredCallback(ClickSubTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('off');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
-
-    // other topology w/o options dont return options, but keep in app state
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopology2Action);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions()).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
-  });
-
-  it('sets topology options from route', () => {
-    RouteAction.state = {
-      topologyId: 'topo1',
-      selectedNodeId: null,
-      topologyOptions: {topo1: {option1: 'on'}}};
-    registeredCallback(RouteAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('on');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('on');
-
-    // stay same after topos have been received
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('on');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('on');
-  });
-
-  it('uses default topology options from route', () => {
-    RouteAction.state = {
-      topologyId: 'topo1',
-      selectedNodeId: null,
-      topologyOptions: null};
-    registeredCallback(RouteAction);
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getActiveTopologyOptions().get('option1')).toBe('off');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyOptions.topo1.option1).toBe('off');
-  });
-
-  // nodes delta
-
-  it('replaces adjacency on update', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS().n1.adjacency).toEqual(['n1', 'n2']);
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaUpdateAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS().n1.adjacency).toEqual(['n1']);
-  });
-
-  // browsing
-
-  it('shows nodes that were received', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
-  });
-
-  it('knows a route was set', () => {
-    expect(AppStore.isRouteSet()).toBeFalsy();
-    registeredCallback(RouteAction);
-    expect(AppStore.isRouteSet()).toBeTruthy();
-  });
-
-  it('gets selected node after click', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
-
-    registeredCallback(deSelectNode);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe(null);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
-  });
-
-  it('keeps showing nodes on navigating back after node click', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().selectedNodeId).toEqual(null);
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().selectedNodeId).toEqual('n1');
-
-    // go back in browsing
-    RouteAction.state = {topologyId: 'topo1', selectedNodeId: null};
-    registeredCallback(RouteAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe(null);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
-  });
-
-  it('closes details when changing topologies', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().selectedNodeId).toEqual(null);
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyId).toEqual('topo1');
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().selectedNodeId).toEqual('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyId).toEqual('topo1');
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickSubTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().selectedNodeId).toEqual(null);
-    expect(AppStore.getAppState().topologyId).toEqual('topo1-grouped');
-  });
-
-  // connection errors
-
-  it('resets topology on websocket reconnect', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
-
-    registeredCallback(CloseWebsocketAction);
-    expect(AppStore.isWebsocketClosed()).toBeTruthy();
-    // keep showing old nodes
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual(NODE_SET);
-
-    registeredCallback(OpenWebsocketAction);
-    expect(AppStore.isWebsocketClosed()).toBeFalsy();
-    // opened socket clears nodes
-    expect(AppStore.getNodes().toJS()).toEqual({});
-  });
-
-  // adjacency test
-
-  it('returns the correct adjacency set for a node', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveNodesDeltaAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getAdjacentNodes().size).toEqual(0);
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getAdjacentNodes('n1').size).toEqual(2);
-    expect(AppStore.getAdjacentNodes('n1').has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(AppStore.getAdjacentNodes('n1').has('n2')).toBeTruthy();
-
-    registeredCallback(deSelectNode);
-    expect(AppStore.getAdjacentNodes().size).toEqual(0);
-  });
-
-  // empty topology
-
-  it('detects that the topology is empty', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.isTopologyEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopology2Action);
-    expect(AppStore.isTopologyEmpty()).toBeTruthy();
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    expect(AppStore.isTopologyEmpty()).toBeFalsy();
-  });
-
-  // selection of relatives
-
-  it('keeps relatives as a stack', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(1);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickRelativeAction);
-    // stack relative, first node stays main node
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(2);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('rel1')).toBeTruthy();
-
-    // click on first node should clear the stack
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(1);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('rel1')).toBeFalsy();
-  });
-
-  it('keeps clears stack when sibling is clicked', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(1);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickRelativeAction);
-    // stack relative, first node stays main node
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(2);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('rel1')).toBeTruthy();
-
-    // click on sibling node should clear the stack
-    registeredCallback(ClickNode2Action);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n2');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('n2');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(1);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('n1')).toBeFalsy();
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('rel1')).toBeFalsy();
-  });
-
-  it('selectes relatives topology while keeping node selected', () => {
-    registeredCallback(ClickTopologyAction);
-    registeredCallback(ReceiveTopologiesAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopology().get('name')).toBe('Topo1');
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(1);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('n1')).toBeTruthy();
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('n1');
-
-    registeredCallback(ClickRelativeAction);
-    // stack relative, first node stays main node
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('n1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(2);
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().has('rel1')).toBeTruthy();
-
-    // click switches over to relative's topology and selectes relative
-    registeredCallback(ClickShowTopologyForNodeAction);
-    expect(AppStore.getSelectedNodeId()).toBe('rel1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().keySeq().last()).toEqual('rel1');
-    expect(AppStore.getNodeDetails().size).toEqual(1);
-    expect(AppStore.getCurrentTopology().get('name')).toBe('Topo2');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/stores/app-store.js b/client/app/scripts/stores/app-store.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cce23cb64..000000000
--- a/client/app/scripts/stores/app-store.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,741 +0,0 @@
-import _ from 'lodash';
-import debug from 'debug';
-import { fromJS, is as isDeepEqual, List, Map, OrderedMap, Set } from 'immutable';
-import { Store } from 'flux/utils';
-
