diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 0c45e316..15eca362 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
+            <artifactId>bungeecord-chat</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/chat/nb-configuration.xml b/chat/nb-configuration.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e465924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/nb-configuration.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project-shared-configuration>
+    <!--
+    This file contains additional configuration written by modules in the NetBeans IDE.
+    The configuration is intended to be shared among all the users of project and
+    therefore it is assumed to be part of version control checkout.
+    Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether.
+    -->
+    <properties xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/maven-properties-data/1">
+        <!--
+        Properties that influence various parts of the IDE, especially code formatting and the like. 
+        You can copy and paste the single properties, into the pom.xml file and the IDE will pick them up.
+        That way multiple projects can share the same settings (useful for formatting rules for example).
+        Any value defined here will override the pom.xml file value but is only applicable to the current project.
+        -->
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.CodeStyle.usedProfile>project</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.CodeStyle.usedProfile>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.classDeclBracePlacement>NEW_LINE</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.classDeclBracePlacement>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.otherBracePlacement>NEW_LINE</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.otherBracePlacement>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.methodDeclBracePlacement>NEW_LINE</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.methodDeclBracePlacement>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinMethodCallParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinMethodCallParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinSwitchParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinSwitchParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinCatchParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinCatchParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinTryParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinTryParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinSynchronizedParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinSynchronizedParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinArrayInitBrackets>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinArrayInitBrackets>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinWhileParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinWhileParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinIfParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinIfParens>
+        <org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinForParens>true</org-netbeans-modules-editor-indent.text.x-java.CodeStyle.project.spaceWithinForParens>
+    </properties>
+</project-shared-configuration>
diff --git a/chat/pom.xml b/chat/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3a76a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
+        <artifactId>bungeecord-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
+    <artifactId>bungeecord-chat</artifactId>
+    <version>1.7-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>BungeeCord-Chat</name>
+    <description>Minecraft JSON chat API intended for use with BungeeCord</description>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.4</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/ChatColor.java
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/BaseComponent.java
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ClickEvent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ClickEvent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ClickEvent.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ClickEvent.java
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/ComponentBuilder.java
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/HoverEvent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/HoverEvent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/HoverEvent.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/HoverEvent.java
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TextComponent.java
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java
similarity index 100%
rename from api/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java
rename to chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/api/chat/TranslatableComponent.java
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/BaseComponentSerializer.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/BaseComponentSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf17391f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/BaseComponentSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.ChatColor;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.ClickEvent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.HoverEvent;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+public class BaseComponentSerializer
+{
+
+    protected void deserialize(JsonObject object, BaseComponent component, JsonDeserializationContext context)
+    {
+        if ( object.has( "color" ) )
+        {
+            component.setColor( ChatColor.valueOf( object.get( "color" ).getAsString().toUpperCase() ) );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "bold" ) )
+        {
+            component.setBold( object.get( "bold" ).getAsBoolean() );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "italic" ) )
+        {
+            component.setItalic( object.get( "italic" ).getAsBoolean() );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "underlined" ) )
+        {
+            component.setUnderlined( object.get( "underlined" ).getAsBoolean() );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "strikethrough" ) )
+        {
+            component.setUnderlined( object.get( "strikethrough" ).getAsBoolean() );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "obfuscated" ) )
+        {
+            component.setUnderlined( object.get( "obfuscated" ).getAsBoolean() );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "extra" ) )
+        {
+            component.setExtra( Arrays.<BaseComponent>asList( context.<BaseComponent[]>deserialize( object.get( "extra" ), BaseComponent[].class ) ) );
+        }
+
+        //Events
+        if ( object.has( "clickEvent" ) )
+        {
+            JsonObject event = object.getAsJsonObject( "clickEvent" );
+            component.setClickEvent( new ClickEvent(
+                    ClickEvent.Action.valueOf( event.get( "action" ).getAsString().toUpperCase() ),
+                    event.get( "value" ).getAsString() ) );
+        }
+        if ( object.has( "hoverEvent" ) )
+        {
+            JsonObject event = object.getAsJsonObject( "hoverEvent" );
+            BaseComponent[] res;
+            if ( event.get( "value" ).isJsonArray() )
+            {
+                res = context.deserialize( event.get( "value" ), BaseComponent[].class );
+            } else
+            {
+                res = new BaseComponent[]
+                {
+                    context.<BaseComponent>deserialize( event.get( "value" ), BaseComponent.class )
+                };
+            }
+            component.setHoverEvent( new HoverEvent( HoverEvent.Action.valueOf( event.get( "action" ).getAsString().toUpperCase() ), res ) );
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected void serialize(JsonObject object, BaseComponent component, JsonSerializationContext context)
+    {
+        boolean first = false;
+        if ( ComponentSerializer.serializedComponents.get() == null )
