diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ab8a2a4..3768eff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ includes git commit, branch, and (new!!) release name.
 - Added `fg` and `bg` builtins
 - `job.foreground()` and `job.background()`, when `job` is a job object,
 foreground and backgrounds a job respectively.
+- Friendlier functions to the `hilbish.runner` interface, which also allow
+having and using multiple runners.
 
 ### Changed
 - **Breaking Change:** Upgraded to Lua 5.4.
diff --git a/docs/runner-mode.txt b/docs/runner-mode.txt
index 9df1095..5765f18 100644
--- a/docs/runner-mode.txt
+++ b/docs/runner-mode.txt
@@ -35,8 +35,21 @@ The exit code has to be a number, it will be 0 otherwise and the error can be
 `nil` to indicate no error.
 
 ## Functions
-These are the functions for the `hilbish.runner` interface
+These are the "low level" functions for the `hilbish.runner` interface.
 
 + setMode(mode) > The same as `hilbish.runnerMode`
 + sh(input) -> input, code, err > Runs `input` in Hilbish's sh interpreter
 + lua(input) -> input, code, err > Evals `input` as Lua code
+
+The others here are defined in Lua and have EmmyLua documentation.
+These functions should be preferred over the previous ones.
++ setCurrent(mode) > The same as `setMode`, but works with runners managed
+via the functions below.
++ add(name, runner) > Adds a runner to a table of available runners. The `runner`
+argument is either a function or a table with a run callback.
++ set(name, runner) > The same as `add` but requires passing a table and
+overwrites if the `name`d runner already exists.
++ get(name) > runner > Gets a runner by name. It is a table with at least a
+run function, to run input.
++ exec(cmd, runnerName) > Runs `cmd` with a runner. If `runnerName` isn't passed,
+the current runner mode is used.
diff --git a/nature/init.lua b/nature/init.lua
index 7dd8953..8671087 100644
--- a/nature/init.lua
+++ b/nature/init.lua
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require 'nature.commands'
 require 'nature.completions'
 require 'nature.opts'
 require 'nature.vim'
+require 'nature.runner'
 
 local shlvl = tonumber(os.getenv 'SHLVL')
 if shlvl ~= nil then
diff --git a/nature/runner.lua b/nature/runner.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed1b7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nature/runner.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+local currentRunner = 'hybrid'
+local runners = {}
+
+-- lsp shut up
+hilbish = hilbish
+
+--- Get a runner by name.
+--- @param name string
+--- @return table
+function hilbish.runner.get(name)
+	local r = runners[name]
+
+	if not r then
+		error(string.format('runner %s does not exist', name))
+	end
+
+	return r
+end
+
+--- Adds a runner to the table of available runners. If runner is a table,
+--- it must have the run function in it.
+--- @param name string
+--- @param runner function | table
+function hilbish.runner.add(name, runner)
+	if type(name) ~= 'string' then
+		error 'expected runner name to be a table'
+	end
+
+	if type(runner) == 'function' then
+		runner = {run = runner} -- this probably looks confusing
+	end
+
+	if type(runner) ~= 'table' then
+		error 'expected runner to be a table or function'
+	end
+
+	if runners[name] then
+		error(string.format('runner %s already exists', name))
+	end
+
+	hilbish.runner.set(name, runner)
+end
+
+--- Sets a runner by name. The runner table must have the run function in it.
+--- @param name string
+--- @param runner table
+function hilbish.runner.set(name, runner)
+	if not runner.run or type(runner.run) ~= 'function' then
+		error 'run function in runner missing'
+	end
+
+	runners[name] = runner
+end
+
+--- Executes cmd with a runner. If runnerName isn't passed, it uses
+--- the user's current runner.
+--- @param cmd string
+--- @param runnerName string?
+--- @return string, number, string
+function hilbish.runner.exec(cmd, runnerName)
+	if not runnerName then runnerName = currentRunner end
+
+	local r = hilbish.runner.get(runnerName)
+
+	return r.run(cmd)
+end
+
+--- Sets the current interactive/command line runner mode.
+--- @param name string
+function hilbish.runner.setCurrent(name)
+	local r = hilbish.runner.get(name)
+	currentRunner = name
+
+	hilbish.runner.setMode(r.run)
+end
+
+hilbish.runner.add('hybrid', function(input)
+	local cmdStr = hilbish.aliases.resolve(input)
+
+	local _, _, err = hilbish.runner.lua(cmdStr)
+	if not err then
+		return input, 0, nil
+	end
+
+	return hilbish.runner.sh(input)
+end)
+
+hilbish.runner.add('hybridRev', function(input)
+	local _, _, err = hilbish.runner.sh(input)
+	if not err then
+		return input, 0, nil
+	end
+
+	local cmdStr = hilbish.aliases.resolve(input)
+	return hilbish.runner.lua(cmdStr)
+end)
+
+hilbish.runner.add('lua', function(input)
+	local cmdStr = hilbish.aliases.resolve(input)
+	return hilbish.runner.lua(cmdStr)
+end)
+
+hilbish.runner.add('sh', function(input)
+	return hilbish.runner.sh(input)
+end)
+