diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 03aec70..5bbfa56 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -892,6 +892,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "distant-core-plugin"
 version = "0.21.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "distant-core-auth",
+ "distant-core-protocol",
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "distant-core-protocol"
diff --git a/distant-core-plugin/Cargo.toml b/distant-core-plugin/Cargo.toml
index 75f4cfe..f4a7159 100644
--- a/distant-core-plugin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant"
 repository = "https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/distant"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+async-trait = "0.1.68"
+distant-core-auth = { version = "=0.21.0", path = "../distant-core-auth" }
+distant-core-protocol = { version = "=0.21.0", path = "../distant-core-protocol" }
+serde = { version = "1.0.163", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/distant-core-plugin/src/api.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b2b68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/// Full API that represents a distant-compatible server.
+pub trait Api {
+    type FileSystem: FileSystemApi;
+    type Process: ProcessApi;
+    type Search: SearchApi;
+    type SystemInfo: SystemInfoApi;
+    type Version: VersionApi;
+}
+
+/// API supporting filesystem operations.
+pub trait FileSystemApi {}
+
+/// API supporting process creation and manipulation.
+pub trait ProcessApi {}
+
+/// API supporting searching through the remote system.
+pub trait SearchApi {}
+
+/// API supporting retrieval of information about the remote system.
+pub trait SystemInfoApi {}
+
+/// API supporting retrieval of the server's version.
+pub trait VersionApi {}
+
+/// Generic struct that implements all APIs as unsupported.
+pub struct Unsupported;
+
+impl FileSystemApi for Unsupported {
+}
diff --git a/distant-core-plugin/src/common.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/common.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f8f628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/common.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+mod destination;
+mod map;
+mod utils;
+
+pub use destination::{Destination, Host, HostParseError};
+pub use map::{Map, MapParseError};
diff --git a/distant-core-net/src/common/destination.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from distant-core-net/src/common/destination.rs
rename to distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination.rs
diff --git a/distant-core-net/src/common/destination/host.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination/host.rs
similarity index 92%
rename from distant-core-net/src/common/destination/host.rs
rename to distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination/host.rs
index 797aab7..b0a539e 100644
--- a/distant-core-net/src/common/destination/host.rs
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination/host.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use derive_more::{Display, Error, From};
 use serde::de::Deserializer;
 use serde::ser::Serializer;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use super::{deserialize_from_str, serialize_to_str};
 
 /// Represents the host of a destination
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, From, Display, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Host {
     Ipv4(Ipv4Addr),
     Ipv6(Ipv6Addr),
@@ -69,7 +68,41 @@ impl From<IpAddr> for Host {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Error, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+impl From<Ipv4Addr> for Host {
+    fn from(addr: Ipv4Addr) -> Self {
+        Self::Ipv4(addr)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Ipv6Addr> for Host {
+    fn from(addr: Ipv6Addr) -> Self {
+        Self::Ipv6(addr)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Host {
+    fn from(name: &'a str) -> Self {
+        Self::Name(name.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<String> for Host {
+    fn from(name: String) -> Self {
+        Self::Name(name)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Host {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::Ipv4(addr) => write!(f, "{addr}"),
+            Self::Ipv6(addr) => write!(f, "{addr}"),
+            Self::Name(name) => write!(f, "{name}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum HostParseError {
     EmptyLabel,
     EndsWithHyphen,
@@ -103,6 +136,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for HostParseError {
     }
 }
 
+impl std::error::Error for HostParseError {}
+
 impl FromStr for Host {
     type Err = HostParseError;
 
diff --git a/distant-core-net/src/common/destination/parser.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination/parser.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from distant-core-net/src/common/destination/parser.rs
rename to distant-core-plugin/src/common/destination/parser.rs
diff --git a/distant-core-net/src/common/map.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/map.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from distant-core-net/src/common/map.rs
rename to distant-core-plugin/src/common/map.rs
index 261dd02..3fccc44 100644
--- a/distant-core-net/src/common/map.rs
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/map.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
+use std::collections::hash_map::{Entry, IntoIter, Iter, IterMut};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
-use derive_more::{Display, Error, From, IntoIterator};
 use serde::de::Deserializer;
 use serde::ser::Serializer;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use crate::common::utils::{deserialize_from_str, serialize_to_str};
 