-import AppDispatcher from '../dispatcher/app-dispatcher';
-import ActionTypes from '../constants/action-types';
-import { EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR } from '../constants/naming';
-import { findTopologyById, setTopologyUrlsById, updateTopologyIds,
-  filterHiddenTopologies } from '../utils/topology-utils';
-
-const makeList = List;
-const makeMap = Map;
-const makeOrderedMap = OrderedMap;
-const makeSet = Set;
-const log = debug('scope:app-store');
-
-const error = debug('scope:error');
-
-// Helpers
-
-function makeNode(node) {
-  return {
-    id: node.id,
-    label: node.label,
-    label_minor: node.label_minor,
-    node_count: node.node_count,
-    rank: node.rank,
-    pseudo: node.pseudo,
-    stack: node.stack,
-    shape: node.shape,
-    adjacency: node.adjacency,
-    metrics: node.metrics
-  };
-}
-
-// Initial values
-
-let topologyOptions = makeOrderedMap(); // topologyId -> options
-let controlStatus = makeMap();
-let currentTopology = null;
-let currentTopologyId = 'containers';
-let errorUrl = null;
-let forceRelayout = false;
-let highlightedEdgeIds = makeSet();
-let highlightedNodeIds = makeSet();
-let hostname = '...';
-let version = '...';
-let versionUpdate = null;
-let plugins = [];
-let mouseOverEdgeId = null;
-let mouseOverNodeId = null;
-let nodeDetails = makeOrderedMap(); // nodeId -> details
-let nodes = makeOrderedMap(); // nodeId -> node
-let selectedNodeId = null;
-let topologies = makeList();
-let topologiesLoaded = false;
-let topologyUrlsById = makeOrderedMap(); // topologyId -> topologyUrl
-let routeSet = false;
-let controlPipes = makeOrderedMap(); // pipeId -> controlPipe
-let updatePausedAt = null; // Date
-let websocketClosed = true;
-let showingHelp = false;
-
-let selectedMetric = null;
-let pinnedMetric = selectedMetric;
-// class of metric, e.g. 'cpu', rather than 'host_cpu' or 'process_cpu'.
-// allows us to keep the same metric "type" selected when the topology changes.
-let pinnedMetricType = null;
-let availableCanvasMetrics = makeList();
-
-
-const topologySorter = topology => topology.get('rank');
-
-// adds ID field to topology (based on last part of URL path) and save urls in
-// map for easy lookup
-function processTopologies(nextTopologies) {
-  // filter out hidden topos
-  const visibleTopologies = filterHiddenTopologies(nextTopologies);
-
-  // add IDs to topology objects in-place
-  const topologiesWithId = updateTopologyIds(visibleTopologies);
-
-  // cache URLs by ID
-  topologyUrlsById = setTopologyUrlsById(topologyUrlsById, topologiesWithId);
-
-  const immNextTopologies = fromJS(topologiesWithId).sortBy(topologySorter);
-  topologies = topologies.mergeDeep(immNextTopologies);
-}
-
-function setTopology(topologyId) {
-  currentTopology = findTopologyById(topologies, topologyId);
-  currentTopologyId = topologyId;
-}
-
-function setDefaultTopologyOptions(topologyList) {
-  topologyList.forEach(topology => {
-    let defaultOptions = makeOrderedMap();
-    if (topology.has('options') && topology.get('options')) {
-      topology.get('options').forEach((option) => {
-        const optionId = option.get('id');
-        const defaultValue = option.get('defaultValue');
-        defaultOptions = defaultOptions.set(optionId, defaultValue);
-      });
-    }
-
-    if (defaultOptions.size) {
-      topologyOptions = topologyOptions.set(
-        topology.get('id'),
-        defaultOptions
-      );
-    }
-  });
-}
-
-function closeNodeDetails(nodeId) {
-  if (nodeDetails.size > 0) {
-    const popNodeId = nodeId || nodeDetails.keySeq().last();
-    // remove pipe if it belongs to the node being closed
-    controlPipes = controlPipes.filter(pipe => pipe.get('nodeId') !== popNodeId);
-    nodeDetails = nodeDetails.delete(popNodeId);
-  }
-  if (nodeDetails.size === 0 || selectedNodeId === nodeId) {
-    selectedNodeId = null;
-  }
-}
-
-function closeAllNodeDetails() {
-  while (nodeDetails.size) {
-    closeNodeDetails();
-  }
-}
-
-function resumeUpdate() {
-  updatePausedAt = null;
-}
-
-// Store API
-
-export class AppStore extends Store {
-
-  // keep at the top
-  getAppState() {
-    const cp = this.getControlPipe();
-    return {
-      controlPipe: cp ? cp.toJS() : null,
-      nodeDetails: this.getNodeDetailsState().toJS(),
-      selectedNodeId,
-      pinnedMetricType,
-      topologyId: currentTopologyId,
-      topologyOptions: topologyOptions.toJS() // all options
-    };
-  }
-
-  getShowingHelp() {
-    return showingHelp;
-  }
-
-  getActiveTopologyOptions() {
-    // options for current topology, sub-topologies share options with parent
-    if (currentTopology && currentTopology.get('parentId')) {
-      return topologyOptions.get(currentTopology.get('parentId'));
-    }
-    return topologyOptions.get(currentTopologyId);
-  }
-
-  getAdjacentNodes(nodeId) {
-    let adjacentNodes = makeSet();
-
-    if (nodes.has(nodeId)) {
-      adjacentNodes = makeSet(nodes.getIn([nodeId, 'adjacency']));
-      // fill up set with reverse edges
-      nodes.forEach((node, id) => {
-        if (node.get('adjacency') && node.get('adjacency').includes(nodeId)) {
-          adjacentNodes = adjacentNodes.add(id);
-        }
-      });
-    }
-
-    return adjacentNodes;
-  }
-
-  getPinnedMetric() {
-    return pinnedMetric;
-  }
-
-  getSelectedMetric() {
-    return selectedMetric;
-  }
-
-  getAvailableCanvasMetrics() {
-    return availableCanvasMetrics;
-  }
-
-  getAvailableCanvasMetricsTypes() {
-    return makeMap(this.getAvailableCanvasMetrics().map(m => [m.get('id'), m.get('label')]));
-  }
-
-  getControlStatus() {
-    return controlStatus;
-  }
-
-  getControlPipe() {
-    return controlPipes.last();
-  }
-
-  getCurrentTopology() {
-    if (!currentTopology) {
-      currentTopology = setTopology(currentTopologyId);
-    }
-    return currentTopology;
-  }
-
-  getCurrentTopologyId() {
-    return currentTopologyId;
-  }
-
-  getCurrentTopologyOptions() {
-    return currentTopology && currentTopology.get('options') || makeOrderedMap();
-  }
-
-  getCurrentTopologyUrl() {
-    return currentTopology && currentTopology.get('url');
-  }
-
-  getErrorUrl() {
-    return errorUrl;
-  }
-
-  getHighlightedEdgeIds() {
-    return highlightedEdgeIds;
-  }
-
-  getHighlightedNodeIds() {
-    return highlightedNodeIds;
-  }
-
-  getHostname() {
-    return hostname;
-  }
-
-  getNodeDetails() {
-    return nodeDetails;
-  }
-
-  getNodeDetailsState() {
-    return nodeDetails.toIndexedSeq().map(details => ({
-      id: details.id, label: details.label, topologyId: details.topologyId
-    }));
-  }
-
-  getTopCardNodeId() {
-    return nodeDetails.last() && nodeDetails.last().id;
-  }
-
-  getNodes() {
-    return nodes;
-  }
-
-  getSelectedNodeId() {
-    return selectedNodeId;
-  }
-
-  getTopologies() {
-    return topologies;
-  }
-
-  getTopologyUrlsById() {
-    return topologyUrlsById;
-  }
-
-  getUpdatePausedAt() {
-    return updatePausedAt;
-  }
-
-  getVersion() {
-    return version;
-  }
-
-  getVersionUpdate() {
-    return versionUpdate;
-  }
-
-  getPlugins() {
-    return plugins;
-  }
-
-  isForceRelayout() {
-    return forceRelayout;
-  }
-
-  isRouteSet() {
-    return routeSet;
-  }
-
-  isTopologiesLoaded() {
-    return topologiesLoaded;
-  }
-
-  isTopologyEmpty() {
-    return currentTopology && currentTopology.get('stats')
-      && currentTopology.get('stats').get('node_count') === 0 && nodes.size === 0;
-  }
-
-  isUpdatePaused() {
-    return updatePausedAt !== null;
-  }
-
-  isWebsocketClosed() {
-    return websocketClosed;
-  }
-
-  __onDispatch(payload) {
-    if (!payload.type) {
-      error('Payload missing a type!', payload);
-    }
-
-    switch (payload.type) {
-      case ActionTypes.CHANGE_TOPOLOGY_OPTION: {
-        resumeUpdate();
