diff --git a/bin/browse.ts b/bin/browse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff642c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/browse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Open a URL (or the current project) in the NOSEbrowser.
+
+import { openBrowser } from "@/js/browser"
+import { setStatus, latestId } from "@/js/scrollback"
+import { currentAppUrl } from "@/js/webapp"
+
+export default function (url?: string) {
+    const currentUrl = url ?? currentAppUrl()
+    if (currentUrl) {
+        openBrowser(currentUrl, "command")
+    } else {
+        setTimeout(() => setStatus(latestId()!, "error"), 0)
+        return "usage: browse <url>"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/bin/browser-session.ts b/bin/browser-session.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abf8b51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/browser-session.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Print the browser's session ID
+
+import { sessionId } from "@/js/session"
+
+export default () => sessionId
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diff --git a/bin/clear.ts b/bin/clear.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f69c6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/clear.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Clear the scrollback history.
+
+import { scrollback } from "@/js/dom"
+
+export default function () {
+    scrollback.innerHTML = ""
+}
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diff --git a/bin/commands.ts b/bin/commands.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c143fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/commands.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Print all the commands.
+
+import { commands } from "@/js/commands"
+
+export default function () {
+    return { html: "<div>" + Object.keys(commands).map(cmd => `<a href="#help ${cmd}">${cmd}</a>`).join("") + "</div>" }
+}
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diff --git a/bin/fullscreen.ts b/bin/fullscreen.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b05504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fullscreen.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Toggle fullscreen mode.
+
+export default () => { document.body.requestFullscreen() }
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diff --git a/bin/reload.ts b/bin/reload.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31cdc60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/reload.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Reload the browser window.
+
+export default () => { window.location.reload() }
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diff --git a/bin/status.ts b/bin/status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbdbed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/// <reference lib="dom" />
+// Display a status message in the status bar.
+
+import { status } from "@/js/statusbar"
+
+export default (msg: string) => { status(msg) }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index 15e6fd3..ed6fced 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function findCommands(path: string): Promise<Commands> {
 function describeCommand(path: string): Command {
   const code = readFileSync(path, "utf8")
   let game = /^export const game = true$/mg.test(code)
-  let browser = /^\/\/\/ ?<reference lib=['"]dom['"]\s*\/mg>$/.test(code)
+  let browser = /^\/\/\/ ?<reference lib=['"]dom['"]\s*\/>$/mg.test(code)
 
   return {
     name: basename(path).replace(/\.tsx?$/, ""),
diff --git a/src/js/commands.ts b/src/js/commands.ts
index 7755b00..87249b1 100644
--- a/src/js/commands.ts
+++ b/src/js/commands.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,16 @@
 ////
 // temporary hack for browser commands
 
-import type { CommandOutput, Commands, Command } from "../shared/types"
-import { openBrowser } from "./browser"
-import { scrollback, content } from "./dom"
+import type { CommandOutput, Commands } from "../shared/types"
+import { content } from "./dom"
 import { focusInput } from "./focus"
 import { resize } from "./resize"
-import { sessionId } from "./session"
 import { send } from "./websocket"
-import { status } from "./statusbar"
-import { setStatus, latestId } from "./scrollback"
-import { currentAppUrl } from "./webapp"
 
 export const commands: Commands = {}
 
+// TODO: convert to bin/shell "browser" commands
 export const browserCommands: Record<string, (...args: string[]) => void | Promise<void> | CommandOutput> = {
-  browse: (url?: string) => {
-    const currentUrl = url ?? currentAppUrl()
-    if (currentUrl) {
-      openBrowser(currentUrl, "command")
-    } else {
-      setTimeout(() => setStatus(latestId()!, "error"), 0)
-      return "usage: browse <url>"
-    }
-  },
-  "browser-session": () => sessionId,
-  clear: () => scrollback.innerHTML = "",
-  commands: () => {
-    return { html: "<div>" + Object.keys(commands).map(cmd => `<a href="#help ${cmd}">${cmd}</a>`).join("") + "</div>" }
-  },
-  fullscreen: () => document.body.requestFullscreen(),
   mode: (mode?: string) => {
     if (!mode) {
       mode = document.body.dataset.mode === "tall" ? "cinema" : "tall"
@@ -41,8 +22,6 @@ export const browserCommands: Record<string, (...args: string[]) => void | Promi
     resize()
     focusInput()
   },
-  status: (msg: string) => status(msg),
-  reload: () => window.location.reload(),
 }
 
 export function cacheCommands(cmds: Commands) {
diff --git a/src/js/shell.ts b/src/js/shell.ts
index 63aa410..0764a7d 100644
--- a/src/js/shell.ts
+++ b/src/js/shell.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { addInput, setStatus, addOutput } from "./scrollback"
 import { send } from "./websocket"
 import { randomId } from "../shared/utils"
 import { addToHistory } from "./history"
-import { browserCommands } from "./commands"
+import { browserCommands, commands } from "./commands"
 
 export async function runCommand(input: string) {
     if (!input.trim()) return
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ export async function runCommand(input: string) {
 
     const [cmd = "", ...args] = input.split(" ")
 
-    if (browserCommands[cmd]) {
+    if (commands[cmd]?.type === "browser") {
+        const mod = await import(`/source/${cmd}?t=${Date.now()}`)
+        const result = mod.default(...args)
+        if (result) addOutput(id, result)
+        setStatus(id, "ok")
+    } else if (browserCommands[cmd]) {
         const result = await browserCommands[cmd](...args)
         if (result) addOutput(id, result)
         setStatus(id, "ok")
diff --git a/src/server.tsx b/src/server.tsx
index 0ec1f36..b2ed009 100644
--- a/src/server.tsx
+++ b/src/server.tsx
@@ -133,7 +133,12 @@ app.get("/source/:name", async c => {
     const sessionId = c.req.query("session") || "0"
     const path = await sessionRun(sessionId, () => commandPath(name))
     if (!path) return c.text("Command not found", 404)
-    return new Response(await transpile(path), {
+
+    let code = await transpile(path)
+    // rewrite imports so they work on the server and in the browser
+    code = code.replace(/from (["'])@\/js\//g, "from $1../js/")
+
+    return new Response(code, {
         headers: {
             "Content-Type": "text/javascript"
         }