diff --git a/src/libneochat/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libneochat/CMakeLists.txt
index bcac0a51a..32d4d1feb 100644
--- a/src/libneochat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libneochat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ target_sources(LibNeoChat PRIVATE
     models/stickermodel.cpp
     models/userfiltermodel.cpp
     models/userlistmodel.cpp
+    models/widgetmodel.cpp
+    models/widgetmodel.h
 )
 
 if (TARGET KF6::KIOWidgets)
diff --git a/src/libneochat/models/widgetmodel.cpp b/src/libneochat/models/widgetmodel.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dc11f2ddc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libneochat/models/widgetmodel.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Arno Rehn <arno@arnorehn.de>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
+
+#include "widgetmodel.h"
+
+#include <Quotient/jobs/downloadfilejob.h>
+#include <Quotient/user.h>
+#include <widgetevent.h>
+
+using namespace Quotient;
+
+namespace
+{
+
+// This URL will take us to a jitsi room that is configured on a best effort basis.
+// Critically, it appears that we cannot pass avatars via the "fragment API".
+// The important stuff is working though: conference id, user name, subject.
+//
+// The alternative would be to rely on a Jitsi wrapper like https://app.element.io/jitsi.html.
+// This one parses the fragment and then uses the the actual Jitsi IFrame API to set
+// up the Jitsi meeting. Nice, but ties us to that external wrapper.
+//
+// Or we ship our own wrapper as a local HTML file and open that one?
+constexpr char JitsiMeetUrlTemplate[] =
+    "https://$domain/$conferenceId"
+    "#jitsi_meet_external_api_id=0"
+    "&config.subject=\"$roomName\""
+    "&config.startAudioOnly=$isAudioOnly"
+    "&config.startWithAudioMuted=$startWithAudioMuted"
+    "&config.startWithVideoMuted=$startWithVideoMuted"
+    "&isVideoChannel=$isVideoChannel"
+    "&userInfo.displayName=\"$matrix_display_name\"";
+
+// Same thing with etherpad, as long as it's on scalar.vector.im
+constexpr char EtherpadScalarVectorImUrl[] = "https://scalar.vector.im/api/widgets/etherpad.html";
+constexpr char EtherpadUrlTemplate[] =
+    "https://etherpad.integrations.element.io/p/"
+    "$padName"
+    "?showControls=true"
+    "&showChat=false"
+    "&chatAndUsers=false"
+    "&alwaysShowChat=false"
+    "&showLineNumbers=true"
+    "&useMonospaceFont=false"
+    "&userName=$matrix_user_id";
+
+QUrl avatarUrl(NeoChatRoom *room)
+{
+    const auto avatarUrl = room->member(room->connection()->userId()).avatarUrl();
+    return room->connection()->getUrlForApi<DownloadFileJob>(avatarUrl);
+}
+
+// Many widgets require proper interfacing with integration managers, but this needs authentication
+// with an integration manager: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/main/proposals/1961-integrations-auth.md
+// Also requires accepting the terms: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/main/proposals/2140-terms-of-service-2.md
+// Example:
+// curl -X POST "https://scalar.vector.im/_matrix/integrations/v1/register" \
+//    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+//    --data '<OpenIdCredentials>'
+// Then append the resulting json key-value pairs as query items to the widget url.