-        // set option on parent topology
-        const topology = findTopologyById(topologies, payload.topologyId);
-        if (topology) {
-          const topologyId = topology.get('parentId') || topology.get('id');
-          if (topologyOptions.getIn([topologyId, payload.option]) !== payload.value) {
-            nodes = nodes.clear();
-          }
-          topologyOptions = topologyOptions.setIn(
-            [topologyId, payload.option],
-            payload.value
-          );
-          this.__emitChange();
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLEAR_CONTROL_ERROR: {
-        controlStatus = controlStatus.removeIn([payload.nodeId, 'error']);
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_BACKGROUND: {
-        closeAllNodeDetails();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_DETAILS: {
-        closeNodeDetails(payload.nodeId);
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_CLOSE_TERMINAL: {
-        controlPipes = controlPipes.clear();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_FORCE_RELAYOUT: {
-        forceRelayout = true;
-        // fire only once, reset after emitChange
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          forceRelayout = false;
-        }, 0);
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_NODE: {
-        const prevSelectedNodeId = selectedNodeId;
-        const prevDetailsStackSize = nodeDetails.size;
-        // click on sibling closes all
-        closeAllNodeDetails();
-        // select new node if it's not the same (in that case just delesect)
-        if (prevDetailsStackSize > 1 || prevSelectedNodeId !== payload.nodeId) {
-          // dont set origin if a node was already selected, suppresses animation
-          const origin = prevSelectedNodeId === null ? payload.origin : null;
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.set(
-            payload.nodeId,
-            {
-              id: payload.nodeId,
-              label: payload.label,
-              origin,
-              topologyId: currentTopologyId
-            }
-          );
-          selectedNodeId = payload.nodeId;
-        }
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_PAUSE_UPDATE: {
-        updatePausedAt = new Date;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_RELATIVE: {
-        if (nodeDetails.has(payload.nodeId)) {
-          // bring to front
-          const details = nodeDetails.get(payload.nodeId);
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.delete(payload.nodeId);
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.set(payload.nodeId, details);
-        } else {
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.set(
-            payload.nodeId,
-            {
-              id: payload.nodeId,
-              label: payload.label,
-              origin: payload.origin,
-              topologyId: payload.topologyId
-            }
-          );
-        }
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_RESUME_UPDATE: {
-        resumeUpdate();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_SHOW_TOPOLOGY_FOR_NODE: {
-        resumeUpdate();
-        nodeDetails = nodeDetails.filter((v, k) => k === payload.nodeId);
-        controlPipes = controlPipes.clear();
-        selectedNodeId = payload.nodeId;
-        if (payload.topologyId !== currentTopologyId) {
-          setTopology(payload.topologyId);
-          nodes = nodes.clear();
-        }
-        availableCanvasMetrics = makeList();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLICK_TOPOLOGY: {
-        resumeUpdate();
-        closeAllNodeDetails();
-        if (payload.topologyId !== currentTopologyId) {
-          setTopology(payload.topologyId);
-          nodes = nodes.clear();
-        }
-        availableCanvasMetrics = makeList();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.CLOSE_WEBSOCKET: {
-        if (!websocketClosed) {
-          websocketClosed = true;
-          this.__emitChange();
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.SELECT_METRIC: {
-        selectedMetric = payload.metricId;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.PIN_METRIC: {
-        pinnedMetric = payload.metricId;
-        pinnedMetricType = this.getAvailableCanvasMetricsTypes().get(payload.metricId);
-        selectedMetric = payload.metricId;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.UNPIN_METRIC: {
-        pinnedMetric = null;
-        pinnedMetricType = null;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.SHOW_HELP: {
-        showingHelp = true;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.HIDE_HELP: {
-        showingHelp = false;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.DESELECT_NODE: {
-        closeNodeDetails();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL: {
-        controlStatus = controlStatus.set(payload.nodeId, makeMap({
-          pending: true,
-          error: null
-        }));
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.ENTER_EDGE: {
-        // clear old highlights
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.clear();
-        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.clear();
-
-        // highlight edge
-        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.add(payload.edgeId);
-
-        // highlight adjacent nodes
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.union(payload.edgeId.split(EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR));
-
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.ENTER_NODE: {
-        const nodeId = payload.nodeId;
-        const adjacentNodes = this.getAdjacentNodes(nodeId);
-
-        // clear old highlights
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.clear();
-        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.clear();
-
-        // highlight nodes
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.add(nodeId);
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.union(adjacentNodes);
-
-        // highlight edges
-        if (adjacentNodes.size > 0) {
-          // all neighbour combinations because we dont know which direction exists
-          highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.union(adjacentNodes.flatMap((adjacentId) => [
-            [adjacentId, nodeId].join(EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR),
-            [nodeId, adjacentId].join(EDGE_ID_SEPARATOR)
-          ]));
-        }
-
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.LEAVE_EDGE: {
-        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.clear();
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.clear();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.LEAVE_NODE: {
-        highlightedEdgeIds = highlightedEdgeIds.clear();
-        highlightedNodeIds = highlightedNodeIds.clear();
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.OPEN_WEBSOCKET: {
-        // flush nodes cache after re-connect
-        nodes = nodes.clear();
-        websocketClosed = false;
-
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL_ERROR: {
-        controlStatus = controlStatus.set(payload.nodeId, makeMap({
-          pending: false,
-          error: payload.error
-        }));
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.DO_CONTROL_SUCCESS: {
-        controlStatus = controlStatus.set(payload.nodeId, makeMap({
-          pending: false,
-          error: null
-        }));
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_NODE_REMOVED: {
-        closeNodeDetails(payload.nodeId);
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE: {
-        controlPipes = controlPipes.set(payload.pipeId, makeOrderedMap({
-          id: payload.pipeId,
-          nodeId: payload.nodeId,
-          raw: payload.rawTty
-        }));
