diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 95bc4d765..94bb058b3 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ color_scheme: apprt.ColorScheme = .light,
 last_binding_trigger: u64 = 0,
 
 /// The terminal IO handler.
-io: termio.Impl,
+io: termio.Termio,
 io_thread: termio.Thread,
 io_thr: std.Thread,
 
@@ -397,12 +397,12 @@ pub fn init(
     errdefer render_thread.deinit();
 
     // Start our IO implementation
-    var io = try termio.Impl.init(alloc, .{
+    var io = try termio.Termio.init(alloc, .{
         .grid_size = grid_size,
         .screen_size = screen_size,
         .padding = padding,
         .full_config = config,
-        .config = try termio.Impl.DerivedConfig.init(alloc, config),
+        .config = try termio.Termio.DerivedConfig.init(alloc, config),
         .resources_dir = main.state.resources_dir,
         .renderer_state = &self.renderer_state,
         .renderer_wakeup = render_thread.wakeup,
@@ -809,9 +809,9 @@ fn changeConfig(self: *Surface, config: *const configpkg.Config) !void {
     // our messages aren't huge.
     var renderer_message = try renderer.Message.initChangeConfig(self.alloc, config);
     errdefer renderer_message.deinit();
-    var termio_config_ptr = try self.alloc.create(termio.Impl.DerivedConfig);
+    var termio_config_ptr = try self.alloc.create(termio.Termio.DerivedConfig);
     errdefer self.alloc.destroy(termio_config_ptr);
-    termio_config_ptr.* = try termio.Impl.DerivedConfig.init(self.alloc, config);
+    termio_config_ptr.* = try termio.Termio.DerivedConfig.init(self.alloc, config);
     errdefer termio_config_ptr.deinit();
 
     _ = self.renderer_thread.mailbox.push(renderer_message, .{ .forever = {} });
diff --git a/src/termio.zig b/src/termio.zig
index 45382cda1..e0b3efb28 100644
--- a/src/termio.zig
+++ b/src/termio.zig
@@ -5,15 +5,10 @@
 pub usingnamespace @import("termio/message.zig");
 pub const Exec = @import("termio/Exec.zig");
 pub const Options = @import("termio/Options.zig");
+pub const Termio = @import("termio/Termio.zig");
 pub const Thread = @import("termio/Thread.zig");
 pub const Mailbox = Thread.Mailbox;
 
-/// The implementation to use for the IO. This is just "exec" for now but
-/// this is somewhat pluggable so that in the future we can introduce other
-/// options for other platforms (i.e. wasm) or even potentially a vtable
-/// implementation for runtime polymorphism.
-pub const Impl = Exec;
-
 test {
     @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
 
diff --git a/src/termio/Options.zig b/src/termio/Options.zig
index b4edb473a..ac12c31eb 100644
--- a/src/termio/Options.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Options.zig
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ padding: renderer.Padding,
 full_config: *const Config,
 
 /// The derived configuration for this termio implementation.
-config: termio.Impl.DerivedConfig,
+config: termio.Termio.DerivedConfig,
 
 /// The application resources directory.
 resources_dir: ?[]const u8,
diff --git a/src/termio/Thread.zig b/src/termio/Thread.zig
index 45b9fd1ae..aceeaa636 100644
--- a/src/termio/Thread.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Thread.zig
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ sync_reset: xev.Timer,
 sync_reset_c: xev.Completion = .{},
 sync_reset_cancel_c: xev.Completion = .{},
 
-/// The underlying IO implementation.
-impl: *termio.Impl,
+/// The main termio state.
+termio: *termio.Termio,
 
 /// The mailbox that can be used to send this thread messages. Note
 /// this is a blocking queue so if it is full you will get errors (or block).
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ flags: packed struct {
 /// is up to the caller to start the thread with the threadMain entrypoint.
 pub fn init(
     alloc: Allocator,
-    impl: *termio.Impl,
+    t: *termio.Termio,
 ) !Thread {
     // Create our event loop.
     var loop = try xev.Loop.init(.{});
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub fn init(
         .stop = stop_h,
         .coalesce = coalesce_h,
         .sync_reset = sync_reset_h,
-        .impl = impl,
+        .termio = t,
         .mailbox = mailbox,
     };
 }
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ pub fn threadMain(self: *Thread) void {
         // the error to the surface thread and let the apprt deal with it
         // in some way but this works for now. Without this, the user would
         // just see a blank terminal window.
-        self.impl.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
-        defer self.impl.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
-        const t = self.impl.renderer_state.terminal;
+        self.termio.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
+        defer self.termio.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
+        const t = self.termio.renderer_state.terminal;
 