 /// Contains map information for connections and other use cases
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, From, IntoIterator, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Map(HashMap<String, String>);
 
 impl Map {
@@ -112,18 +111,64 @@ impl fmt::Display for Map {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Display, Error)]
+impl From<HashMap<String, String>> for Map {
+    fn from(map: HashMap<String, String>) -> Self {
+        Self(map)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Map {
+    type Item = (&'a String, &'a String);
+    type IntoIter = Iter<'a, String, String>;
+
+    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+        self.0.iter()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a mut Map {
+    type Item = (&'a String, &'a mut String);
+    type IntoIter = IterMut<'a, String, String>;
+
+    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+        self.0.iter_mut()
+    }
+}
+
+impl IntoIterator for Map {
+    type Item = (String, String);
+    type IntoIter = IntoIter<String, String>;
+
+    fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
+        self.0.into_iter()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum MapParseError {
-    #[display(fmt = "Missing = after key ('{key}')")]
     MissingEqualsAfterKey { key: String },
-
-    #[display(fmt = "Key ('{key}') must start with alphabetic character")]
     KeyMustStartWithAlphabeticCharacter { key: String },
-
-    #[display(fmt = "Missing closing \" for value")]
     MissingClosingQuoteForValue,
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for MapParseError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::MissingEqualsAfterKey { key } => {
+                write!(f, "Missing = after key ('{key}')")
+            }
+            Self::KeyMustStartWithAlphabeticCharacter { key } => {
+                write!(f, "Key ('{key}') must start with alphabetic character")
+            }
+            Self::MissingClosingQuoteForValue => {
+                write!(f, "Missing closing \" for value")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for MapParseError {}
+
 impl FromStr for Map {
     type Err = MapParseError;
 