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_CONTROL_PIPE_STATUS: {
-        if (controlPipes.has(payload.pipeId)) {
-          controlPipes = controlPipes.setIn([payload.pipeId, 'status'], payload.status);
-          this.__emitChange();
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_ERROR: {
-        if (errorUrl !== null) {
-          errorUrl = payload.errorUrl;
-          this.__emitChange();
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODE_DETAILS: {
-        errorUrl = null;
-
-        // disregard if node is not selected anymore
-        if (nodeDetails.has(payload.details.id)) {
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.update(payload.details.id, obj => {
-            const result = Object.assign({}, obj);
-            result.notFound = false;
-            result.details = payload.details;
-            return result;
-          });
-        }
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA: {
-        const emptyMessage = !payload.delta.add && !payload.delta.remove
-          && !payload.delta.update;
-        // this action is called frequently, good to check if something changed
-        const emitChange = !emptyMessage || errorUrl !== null;
-
-        if (!emptyMessage) {
-          log('RECEIVE_NODES_DELTA',
-            'remove', _.size(payload.delta.remove),
-            'update', _.size(payload.delta.update),
-            'add', _.size(payload.delta.add));
-        }
-
-        errorUrl = null;
-
-        // nodes that no longer exist
-        _.each(payload.delta.remove, (nodeId) => {
-          // in case node disappears before mouseleave event
-          if (mouseOverNodeId === nodeId) {
-            mouseOverNodeId = null;
-          }
-          if (nodes.has(nodeId) && _.includes(mouseOverEdgeId, nodeId)) {
-            mouseOverEdgeId = null;
-          }
-          nodes = nodes.delete(nodeId);
-        });
-
-        // update existing nodes
-        _.each(payload.delta.update, (node) => {
-          if (nodes.has(node.id)) {
-            nodes = nodes.set(node.id, nodes.get(node.id).merge(fromJS(node)));
-          }
-        });
-
-        // add new nodes
-        _.each(payload.delta.add, (node) => {
-          nodes = nodes.set(node.id, fromJS(makeNode(node)));
-        });
-
-        availableCanvasMetrics = nodes
-          .valueSeq()
-          .flatMap(n => (n.get('metrics') || makeList()).map(m => (
-            makeMap({id: m.get('id'), label: m.get('label')})
-          )))
-          .toSet()
-          .toList()
-          .sortBy(m => m.get('label'));
-
-        const similarTypeMetric = availableCanvasMetrics
-          .find(m => m.get('label') === pinnedMetricType);
-        pinnedMetric = similarTypeMetric && similarTypeMetric.get('id');
-        // if something in the current topo is not already selected, select it.
-        if (!availableCanvasMetrics.map(m => m.get('id')).toSet().has(selectedMetric)) {
-          selectedMetric = pinnedMetric;
-        }
-
-        if (emitChange) {
-          this.__emitChange();
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_NOT_FOUND: {
-        if (nodeDetails.has(payload.nodeId)) {
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.update(payload.nodeId, obj => {
-            const result = Object.assign({}, obj);
-            result.notFound = true;
-            return result;
-          });
-          this.__emitChange();
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_TOPOLOGIES: {
-        errorUrl = null;
-        topologyUrlsById = topologyUrlsById.clear();
-        processTopologies(payload.topologies);
-        setTopology(currentTopologyId);
-        // only set on first load, if options are not already set via route
-        if (!topologiesLoaded && topologyOptions.size === 0) {
-          setDefaultTopologyOptions(topologies);
-        }
-        topologiesLoaded = true;
-
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.RECEIVE_API_DETAILS: {
-        errorUrl = null;
-        hostname = payload.hostname;
-        version = payload.version;
-        plugins = payload.plugins;
-        versionUpdate = payload.newVersion;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      case ActionTypes.ROUTE_TOPOLOGY: {
-        routeSet = true;
-        if (currentTopologyId !== payload.state.topologyId) {
-          nodes = nodes.clear();
-        }
-        setTopology(payload.state.topologyId);
-        setDefaultTopologyOptions(topologies);
-        selectedNodeId = payload.state.selectedNodeId;
-        pinnedMetricType = payload.state.pinnedMetricType;
-        if (payload.state.controlPipe) {
-          controlPipes = makeOrderedMap({
-            [payload.state.controlPipe.id]:
-              makeOrderedMap(payload.state.controlPipe)
-          });
-        } else {
-          controlPipes = controlPipes.clear();
-        }
-        if (payload.state.nodeDetails) {
-          const payloadNodeDetails = makeOrderedMap(
-            payload.state.nodeDetails.map(obj => [obj.id, obj]));
-          // check if detail IDs have changed
-          if (!isDeepEqual(nodeDetails.keySeq(), payloadNodeDetails.keySeq())) {
-            nodeDetails = payloadNodeDetails;
-          }
-        } else {
-          nodeDetails = nodeDetails.clear();
-        }
-        topologyOptions = fromJS(payload.state.topologyOptions)
-          || topologyOptions;
-        this.__emitChange();
-        break;
-      }
-      default: {
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export default new AppStore(AppDispatcher);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/stores/configureStore.dev.js b/client/app/scripts/stores/configureStore.dev.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0b838959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/stores/configureStore.dev.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { createStore, applyMiddleware, compose } from 'redux';
+import thunkMiddleware from 'redux-thunk';
+// import createLogger from 'redux-logger';
+
+import DevTools from '../components/dev-tools';
+import { initialState, rootReducer } from '../reducers/root';
+
+export default function configureStore() {
+  const store = createStore(
+    rootReducer,
+    initialState,
+    compose(
+      // applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware, createLogger()),
+      applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware),
+      DevTools.instrument()
+    )
+  );
+
+  if (module.hot) {
+    // Enable Webpack hot module replacement for reducers
+    module.hot.accept('../reducers/root', () => {
+      const nextRootReducer = require('../reducers/root').default;
+      store.replaceReducer(nextRootReducer);
+    });
+  }
+
+  return store;
+}
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/stores/configureStore.js b/client/app/scripts/stores/configureStore.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f61d8a847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/scripts/stores/configureStore.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { createStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
+import thunkMiddleware from 'redux-thunk';
+
+import { initialState, rootReducer } from '../reducers/root';
+
+export default function configureStore() {
+  return createStore(
+    rootReducer,
+    initialState,
+    applyMiddleware(thunkMiddleware)
+  );
+}
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/terminal-main.js b/client/app/scripts/terminal-main.js
index 9e651ade8..3feeee7e4 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/terminal-main.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/terminal-main.js
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 require('../styles/main.less');
 require('../images/favicon.ico');
 