+        {
+            first = true;
+            ComponentSerializer.serializedComponents.set( new HashSet<BaseComponent>() );
+        }
+        try
+        {
+            Preconditions.checkArgument( !ComponentSerializer.serializedComponents.get().contains( component ), "Component loop" );
+            ComponentSerializer.serializedComponents.get().add( component );
+            if ( component.getColorRaw() != null )
+            {
+                object.addProperty( "color", component.getColorRaw().getName() );
+            }
+            if ( component.isBoldRaw() != null )
+            {
+                object.addProperty( "bold", component.isBoldRaw() );
+            }
+            if ( component.isItalicRaw() != null )
+            {
+                object.addProperty( "italic", component.isItalicRaw() );
+            }
+            if ( component.isUnderlinedRaw() != null )
+            {
+                object.addProperty( "underlined", component.isUnderlinedRaw() );
+            }
+            if ( component.isStrikethroughRaw() != null )
+            {
+                object.addProperty( "strikethrough", component.isStrikethroughRaw() );
+            }
+            if ( component.isObfuscatedRaw() != null )
+            {
+                object.addProperty( "obfuscated", component.isObfuscatedRaw() );
+            }
+
+            if ( component.getExtra() != null )
+            {
+                object.add( "extra", context.serialize( component.getExtra() ) );
+            }
+
+            //Events
+            if ( component.getClickEvent() != null )
+            {
+                JsonObject clickEvent = new JsonObject();
+                clickEvent.addProperty( "action", component.getClickEvent().getAction().toString().toLowerCase() );
+                clickEvent.addProperty( "value", component.getClickEvent().getValue() );
+                object.add( "clickEvent", clickEvent );
+            }
+            if ( component.getHoverEvent() != null )
+            {
+                JsonObject hoverEvent = new JsonObject();
+                hoverEvent.addProperty( "action", component.getHoverEvent().getAction().toString().toLowerCase() );
+                hoverEvent.add( "value", context.serialize( component.getHoverEvent().getValue() ) );
+                object.add( "hoverEvent", hoverEvent );
+            }
+        } finally
+        {
+            ComponentSerializer.serializedComponents.get().remove( component );
+            if ( first )
+            {
+                ComponentSerializer.serializedComponents.set( null );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b001ef85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/ComponentSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TranslatableComponent;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+public class ComponentSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<BaseComponent>
+{
+
+    private final static Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().
+            registerTypeAdapter( BaseComponent.class, new ComponentSerializer() ).
+            registerTypeAdapter( TextComponent.class, new TextComponentSerializer() ).
+            registerTypeAdapter( TranslatableComponent.class, new TranslatableComponentSerializer() ).
+            create();
+
+    public final static ThreadLocal<HashSet<BaseComponent>> serializedComponents = new ThreadLocal<>();
+
+    public static BaseComponent[] parse(String json)
+    {
+        if ( json.startsWith( "[" ) )
+        { //Array
+            return gson.fromJson( json, BaseComponent[].class );
+        }
+        return new BaseComponent[]
+        {
+            gson.fromJson( json, BaseComponent.class )
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(BaseComponent component)
+    {
+        return gson.toJson( component );
+    }
+
+    public static String toString(BaseComponent... components)
+    {
+        return gson.toJson( new TextComponent( components ) );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public BaseComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException
+    {
+        if ( json.isJsonPrimitive() )
+        {
+            return new TextComponent( json.getAsString() );
+        }
+        JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        if ( object.has( "translate" ) )
+        {
+            return context.deserialize( json, TranslatableComponent.class );
+        }
+        return context.deserialize( json, TextComponent.class );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TextComponentSerializer.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TextComponentSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37c6e86d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TextComponentSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TextComponent;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class TextComponentSerializer extends BaseComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<TextComponent>, JsonDeserializer<TextComponent>
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public TextComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException
+    {
+        TextComponent component = new TextComponent();
+        JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        deserialize( object, component, context );
+        component.setText( object.get( "text" ).getAsString() );
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(TextComponent src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context)
+    {
+        List<BaseComponent> extra = src.getExtra();
+        if ( !src.hasFormatting() && ( extra == null || extra.isEmpty() ) )
+        {
+            return new JsonPrimitive( src.getText() );
+        }
+        JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
+        serialize( object, src, context );
+        object.addProperty( "text", src.getText() );
+        return object;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c01af268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chat/src/main/java/net/md_5/bungee/chat/TranslatableComponentSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package net.md_5.bungee.chat;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.BaseComponent;
+import net.md_5.bungee.api.chat.TranslatableComponent;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+public class TranslatableComponentSerializer extends BaseComponentSerializer implements JsonSerializer<TranslatableComponent>, JsonDeserializer<TranslatableComponent>
+{
+
+    @Override
+    public TranslatableComponent deserialize(JsonElement json, Type typeOfT, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException
+    {
+        TranslatableComponent component = new TranslatableComponent();
+        JsonObject object = json.getAsJsonObject();
+        deserialize( object, component, context );
+        component.setTranslate( object.get( "translate" ).getAsString() );
+        if ( object.has( "with" ) )
+        {
+            component.setWith( Arrays.asList( (BaseComponent[]) context.deserialize( object.get( "with" ), BaseComponent[].class ) ) );
+        }
+        return component;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(TranslatableComponent src, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext context)
+    {
+        JsonObject object = new JsonObject();
+        serialize( object, src, context );
+        object.addProperty( "translate", src.getTranslate() );
+        if ( src.getWith() != null )
+        {
+            object.add( "with", context.serialize( src.getWith() ) );
+        }
+        return object;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f6acd73..7dd7351f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     <modules>
         <module>api</module>
         <module>bootstrap</module>
+        <module>chat</module>
         <module>config</module>
         <module>event</module>
         <module>module</module>