diff --git a/distant-core-plugin/src/common/utils.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f676236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/common/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use serde::de::{Deserializer, Error as SerdeError, Visitor};
+use serde::ser::Serializer;
+
+/// From https://docs.rs/serde_with/1.14.0/src/serde_with/rust.rs.html#90-118
+pub fn deserialize_from_str<'de, D, T>(deserializer: D) -> Result<T, D::Error>
+where
+    D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    T: FromStr,
+    T::Err: fmt::Display,
+{
+    struct Helper<S>(PhantomData<S>);
+
+    impl<'de, S> Visitor<'de> for Helper<S>
+    where
+        S: FromStr,
+        <S as FromStr>::Err: fmt::Display,
+    {
+        type Value = S;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+            write!(formatter, "a string")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+        where
+            E: SerdeError,
+        {
+            value.parse::<Self::Value>().map_err(SerdeError::custom)
+        }
+    }
+
+    deserializer.deserialize_str(Helper(PhantomData))
+}
+
+/// From https://docs.rs/serde_with/1.14.0/src/serde_with/rust.rs.html#121-127
+pub fn serialize_to_str<T, S>(value: &T, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    T: fmt::Display,
+    S: Serializer,
+{
+    serializer.collect_str(&value)
+}
diff --git a/distant-core-plugin/src/handlers.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/handlers.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..291ccfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/handlers.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,312 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::io;
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use distant_core_auth::Authenticator;
+
+use crate::common::{Destination, Map};
+
+/// Boxed [`LaunchHandler`].
+pub type BoxedLaunchHandler = Box<dyn LaunchHandler>;
+
+/// Boxed [`ConnectHandler`].
+pub type BoxedConnectHandler = Box<dyn ConnectHandler>;
+
+/// Interface for a handler to launch a server, returning the destination to the server.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait LaunchHandler: Send + Sync {
+    /// Launches a server using the target `destination`. If the destination is unsupported, this
+    /// method will return an error.
+    ///
+    /// * Takes `options` as additional parameters custom to the destination.
+    /// * Takes `authenticator` to handle any authentication needs.
+    async fn launch(
+        &self,
+        destination: &Destination,
+        options: &Map,
+        authenticator: &mut dyn Authenticator,
+    ) -> io::Result<Destination>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<F, R> LaunchHandler for F
+where
+    F: Fn(&Destination, &Map, &mut dyn Authenticator) -> R + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    R: Future<Output = io::Result<Destination>> + Send + 'static,
+{
+    async fn launch(
+        &self,
+        destination: &Destination,
+        options: &Map,
+        authenticator: &mut dyn Authenticator,
+    ) -> io::Result<Destination> {
+        self(destination, options, authenticator).await
+    }
+}
+
+/// Generates a new [`LaunchHandler`] for the provided anonymous function.
+///
+/// ### Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use distant_core_plugin::boxed_launch_handler;
+///
+/// let _handler = boxed_launch_handler!(|destination, options, authenticator| {
+///     todo!("Implement handler logic.");
+/// });
+///
+/// let _handler = boxed_launch_handler!(|destination, options, authenticator| async {
+///     todo!("We support async within as well regardless of the keyword!");
+/// });
+///
+/// let _handler = boxed_launch_handler!(move |destination, options, authenticator| {
+///     todo!("You can also explicitly mark to move into the closure");
+/// });
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! boxed_launch_handler {
+    (|$destination:ident, $options:ident, $authenticator:ident| $(async)? $body:block) => {{
+        let x: $crate::handlers::BoxedLaunchHandler = Box::new(
+            |$destination: &$crate::common::Destination,
+             $options: &$crate::common::Map,
+             $authenticator: &mut dyn $crate::auth::Authenticator| async { $body },
+        );
+        x
+    }};
+    (move |$destination:ident, $options:ident, $authenticator:ident| $(async)? $body:block) => {{
+        let x: $crate::handlers::BoxedLaunchHandler = Box::new(
+            move |$destination: &$crate::common::Destination,
+                  $options: &$crate::common::Map,
+                  $authenticator: &mut dyn $crate::auth::Authenticator| async move { $body },
+        );
+        x
+    }};
+}
+
+/// Interface for a handler to connect to a server, returning a boxed client to the server.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait ConnectHandler: Send + Sync {
+    /// Connects to a server at the specified `destination`. If the destination is unsupported,
+    /// this method will return an error.
+    ///
+    /// * Takes `options` as additional parameters custom to the destination.
+    /// * Takes `authenticator` to handle any authentication needs.
+    async fn connect(
+        &self,
+        destination: &Destination,
+        options: &Map,
+        authenticator: &mut dyn Authenticator,
+    ) -> io::Result<UntypedClient>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<F, R> ConnectHandler for F
+where
+    F: Fn(&Destination, &Map, &mut dyn Authenticator) -> R + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    R: Future<Output = io::Result<UntypedClient>> + Send + 'static,
+{
+    async fn connect(
+        &self,
+        destination: &Destination,
+        options: &Map,
+        authenticator: &mut dyn Authenticator,
+    ) -> io::Result<UntypedClient> {
+        self(destination, options, authenticator).await
+    }
+}
+
+/// Generates a new [`ConnectHandler`] for the provided anonymous function.
+///
+/// ### Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use distant_core_plugin::boxed_connect_handler;
+///
+/// let _handler = boxed_connect_handler!(|destination, options, authenticator| {
+///     todo!("Implement handler logic.");
+/// });
+///
+/// let _handler = boxed_connect_handler!(|destination, options, authenticator| async {
+///     todo!("We support async within as well regardless of the keyword!");
+/// });
+///
+/// let _handler = boxed_connect_handler!(move |destination, options, authenticator| {
+///     todo!("You can also explicitly mark to move into the closure");
+/// });
+/// ```
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! boxed_connect_handler {
+    (|$destination:ident, $options:ident, $authenticator:ident| $(async)? $body:block) => {{
+        let x: $crate::handlers::BoxedConnectHandler = Box::new(
+            |$destination: &$crate::common::Destination,
+             $options: &$crate::common::Map,
+             $authenticator: &mut dyn $crate::auth::Authenticator| async { $body },
+        );
+        x
+    }};
+    (move |$destination:ident, $options:ident, $authenticator:ident| $(async)? $body:block) => {{
+        let x: $crate::handlers::BoxedConnectHandler = Box::new(
+            move |$destination: &$crate::common::Destination,
+                  $options: &$crate::common::Map,
+                  $authenticator: &mut dyn $crate::auth::Authenticator| async move { $body },
+        );
+        x
+    }};
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use test_log::test;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::common::FramedTransport;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn test_destination() -> Destination {
+        "scheme://host:1234".parse().unwrap()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn test_options() -> Map {
+        Map::default()
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn test_authenticator() -> impl Authenticator {
+        FramedTransport::pair(1).0
+    }
+
+    #[test(tokio::test)]
+    async fn boxed_launch_handler_should_generate_valid_boxed_launch_handler() {
+        let handler = boxed_launch_handler!(|_destination, _options, _authenticator| {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .launch(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+
+        let handler = boxed_launch_handler!(|_destination, _options, _authenticator| async {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .launch(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+
+        let handler = boxed_launch_handler!(move |_destination, _options, _authenticator| {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .launch(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+
+        let handler = boxed_launch_handler!(move |_destination, _options, _authenticator| async {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .launch(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test(tokio::test)]
+    async fn boxed_connect_handler_should_generate_valid_boxed_connect_handler() {
+        let handler = boxed_connect_handler!(|_destination, _options, _authenticator| {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .connect(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+
+        let handler = boxed_connect_handler!(|_destination, _options, _authenticator| async {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .connect(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+
+        let handler = boxed_connect_handler!(move |_destination, _options, _authenticator| {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .connect(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+
+        let handler = boxed_connect_handler!(move |_destination, _options, _authenticator| async {
+            Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::Other))
+        });
+        assert_eq!(
+            handler
+                .connect(
+                    &test_destination(),
+                    &test_options(),
+                    &mut test_authenticator()
+                )
+                .await
+                .unwrap_err()
+                .kind(),
+            io::ErrorKind::Other
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/distant-core-plugin/src/lib.rs b/distant-core-plugin/src/lib.rs
index a4fe428..1c2d709 100644
--- a/distant-core-plugin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/distant-core-plugin/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,10 @@
 #[doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
 #[cfg(doctest)]
 pub struct ReadmeDoctests;
+
+pub mod api;
+pub mod common;
+pub mod handlers;
+
+pub use distant_core_auth as auth;
+pub use distant_core_protocol as protocol;