+import 'babel-polyfill';
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
+import { Provider } from 'react-redux';
 
-import { TerminalApp } from './components/terminal-app.js';
+import configureStore from './stores/configureStore';
+import TerminalApp from './components/terminal-app.js';
 
-ReactDOM.render(<TerminalApp />, document.getElementById('app'));
+const store = configureStore();
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <Provider store={store}>
+    <TerminalApp />
+  </Provider>,
+  document.getElementById('app')
+);
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
index 453249456..85cfc7d1f 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/router-utils.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import page from 'page';
 
 import { route } from '../actions/app-actions';
-import AppStore from '../stores/app-store';
 
 //
 // page.js won't match the routes below if ":state" has a slash in it, so replace those before we
@@ -27,8 +26,24 @@ function shouldReplaceState(prevState, nextState) {
   return terminalToTerminal || closingTheTerminal;
 }
 
-export function updateRoute() {
-  const state = AppStore.getAppState();
+export function getUrlState(state) {
+  const cp = state.get('controlPipes').last();
+  const nodeDetails = state.get('nodeDetails').toIndexedSeq().map(details => ({
+    id: details.id, label: details.label, topologyId: details.topologyId
+  }));
+
+  return {
+    controlPipe: cp ? cp.toJS() : null,
+    nodeDetails: nodeDetails.toJS(),
+    selectedNodeId: state.get('selectedNodeId'),
+    pinnedMetricType: state.get('pinnedMetricType'),
+    topologyId: state.get('currentTopologyId'),
+    topologyOptions: state.get('topologyOptions').toJS() // all options
+  };
+}
+
+export function updateRoute(getState) {
+  const state = getUrlState(getState());
   const stateUrl = encodeURL(JSON.stringify(state));
   const dispatch = false;
   const urlStateString = window.location.hash
@@ -44,17 +59,19 @@ export function updateRoute() {
   }
 }
 