         // Hide the cursor
         t.modes.set(.cursor_visible, false);
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ fn threadMain_(self: *Thread) !void {
 
     // Run our thread start/end callbacks. This allows the implementation
     // to hook into the event loop as needed.
-    var data = try self.impl.threadEnter(self);
+    var data = try self.termio.threadEnter(self);
     defer data.deinit();
-    defer self.impl.threadExit(data);
+    defer self.termio.threadExit(data);
 
     // Run
     log.debug("starting IO thread", .{});
@@ -256,21 +256,21 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *Thread) !void {
         switch (message) {
             .change_config => |config| {
                 defer config.alloc.destroy(config.ptr);
-                try self.impl.changeConfig(config.ptr);
+                try self.termio.changeConfig(config.ptr);
             },
             .inspector => |v| self.flags.has_inspector = v,
             .resize => |v| self.handleResize(v),
-            .clear_screen => |v| try self.impl.clearScreen(v.history),
-            .scroll_viewport => |v| try self.impl.scrollViewport(v),
-            .jump_to_prompt => |v| try self.impl.jumpToPrompt(v),
+            .clear_screen => |v| try self.termio.clearScreen(v.history),
+            .scroll_viewport => |v| try self.termio.scrollViewport(v),
+            .jump_to_prompt => |v| try self.termio.jumpToPrompt(v),
             .start_synchronized_output => self.startSynchronizedOutput(),
             .linefeed_mode => |v| self.flags.linefeed_mode = v,
-            .child_exited_abnormally => |v| try self.impl.childExitedAbnormally(v.exit_code, v.runtime_ms),
-            .write_small => |v| try self.impl.queueWrite(v.data[0..v.len], self.flags.linefeed_mode),
-            .write_stable => |v| try self.impl.queueWrite(v, self.flags.linefeed_mode),
+            .child_exited_abnormally => |v| try self.termio.childExitedAbnormally(v.exit_code, v.runtime_ms),
+            .write_small => |v| try self.termio.queueWrite(v.data[0..v.len], self.flags.linefeed_mode),
+            .write_stable => |v| try self.termio.queueWrite(v, self.flags.linefeed_mode),
             .write_alloc => |v| {
                 defer v.alloc.free(v.data);
-                try self.impl.queueWrite(v.data, self.flags.linefeed_mode);
+                try self.termio.queueWrite(v.data, self.flags.linefeed_mode);
             },
         }
     }
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ fn drainMailbox(self: *Thread) !void {
     // Trigger a redraw after we've drained so we don't waste cyces
     // messaging a redraw.
     if (redraw) {
-        try self.impl.renderer_wakeup.notify();
+        try self.termio.renderer_wakeup.notify();
     }
 }
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ fn syncResetCallback(
     };
 
     const self = self_ orelse return .disarm;
-    self.impl.resetSynchronizedOutput();
+    self.termio.resetSynchronizedOutput();
     return .disarm;
 }
 
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ fn coalesceCallback(
 
     if (self.coalesce_data.resize) |v| {
         self.coalesce_data.resize = null;
-        self.impl.resize(v.grid_size, v.screen_size, v.padding) catch |err| {
+        self.termio.resize(v.grid_size, v.screen_size, v.padding) catch |err| {
             log.warn("error during resize err={}", .{err});
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/termio/message.zig b/src/termio/message.zig
index c91f3b5d6..31b203f05 100644
--- a/src/termio/message.zig
+++ b/src/termio/message.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub const Message = union(enum) {
     /// is allocated via the allocator and is expected to be freed when done.
     change_config: struct {
         alloc: Allocator,
-        ptr: *termio.Impl.DerivedConfig,
+        ptr: *termio.Termio.DerivedConfig,
     },
 
     /// Activate or deactivate the inspector.