diff --git a/frontends/qt6/CMakeLists.txt b/frontends/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
index a2e0eaf74..2c4f25056 100644
--- a/frontends/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/frontends/qt6/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ find_package(cpr CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 qt_add_executable(dbal-qml
     main.cpp
+    src/PackageRegistry.cpp
 )
 
 qt_add_qml_module(dbal-qml
diff --git a/frontends/qt6/main.cpp b/frontends/qt6/main.cpp
index 0d02c0972..6e029febf 100644
--- a/frontends/qt6/main.cpp
+++ b/frontends/qt6/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <QStringLiteral>
 #include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QQmlContext>
+
+#include "src/PackageRegistry.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                              QCoreApplication::exit(-1);
                          }
                      });
+    PackageRegistry registry;
+    registry.loadPackage("frontpage");
+    engine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("PackageRegistry"), &registry);
 
     engine.load(url);
     return app.exec();
diff --git a/frontends/qt6/src/PackageRegistry.cpp b/frontends/qt6/src/PackageRegistry.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f054c08c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontends/qt6/src/PackageRegistry.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#include "PackageRegistry.h"
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QFile>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QSet>
+#include <QTextStream>
+
+namespace {
+QString normalizedPath(const QString &path) {
+    QDir dir(path);
+    return dir.absolutePath();
+}
+
+QString metadataFileName(const QString &packageId) {
+    return packageId + "/metadata.json";
+}
+}
+
+PackageRegistry::PackageRegistry(QObject *parent)
+    : QObject(parent)
+{
+    const auto appDir = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
+    m_roots << normalizedPath(appDir + "/packages");
+    m_roots << normalizedPath(appDir + "/../packages");
+    m_roots << normalizedPath(appDir + "/../frontends/qt6/packages");
+    m_roots << normalizedPath(appDir + "/../../frontends/qt6/packages");
+}
+
+QStringList PackageRegistry::packageIds() const
+{
+    QSet<QString> ids;
+    for (const auto &root : m_roots) {
+        QDir dir(root);
+        if (!dir.exists())
+            continue;
+
+        const auto entries = dir.entryList(QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot);
+        for (const auto &entry : entries) {
+            const auto meta = dir.filePath(metadataFileName(entry));
+            if (QFile::exists(meta))
+                ids.insert(entry);
+        }
+    }
+    return ids.values();
+}
+
+QString PackageRegistry::loadedPackage() const
+{
+    return m_loadedPackage;
+}
+
+QVariantMap PackageRegistry::loadedMetadata() const
+{
+    return m_loadedMetadata;
+}
+
+QVariantMap PackageRegistry::metadata(const QString &packageId) const
+{
+    const auto filePath = findMetadataFile(packageId);
+    if (filePath.isEmpty())
+        return {};
+    QFile file(filePath);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+        return {};
+    const auto doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(file.readAll());
+    if (!doc.isObject())
+        return {};
+    return doc.object().toVariantMap();
+}
+
+bool PackageRegistry::loadPackage(const QString &packageId)
+{
+    const auto filePath = findMetadataFile(packageId);
+    if (filePath.isEmpty())
+        return false;
+
+    QFile file(filePath);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
+        return false;
+
+    const auto doc = QJsonDocument::fromJson(file.readAll());
+    if (!doc.isObject())
+        return false;
+
+    m_loadedPackage = packageId;
+    m_loadedMetadata = doc.object().toVariantMap();
+    emit packageLoaded();
+    emit metadataChanged();
+    return true;
+}
+
+QString PackageRegistry::findMetadataFile(const QString &packageId) const
+{
+    for (const auto &root : m_roots) {
+        const auto candidate = QDir(root).filePath(metadataFileName(packageId));
+        if (QFile::exists(candidate))
+            return candidate;
+    }
+    return {};
+}