-page('/', () => {
-  updateRoute();
-});
 
-page('/state/:state', (ctx) => {
-  const state = JSON.parse(ctx.params.state);
-  route(state);
-});
-
-export function getRouter() {
+export function getRouter(dispatch, initialState) {
   // strip any trailing '/'s.
   page.base(window.location.pathname.replace(/\/$/, ''));
+
+  page('/', () => {
+    dispatch(route(initialState));
+  });
+
+  page('/state/:state', (ctx) => {
+    const state = JSON.parse(ctx.params.state);
+    dispatch(route(state));
+  });
+
   return page;
 }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
index 8c561285b..37307cdd6 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/topology-utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import _ from 'lodash';
+import { is as isDeepEqual, Map as makeMap, Set as makeSet } from 'immutable';
 
 /**
  * Returns a cache ID based on the topologyId and optionsQuery
@@ -66,14 +67,16 @@ export function updateTopologyIds(topologies, parentId) {
 // map for easy lookup
 export function setTopologyUrlsById(topologyUrlsById, topologies) {
   let urlMap = topologyUrlsById;
-  topologies.forEach(topology => {
-    urlMap = urlMap.set(topology.id, topology.url);
-    if (topology.sub_topologies) {
-      topology.sub_topologies.forEach(subTopology => {
-        urlMap = urlMap.set(subTopology.id, subTopology.url);
-      });
-    }
-  });
+  if (topologies) {
+    topologies.forEach(topology => {
+      urlMap = urlMap.set(topology.id, topology.url);
+      if (topology.sub_topologies) {
+        topology.sub_topologies.forEach(subTopology => {
+          urlMap = urlMap.set(subTopology.id, subTopology.url);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
   return urlMap;
 }
 
@@ -81,3 +84,56 @@ export function filterHiddenTopologies(topologies) {
   return topologies.filter(t => (!t.hide_if_empty || t.stats.node_count > 0 ||
                                t.stats.filtered_nodes > 0));
 }
+
+export function getActiveTopologyOptions(state) {
+  // options for current topology, sub-topologies share options with parent
+  const parentId = state.getIn(['currentTopology', 'parentId']);
+  if (parentId) {
+    return state.getIn(['topologyOptions', parentId]);
+  }
+  return state.getIn(['topologyOptions', state.get('currentTopologyId')]);
+}
+
+export function getCurrentTopologyOptions(state) {
+  return state.getIn(['currentTopology', 'options']);
+}
+
+export function isTopologyEmpty(state) {
+  return state.getIn(['currentTopology', 'stats', 'node_count'], 0) === 0
+    && state.get('nodes').size === 0;
+}
+
+export function getAdjacentNodes(state, originNodeId) {
+  let adjacentNodes = makeSet();
+  const nodeId = originNodeId || state.get('selectedNodeId');
+
+  if (nodeId) {
+    if (state.hasIn(['nodes', nodeId])) {
+      adjacentNodes = makeSet(state.getIn(['nodes', nodeId, 'adjacency']));
+      // fill up set with reverse edges
+      state.get('nodes').forEach((node, id) => {
+        if (node.get('adjacency') && node.get('adjacency').includes(nodeId)) {
+          adjacentNodes = adjacentNodes.add(id);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  return adjacentNodes;
+}
+
+export function hasSelectedNode(state) {
+  const selectedNodeId = state.get('selectedNodeId');
+  return state.hasIn(['nodes', selectedNodeId]);
+}
+
+export function getCurrentTopologyUrl(state) {
+  return state.getIn(['currentTopology', 'url']);
+}
+
+export function isSameTopology(nodes, nextNodes) {
+  const mapper = node => makeMap({id: node.get('id'), adjacency: node.get('adjacency')});
+  const topology = nodes.map(mapper);
+  const nextTopology = nextNodes.map(mapper);
+  return isDeepEqual(topology, nextTopology);
+}
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js
index 52543695f..8f628aaea 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/update-buffer-utils.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import debug from 'debug';
 import Immutable from 'immutable';
 
 import { receiveNodesDelta } from '../actions/app-actions';
-import AppStore from '../stores/app-store';
 
 const log = debug('scope:update-buffer-utils');
 const makeList = Immutable.List;
@@ -13,8 +12,8 @@ const bufferLength = 100;
 let deltaBuffer = makeList();
 let updateTimer = null;
 
-function isPaused() {
-  return AppStore.isUpdatePaused();
+function isPaused(getState) {
+  return getState().get('updatePausedAt') !== null;
 }
 
 export function resetUpdateBuffer() {
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ export function resetUpdateBuffer() {
   deltaBuffer = deltaBuffer.clear();
 }
 
-function maybeUpdate() {
-  if (isPaused()) {
+function maybeUpdate(getState) {
+  if (isPaused(getState)) {
     clearTimeout(updateTimer);
     resetUpdateBuffer();
   } else {
@@ -110,6 +109,6 @@ export function getUpdateBufferSize() {
   return deltaBuffer.size;
 }
 
-export function resumeUpdate() {
-  maybeUpdate();
+export function resumeUpdate(getState) {
+  maybeUpdate(getState);
 }
diff --git a/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js b/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
index 885adb271..0f8810cf4 100644
--- a/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
+++ b/client/app/scripts/utils/web-api-utils.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function basePathSlash(urlPath) {
 const wsProto = location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss' : 'ws';
 const wsUrl = `${wsProto}://${location.host}${basePath(location.pathname)}`;
 
