diff --git a/src/treepuncher/traits/__init__.py b/src/treepuncher/traits/__init__.py
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+++ b/src/treepuncher/traits/__init__.py
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+from .callbacks import CallbacksHolder
+from .runnable import Runnable
+
diff --git a/src/treepuncher/traits/callbacks.py b/src/treepuncher/traits/callbacks.py
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+++ b/src/treepuncher/traits/callbacks.py
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+import asyncio
+import uuid
+import logging
+
+from inspect import isclass
+from typing import Dict, List, Set, Any, Callable, Type
+
+from ..events.base import BaseEvent
+
+class CallbacksHolder:
+
+	_callbacks : Dict[Any, List[Callable]]
+	_tasks : Dict[uuid.UUID, asyncio.Event]
+
+	_logger : logging.Logger
+
+	def __init__(self):
+		super().__init__()
+		self._callbacks = {}
+		self._tasks = {}
+
+	def callback_keys(self, filter:Type = None) -> Set[Any]:
+		return set(x for x in self._callbacks.keys() if not filter or (isclass(x) and issubclass(x, filter)))
+
+	def register(self, key:Any, callback:Callable):
+		if key not in self._callbacks:
+			self._callbacks[key] = []
+		self._callbacks[key].append(callback)
+		return callback
+
+	def trigger(self, key:Any) -> List[Callable]:
+		if key not in self._callbacks:
+			return []
+		return self._callbacks[key]
+
+	def _wrap(self, cb:Callable, uid:uuid.UUID) -> Callable:
+		async def wrapper(*args):
+			try:
+				ret = await cb(*args)
+			except Exception:
+				logging.exception("Exception processing callback")
+				ret = None
+			self._tasks[uid].set()
+			self._tasks.pop(uid)
+			return ret
+		return wrapper
+
+	def run_callbacks(self, key:Any, *args) -> None:
+		for cb in self.trigger(key):
+			task_id = uuid.uuid4()
+			self._tasks[task_id] = asyncio.Event()
+
+			asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(self._wrap(cb, task_id)(*args))
+
+	async def join_callbacks(self):
+		await asyncio.gather(*list(t.wait() for t in self._tasks.values()))
+		self._tasks.clear()
+
diff --git a/src/treepuncher/traits/runnable.py b/src/treepuncher/traits/runnable.py
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+++ b/src/treepuncher/traits/runnable.py
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+import asyncio
+import logging
+
+from typing import Optional
+from signal import signal, SIGINT, SIGTERM, SIGABRT
+
+class Runnable:
+	_is_running : bool
+	_stop_task : Optional[asyncio.Task]
+
+	def __init__(self):
+		self._is_running = False
+		self._stop_task = None
+
+	async def start(self):
+		self._is_running = True
+
+	async def stop(self, force:bool=False):
+		self._is_running = False
+
+	def run(self):
+		logging.info("Starting process")
+
+		def signal_handler(signum, __):
+			if signum == SIGINT:
+				if self._stop_task:
+					self._stop_task.cancel()
+					logging.info("Received SIGINT, terminating")
+				else:
+					logging.info("Received SIGINT, stopping gracefully...")
+				self._stop_task = asyncio.get_event_loop().create_task(self.stop(force=self._stop_task is not None))
+
+		signal(SIGINT, signal_handler)
+
+		loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+		async def main():
+			await self.start()
+			while self._is_running:
+				await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
+		loop.run_until_complete(main())
+
+		logging.info("Process finished")
+