diff --git a/init.example.el b/init.example.el
index b524db899..e7dc5da14 100644
--- a/init.example.el
+++ b/init.example.el
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
        nav-flash       ; blink the current line after jumping
        evil-goggles    ; display visual hints when editing in evil
       ;unicode         ; extended unicode support for various languages
+      ;tabbar          ; FIXME an (incomplete) tab bar for Emacs
 
        :tools
        dired           ; making dired pretty [functional]
diff --git a/modules/ui/tabbar/config.el b/modules/ui/tabbar/config.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d225f1316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/tabbar/config.el
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+;;; ui/tabbar/config.el -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; This is here for reference. I don't use tabbar because it's unstable and not
+;; very useful (all it does is show a buffer list on top of *every* window). I
+;; find ivy (or helm) or even `buffer-menu' is better suited for this purpose.
+
+(def-package! tabbar
+  :demand t
+  :config
+  (setq tabbar-use-images nil)
+  (tabbar-mode)
+
+  (defun +tabbar|disable-in-popups ()
+    (when tabbar-mode
+      (tabbar-local-mode -1)
+      (setq-local header-line-format nil)))
+  (add-hook 'doom-popup-mode-hook #'+tabbar|disable-in-popups)
+
+  (defun +tabbar-display-tab (tab)
+    "Return a label for TAB that resembles tabs in Atom."
+    (let ((label (if tabbar--buffer-show-groups
+                     (format "[%s]" (tabbar-tab-tabset tab))
+                   (format "%s" (tabbar-tab-value tab))))
+          (bar-color (face-background 'doom-modeline-bar nil t))
+          (bar-height 25)
+          (bar-width 3)
+          (selected-p (eq tab (tabbar-selected-tab (tabbar-current-tabset)))))
+      (concat (when (and (display-graphic-p) selected-p)
+                (+doom-modeline--make-xpm bar-color bar-height bar-width))
+              " "
+              (if tabbar-auto-scroll-flag
+                  label
+                (tabbar-shorten
+                 label (max 1 (/ (window-width)
+                                 (length (tabbar-view
+                                          (tabbar-current-tabset)))))))
+              " ")))
+  (setq tabbar-tab-label-function #'+tabbar-display-tab))
diff --git a/modules/ui/tabbar/packages.el b/modules/ui/tabbar/packages.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee92b01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/ui/tabbar/packages.el
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;; -*- no-byte-compile: t; -*-
+;;; ui/tabbar/packages.el
+
+(package! tabbar)