-function createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery) {
+function createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery, dispatch) {
   if (socket) {
     socket.onclose = null;
     socket.onerror = null;
@@ -68,67 +68,67 @@ function createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery) {
   socket = new WebSocket(`${wsUrl}${topologyUrl}/ws?t=${updateFrequency}&${optionsQuery}`);
 
   socket.onopen = () => {
-    openWebsocket();
+    dispatch(openWebsocket());
   };
 
   socket.onclose = () => {
     clearTimeout(reconnectTimer);
     log(`Closing websocket to ${topologyUrl}`, socket.readyState);
     socket = null;
-    closeWebsocket();
+    dispatch(closeWebsocket());
 
     reconnectTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-      createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery);
+      createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery, dispatch);
     }, reconnectTimerInterval);
   };
 
   socket.onerror = () => {
     log(`Error in websocket to ${topologyUrl}`);
-    receiveError(currentUrl);
+    dispatch(receiveError(currentUrl));
   };
 
   socket.onmessage = (event) => {
     const msg = JSON.parse(event.data);
-    receiveNodesDelta(msg);
+    dispatch(receiveNodesDelta(msg));
   };
 }
 
 /* keep URLs relative */
 
-export function getTopologies(options) {
+export function getTopologies(options, dispatch) {
   clearTimeout(topologyTimer);
   const optionsQuery = buildOptionsQuery(options);
   const url = `api/topology?${optionsQuery}`;
   reqwest({
     url,
     success: (res) => {
-      receiveTopologies(res);
+      dispatch(receiveTopologies(res));
       topologyTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-        getTopologies(options);
+        getTopologies(options, dispatch);
       }, TOPOLOGY_INTERVAL);
     },
     error: (err) => {
       log(`Error in topology request: ${err.responseText}`);
-      receiveError(url);
+      dispatch(receiveError(url));
       topologyTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-        getTopologies(options);
+        getTopologies(options, dispatch);
       }, TOPOLOGY_INTERVAL);
     }
   });
 }
 
-export function getNodesDelta(topologyUrl, options) {
+export function getNodesDelta(topologyUrl, options, dispatch) {
   const optionsQuery = buildOptionsQuery(options);
 
   // only recreate websocket if url changed
   if (topologyUrl && (topologyUrl !== currentUrl || currentOptions !== optionsQuery)) {
-    createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery);
+    createWebsocket(topologyUrl, optionsQuery, dispatch);
     currentUrl = topologyUrl;
     currentOptions = optionsQuery;
   }
 }
 
-export function getNodeDetails(topologyUrlsById, nodeMap) {
+export function getNodeDetails(topologyUrlsById, nodeMap, dispatch) {
   // get details for all opened nodes
   const obj = nodeMap.last();
   if (obj && topologyUrlsById.has(obj.topologyId)) {
@@ -140,42 +140,46 @@ export function getNodeDetails(topologyUrlsById, nodeMap) {
       success: (res) => {
         // make sure node is still selected
         if (nodeMap.has(res.node.id)) {
-          receiveNodeDetails(res.node);
+          dispatch(receiveNodeDetails(res.node));
         }
       },
       error: (err) => {
         log(`Error in node details request: ${err.responseText}`);
         // dont treat missing node as error
         if (err.status === 404) {
-          receiveNotFound(obj.id);
+          dispatch(receiveNotFound(obj.id));
         } else {
-          receiveError(topologyUrl);
+          dispatch(receiveError(topologyUrl));
         }
       }
     });
-  } else {
+  } else if (obj) {
     log('No details or url found for ', obj);
   }
 }
 
-export function getApiDetails() {
+export function getApiDetails(dispatch) {
   clearTimeout(apiDetailsTimer);
   const url = 'api';
   reqwest({
     url,
     success: (res) => {
-      receiveApiDetails(res);
-      apiDetailsTimer = setTimeout(getApiDetails, API_INTERVAL);
+      dispatch(receiveApiDetails(res));
+      apiDetailsTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        getApiDetails(dispatch);
+      }, API_INTERVAL);
     },
     error: (err) => {
       log(`Error in api details request: ${err.responseText}`);
       receiveError(url);
-      apiDetailsTimer = setTimeout(getApiDetails, API_INTERVAL / 2);
+      apiDetailsTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        getApiDetails(dispatch);
+      }, API_INTERVAL / 2);
     }
   });
 }
 
-export function doControlRequest(nodeId, control) {
+export function doControlRequest(nodeId, control, dispatch) {
   clearTimeout(controlErrorTimer);
   const url = `api/control/${encodeURIComponent(control.probeId)}/`
     + `${encodeURIComponent(control.nodeId)}/${control.id}`;
@@ -183,26 +187,26 @@ export function doControlRequest(nodeId, control) {
     method: 'POST',
     url,
     success: (res) => {
-      receiveControlSuccess(nodeId);
+      dispatch(receiveControlSuccess(nodeId));
       if (res) {
         if (res.pipe) {
-          receiveControlPipe(res.pipe, nodeId, res.raw_tty, true);
+          dispatch(receiveControlPipe(res.pipe, nodeId, res.raw_tty, true));
         }
         if (res.removedNode) {
-          receiveControlNodeRemoved(nodeId);
+          dispatch(receiveControlNodeRemoved(nodeId));
         }
       }
     },
     error: (err) => {
-      receiveControlError(nodeId, err.response);
+      dispatch(receiveControlError(nodeId, err.response));
       controlErrorTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-        clearControlError(nodeId);
+        dispatch(clearControlError(nodeId));
       }, 10000);
     }
   });
 }
 