+QUrl buildWidgetUrl(QByteArray templateString, NeoChatRoom *room, const QJsonObject &data)
+{
+    constexpr auto enc = [](const auto &s) {
+        return QUrl::toPercentEncoding(s);
+    };
+
+    templateString.replace("$matrix_user_id"_L1, enc(room->connection()->userId()))
+        .replace("$matrix_room_id"_L1, enc(room->id()))
+        .replace("$matrix_display_name"_L1, enc(room->member(room->connection()->userId()).displayName()))
+        .replace("$matrix_avatar_url"_L1, avatarUrl(room).toEncoded());
+
+    for (auto it = data.begin(); it != data.end(); ++it) {
+        const QByteArray key = '$' + it.key().toUtf8();
+        templateString.replace(key, enc(it.value().toString()));
+    }
+
+    return QUrl::fromEncoded(templateString);
+}
+
+}
+
+class WidgetModelPrivate
+{
+    Q_DISABLE_COPY(WidgetModelPrivate);
+
+public:
+    WidgetModelPrivate(WidgetModel *q)
+        : q_ptr(q)
+    {
+    }
+
+    Q_DECLARE_PUBLIC(WidgetModel)
+    WidgetModel *const q_ptr;
+
+    // clang-format off
+    struct NoModelResetTag_t {};
+    static constexpr NoModelResetTag_t NoModelReset {};
+    // clang-format on
+
+    void reload();
+    void reload(NoModelResetTag_t);
+    void updateWidgets(Quotient::RoomEventsRange events);
+    void handleEvent(const Quotient::RoomEvent *event);
+    void handlePendingEvent(const Quotient::RoomEvent *event);
+    void buildJitsiIndex();
+
+    NeoChatRoom *room = nullptr;
+    QMap<QString, const WidgetEvent *> state;
+    int jitsiIndex = -1;
+};
+
+WidgetModel::WidgetModel(QObject *parent)
+    : QAbstractListModel{parent}
+    , d_ptr(std::make_unique<WidgetModelPrivate>(this))
+{
+}
+
+WidgetModel::~WidgetModel()
+{
+}
+
+QHash<int, QByteArray> WidgetModel::roleNames() const
+{
+    return {
+        {TextRole, "text"},
+        {UrlRole, "url"},
+        {TypeRole, "type"},
+    };
+}
+
+QVariant WidgetModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
+{
+    Q_D(const WidgetModel);
+
+    const int row = index.row();
+    if (row < 0 || row >= d->state.count()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    const auto *ev = std::next(d->state.begin(), row).value();
+    const auto type = ev->contentPart<QString>("type"_L1);
+    const auto url = ev->contentPart<QString>("url"_L1).toUtf8();
+
+    switch (role) {
+    case TextRole:
+        return ev->contentPart<QString>("name"_L1);
+    case TypeRole:
+        return type;
+    case UrlRole: {
+        QByteArray urlTemplate = url;
+        if (type == "jitsi"_L1) {
+            // Jitsi is special-cased even in Element. The URL that we get from the
+            // widget is just "https://scalar.vector.im/api/widgets/jitsi.html" which
+            // is not sufficient.
+            urlTemplate = JitsiMeetUrlTemplate;
+        } else if (type == "m.etherpad"_L1 && url.startsWith(EtherpadScalarVectorImUrl)) {
+            // Etherpad is not special-cased, but the scalar.vector.im wrapper requires authentication
+            // with the integration manager. We can just resolve this to the actual etherpad instance
+            // to skip integration manager auth.
+            urlTemplate = EtherpadUrlTemplate;
+        }
+        return buildWidgetUrl(urlTemplate, room(), ev->contentPart<QJsonObject>("data"_L1));
+    }
+    }
+
+    return {};
+}
+
+int WidgetModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
+{
+    Q_D(const WidgetModel);
+    Q_UNUSED(parent);
+    return d->state.count();
+}
+
+void WidgetModelPrivate::reload(NoModelResetTag_t)
+{
+    state.clear();
+
+    if (room) {
+        const auto events = room->currentState().eventsOfType(Quotient::WidgetEvent::MetaType.matrixId);
+        for (auto ev : events) {
+            handleEvent(ev);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void WidgetModelPrivate::reload()
+{
+    Q_Q(WidgetModel);
+
+    q->beginResetModel();
+
+    reload(NoModelReset);
+    buildJitsiIndex();
+
+    q->endResetModel();
+}
+
+void WidgetModelPrivate::updateWidgets(Quotient::RoomEventsRange events)
+{
+    using namespace std::ranges;
+
+    constexpr auto isWidgetEvent = [](auto &&ev) {
+        return ev->template is<WidgetEvent>();
+    };
+
+    if (any_of(events, isWidgetEvent)) {
+        reload();
+    }
+}
+
+void WidgetModelPrivate::handleEvent(const Quotient::RoomEvent *event)
+{
+    const WidgetEvent *widgetEvent = eventCast<const WidgetEvent>(event);
+    if (!widgetEvent) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto it = state.find(widgetEvent->stateKey());
+    if (it != state.end() && widgetEvent->replacedState() == it.value()->id()) {
+        // we alrady have this and it should be...
