diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bbcc4e0..afc41691 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ Unfortunately, there is no native elegant way to implement golang's daemon.
 
 So we can use third-party daemon tools like pm2, supervisor, and so on.
 
-In the case of pm2, we can start the daemon this way:
+In the case of [pm2](https://github.com/Unitech/pm2), we can start the daemon this way:
 
 ```sh
 pm2 start clash
 ```
 
+If you have Docker installed, you can run clash directly using `docker-compose`.
+
+[Run clash in docker](https://github.com/Dreamacro/clash/wiki/Run-clash-in-docker)
+
 ## Config
 
 Configuration file at `$HOME/.config/clash/config.ini`
@@ -45,6 +49,9 @@ Below is a simple demo configuration file:
 port = 7890
 socks-port = 7891
 
+# A RESTful API for clash
+external-controller = 127.0.0.1:8080
+
 [Proxy]
 # name = ss, server, port, cipher, password
 # The types of cipher are consistent with go-shadowsocks2
diff --git a/hub/server.go b/hub/server.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1caad82a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hub/server.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package hub
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/Dreamacro/clash/tunnel"
+
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
+	"github.com/go-chi/render"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+var (
+	tun = tunnel.GetInstance()
+)
+
+type Traffic struct {
+	Up   int64 `json:"up"`
+	Down int64 `json:"down"`
+}
+
+type Log struct {
+	Type    string `json:"type"`
+	Payload string `json:"payload"`
+}
+
+type Error struct {
+	Error string `json:"error"`
+}
+
+func NewHub(addr string) {
+	r := chi.NewRouter()
+
+	r.Get("/traffic", traffic)
+	r.Get("/logs", getLogs)
+
+	err := http.ListenAndServe(addr, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("External controller error: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func traffic(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
+
+	tick := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	t := tun.Traffic()
+	for range tick.C {
+		up, down := t.Now()
+		if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Traffic{
+			Up:   up,
+			Down: down,
+		}); err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func getLogs(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	src := tun.Log()
+	sub, err := src.Subscribe()
+	defer src.UnSubscribe(sub)
+	if err != nil {
+		render.Status(r, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		render.JSON(w, r, Error{
+			Error: err.Error(),
+		})
+	}
+	render.Status(r, http.StatusOK)
+	for elm := range sub {
+		log := elm.(tunnel.Log)
+		if err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(Log{
+			Type:    log.Type(),
+			Payload: log.Payload,
+		}); err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+		w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
+	}
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f173b42b..8f409cba 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 
 	C "github.com/Dreamacro/clash/constant"
+	"github.com/Dreamacro/clash/hub"
 	"github.com/Dreamacro/clash/proxy/http"
 	"github.com/Dreamacro/clash/proxy/socks"
 	"github.com/Dreamacro/clash/tunnel"
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ func main() {
 	go http.NewHttpProxy(port)
 	go socks.NewSocksProxy(socksPort)
 
+	// Hub
+	if key, err := section.GetKey("external-controller"); err == nil {
+		go hub.NewHub(key.Value())
+	}
+
 	sigCh := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigCh, syscall.SIGINT, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	<-sigCh
diff --git a/tunnel/log.go b/tunnel/log.go
index 639b8838..a4fb6840 100644
--- a/tunnel/log.go
+++ b/tunnel/log.go
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ type Log struct {
 	Payload string
 }
 
+func (l *Log) Type() string {
+	switch l.LogType {
+	case INFO:
+		return "Info"
+	case WARNING:
+		return "Warning"
+	case ERROR:
+		return "Error"
+	case DEBUG:
+		return "Debug"
+	default:
+		return "Unknow"
+	}
+}
+
 func print(data Log) {
 	switch data.LogType {
 	case INFO:
diff --git a/tunnel/tunnel.go b/tunnel/tunnel.go
index 57615cef..e2879101 100644
--- a/tunnel/tunnel.go
+++ b/tunnel/tunnel.go
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ func (t *Tunnel) Add(req C.ServerAdapter) {
 	t.queue.In() <- req
 }
 
+func (t *Tunnel) Traffic() *C.Traffic {
+	return t.traffic
+}
+
+func (t *Tunnel) Log() *observable.Observable {
+	return t.observable
+}
+
 func (t *Tunnel) UpdateConfig() (err error) {
 	cfg, err := C.GetConfig()
 	if err != nil {