-export function deletePipe(pipeId) {
+export function deletePipe(pipeId, dispatch) {
   const url = `api/pipe/${encodeURIComponent(pipeId)}`;
   reqwest({
     method: 'DELETE',
@@ -212,12 +216,12 @@ export function deletePipe(pipeId) {
     },
     error: (err) => {
       log(`Error closing pipe:${err}`);
-      receiveError(url);
+      dispatch(receiveError(url));
     }
   });
 }
 
-export function getPipeStatus(pipeId) {
+export function getPipeStatus(pipeId, dispatch) {
   const url = `api/pipe/${encodeURIComponent(pipeId)}/check`;
   reqwest({
     method: 'GET',
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ export function getPipeStatus(pipeId) {
         return;
       }
 
-      receiveControlPipeStatus(pipeId, status);
+      dispatch(receiveControlPipeStatus(pipeId, status));
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index fbcb34918..f09870513 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "classnames": "^2.2.1",
+    "babel-polyfill": "6.7.4",
+    "classnames": "~2.2.1",
     "d3": "~3.5.5",
     "dagre": "0.7.4",
     "debug": "~2.2.0",
     "filesize": "3.2.1",
-    "flux": "2.1.1",
     "font-awesome": "4.5.0",
     "font-awesome-webpack": "0.0.4",
     "immutable": "~3.7.4",
@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@
     "materialize-css": "0.97.5",
     "moment": "2.12.0",
     "page": "1.7.0",
-    "react": "^0.14.7",
-    "react-addons-pure-render-mixin": "^0.14.7",
-    "react-addons-transition-group": "^0.14.7",
-    "react-addons-update": "^0.14.7",
-    "react-dom": "^0.14.7",
+    "react": "^15.0.1",
+    "react-dom": "^15.0.1",
     "react-motion": "0.3.1",
-    "react-mixin": "^3.0.3",
+    "react-redux": "4.4.5",
+    "redux": "3.5.1",
+    "redux-immutable": "3.0.6",
+    "redux-logger": "2.6.1",
+    "redux-thunk": "2.0.1",
     "reqwest": "~2.0.5",
-    "timely": "0.1.0"
+    "timely": "0.1.0",
+    "whatwg-fetch": "0.11.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "autoprefixer": "6.3.3",
@@ -54,7 +56,10 @@
     "less": "~2.6.1",
     "less-loader": "2.2.2",
     "postcss-loader": "0.8.2",
-    "react-addons-perf": "^0.14.0",
+    "react-addons-perf": "^15.0.1",
+    "redux-devtools": "^3.2.0",
+    "redux-devtools-dock-monitor": "^1.1.1",
+    "redux-devtools-log-monitor": "^1.0.11",
     "style-loader": "0.13.0",
     "url": "0.11.0",
     "url-loader": "0.5.7",
diff --git a/client/webpack.local.config.js b/client/webpack.local.config.js
index 4a58c9775..4698cb5cb 100644
--- a/client/webpack.local.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.local.config.js
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ module.exports = {
     'app': [
       './app/scripts/main',
       'webpack-dev-server/client?http://' + WEBPACK_SERVER_HOST + ':4041',
-      'webpack/hot/only-dev-server',
-      './app/scripts/debug'
+      'webpack/hot/only-dev-server'
+    ],
+    'dev-app': [
+      './app/scripts/main.dev',
+      'webpack-dev-server/client?http://' + WEBPACK_SERVER_HOST + ':4041',
+      'webpack/hot/only-dev-server'
     ],
     'contrast-app': [
       './app/scripts/contrast-main',
@@ -40,8 +44,10 @@ module.exports = {
       'webpack-dev-server/client?http://' + WEBPACK_SERVER_HOST + ':4041',
       'webpack/hot/only-dev-server'
     ],
-    vendors: ['classnames', 'd3', 'dagre', 'flux', 'immutable',
-      'lodash', 'page', 'react', 'react-dom', 'react-motion']
+    vendors: ['babel-polyfill', 'classnames', 'd3', 'dagre', 'filesize',
+      'immutable', 'lodash', 'moment', 'page', 'react',
+      'react-dom', 'react-motion', 'react-redux', 'redux', 'redux-thunk',
+      'reqwest']
   },
 
   // This will not actually create a app.js file in ./build. It is used
@@ -56,6 +62,7 @@ module.exports = {
     new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin('vendors', 'vendors.js'),
     new webpack.HotModuleReplacementPlugin(),
     new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin(),
+    new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, [/moment$/]),
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
       chunks: ['vendors', 'contrast-app'],
       template: 'app/html/index.html',
@@ -66,6 +73,11 @@ module.exports = {
       template: 'app/html/index.html',
       filename: 'terminal.html'
     }),
+    new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+      chunks: ['vendors', 'dev-app'],
+      template: 'app/html/index.html',
+      filename: 'dev.html'
+    }),
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
       chunks: ['vendors', 'app'],
       template: 'app/html/index.html',
diff --git a/client/webpack.production.config.js b/client/webpack.production.config.js
index 3b45e3990..21ad03ef0 100644
--- a/client/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ module.exports = {
     app: './app/scripts/main',
     'contrast-app': './app/scripts/contrast-main',
     'terminal-app': './app/scripts/terminal-main',
-    vendors: ['classnames', 'd3', 'dagre', 'flux', 'immutable',
-      'lodash', 'page', 'react', 'react-dom', 'react-motion']
+    // keep only some in here, to make vendors and app bundles roughly same size
+    vendors: ['babel-polyfill', 'classnames', 'd3', 'immutable',
+      'lodash', 'react', 'react-dom', 'react-redux',
+      'redux', 'redux-thunk']
   },
 
   output: {
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ module.exports = {
     new webpack.DefinePlugin(GLOBALS),
     new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin('vendors', 'vendors.js'),
     new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(true),
+    new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, [/moment$/]),
     new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin({
       sourceMap: false,
       compress: {