+        if (widgetEvent->contentJson().isEmpty()) {
+            // ... removed because replacement is empty
+            state.erase(it);
+        } else {
+            // replaced
+            it.value() = widgetEvent;
+        }
+    } else if (!widgetEvent->contentJson().isEmpty()) {
+        // insert if not empty
+        it = state.insert(widgetEvent->stateKey(), widgetEvent);
+    }
+}
+
+void WidgetModelPrivate::handlePendingEvent(const RoomEvent *event)
+{
+    Q_Q(WidgetModel);
+
+    if (!event->is<WidgetEvent>()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    q->beginResetModel();
+
+    reload(NoModelReset);
+    handleEvent(event);
+    buildJitsiIndex();
+
+    q->endResetModel();
+}
+
+void WidgetModelPrivate::buildJitsiIndex()
+{
+    Q_Q(WidgetModel);
+
+    const auto newIndex = [&] -> int {
+        auto it = std::find_if(state.cbegin(), state.cend(), [](const WidgetEvent *e) {
+            return e->contentPart<QString>("type"_L1) == "jitsi"_L1;
+        });
+
+        if (it == state.cend()) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        return std::distance(state.cbegin(), it);
+    }();
+
+    if (newIndex != jitsiIndex) {
+        jitsiIndex = newIndex;
+        Q_EMIT q->jitsiIndexChanged();
+    }
+}
+
+NeoChatRoom *WidgetModel::room() const
+{
+    Q_D(const WidgetModel);
+    return d->room;
+}
+
+void WidgetModel::setRoom(NeoChatRoom *newRoom)
+{
+    Q_D(WidgetModel);
+
+    if (d->room == newRoom) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (d->room) {
+        disconnect(d->room, &NeoChatRoom::baseStateLoaded, this, nullptr);
+        disconnect(d->room, &NeoChatRoom::aboutToAddNewMessages, this, nullptr);
+        disconnect(d->room, &NeoChatRoom::pendingEventAboutToAdd, this, nullptr);
+    }
+
+    d->room = newRoom;
+
+    if (d->room) {
+        connect(d->room, &NeoChatRoom::baseStateLoaded, this, [d] {
+            d->reload();
+        });
+        connect(d->room, &NeoChatRoom::aboutToAddNewMessages, this, [d](Quotient::RoomEventsRange events) {
+            d->updateWidgets(events);
+        });
+        connect(d->room, &NeoChatRoom::pendingEventAboutToAdd, this, [d](Quotient::RoomEvent *event) {
+            d->handlePendingEvent(event);
+        });
+    }
+    d->reload();
+
+    Q_EMIT roomChanged();
+}
+
+int WidgetModel::jitsiIndex() const
+{
+    Q_D(const WidgetModel);
+
+    return d->jitsiIndex;
+}
diff --git a/src/libneochat/models/widgetmodel.h b/src/libneochat/models/widgetmodel.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfc19c23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libneochat/models/widgetmodel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Arno Rehn <arno@arnorehn.de>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL
+
+#ifndef WIDGETMODEL_H
+#define WIDGETMODEL_H
+
+#include <QAbstractListModel>
+#include <QQmlEngine>
+
+#include "neochatroom.h"
+
+class WidgetModelPrivate;
+
+/**
+ * @class WidgetModel
+ *
+ * `WidgetModel` provides a list model of widgets for a given room.
+ *
+ * It also supports adding and removing widgets.
+ */
+class WidgetModel : public QAbstractListModel
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    QML_ELEMENT
+
+    /**
+     * @brief The room for which this model lists the widgets
+     */
+    Q_PROPERTY(NeoChatRoom *room READ room WRITE setRoom NOTIFY roomChanged)
+    /**
+     * @brief The row index of the first Jitsi widget
+     */
+    Q_PROPERTY(int jitsiIndex READ jitsiIndex NOTIFY jitsiIndexChanged)
+public:
+    enum Roles {
+        TextRole = Qt::DisplayRole,
+        UrlRole = Qt::UserRole,
+        TypeRole,
+    };
+    Q_ENUM(Roles)
+
+    explicit WidgetModel(QObject *parent = nullptr);
+    ~WidgetModel() override;
+
+    NeoChatRoom *room() const;
+    void setRoom(NeoChatRoom *newRoom);
+
+    [[nodiscard]] QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override;
+    [[nodiscard]] QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int roleName) const override;
+    [[nodiscard]] int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = {}) const override;
+
+    int jitsiIndex() const;
+
+Q_SIGNALS:
+    void roomChanged();
+    void jitsiIndexChanged();
+
+private:
+    Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(WidgetModel)
+    const std::unique_ptr<WidgetModelPrivate> d_ptr;
+};
+
+#endif // WIDGETMODEL_H