diff --git a/events/TypedEvents.test.ts b/events/TypedEvents.test.ts
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+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { typedEvents } from './TypedEvents.js'
+
+describe('TypedEvents', () => {
+
+  test('streams every emitted event', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<string>()
+
+    const { stream } = te.listen()
+    const events = take(2)(stream())
+
+    te.emit('hello')
+    te.emit('world')
+
+    expect(await events).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
+  })
+
+  test('only receives events after stream has been opened', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<string>()
+
+    te.emit('this is not included')
+
+    const { stream } = te.listen()
+    const events = take(2)(stream())
+
+    te.emit('hello')
+    te.emit('world')
+
+    expect(await events).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
+  })
+
+  test('event stream can be aborted', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<string>()
+
+    const { stream, abort } = te.listen()
+    const events = take(3)(stream())
+
+    te.emit('hello')
+    te.emit('world')
+    abort()
+    te.emit('this is not included')
+
+    expect(await events).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
+  })
+
+  test('event stream can be filtered', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<{ id: number, message: string }>()
+
+    const { stream } = te.listen({ filter: (e) => e.id === 1 })
+    const events = take(2)(stream())
+
+    te.emit({ id: 1, message: 'hello' })
+    te.emit({ id: 2, message: 'hello' })
+    te.emit({ id: 1, message: 'world' })
+
+    expect((await events).map(e => e.message)).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
+  })
+
+  test('event stream can be transformed', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<string>()
+
+    const { stream } = te.listen()
+    const events = take(2)(stream(e => e.toUpperCase()))
+
+    te.emit('hello')
+    te.emit('world')
+
+    expect((await events)).toEqual(['HELLO', 'WORLD'])
+  })
+
+  test('event stream is empty after an abort', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<string>()
+
+    const { stream, abort } = te.listen()
+    stream()
+    abort()
+    const events = take(2)(stream())
+
+    te.emit('hello')
+    te.emit('world')
+
+    expect(await events).toEqual([])
+  })
+
+  test('there can be two listeners for an event stream', async () => {
+    const te = typedEvents<string>()
+
+    const { stream: stream1, abort: abort1 } = te.listen()
+    const { stream: stream2 } = te.listen()
+    const events1 = take(3)(stream1())
+    const events2 = take(3)(stream2())
+
+    te.emit('hello')
+    te.emit('world')
+    abort1()
+    te.emit('!')
+
+    expect(await events1).toEqual(['hello', 'world'])
+    expect(await events2).toEqual(['hello', 'world', '!'])
+  })
+
+})
+
+const take = (count: number) => async <T>(asyncIterable: AsyncIterable<T>): Promise<T[]> => {
+  if (count <= 0) return []
+
+  const elements: T[] = []
+  let i = 0
+  for await (const element of asyncIterable) {
+    elements.push(element)
+    i++
+    if (i >= count) break
+  }
+  return elements
+}
diff --git a/events/TypedEvents.ts b/events/TypedEvents.ts
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+++ b/events/TypedEvents.ts
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+import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events'
+import * as crypto from 'crypto'
+import { on } from 'events'
+
+export type TypedEvents = ReturnType<typeof typedEvents>
+
+/**
+ * A type-safe way to use EventEmitter
+ */
+export const typedEvents = <
+  TEvent extends NonNullable<unknown>
+>(options?: {
+  eventEmitter?: EventEmitter,
+  eventName?: string | symbol
+}) => {
+  const eventEmitter = options?.eventEmitter ?? new EventEmitter()
+  const eventName = options?.eventName ?? crypto.randomUUID()
+
+  const emit = (event: TEvent) => eventEmitter.emit(eventName, event)
+
+  const listen = (options?: {
+    filter?: (e: TEvent) => boolean,
+    onAbort?: (reason?: string) => void,
+    onError?: (e: unknown) => void,
+  }) => {
+    const ac = new AbortController
+
+    const abort = (reason?: string) => ac.abort(reason)
+    ac.signal.onabort = () => options?.onAbort?.(typeof ac.signal.reason === 'string' ? ac.signal.reason : undefined)
+
+    const stream = async function* <R = TEvent>(transform?: (e: TEvent) => R): AsyncIterable<R> {
+      try {
+        for await (const [event] of on(eventEmitter, eventName.toString(), { signal: ac.signal })) {
+          const typedEvent = event as unknown as TEvent
+          if (options?.filter?.(typedEvent) ?? true) {
+            yield transform?.(typedEvent) ?? typedEvent as unknown as R
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        if (!(isAbortError(e))) {
+          if (typeof options?.onError === 'function') options.onError(e)
+          else throw e
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return { stream, abort }
+  }
+
+  return { emit, listen }
+}
+
+const isAbortError = (e: unknown) =>
+  e && typeof e === 'object' && 'name' in e && e.name === 'AbortError'
+
+/*
+ * Example:
+ *   const te = typedEvents<{ id: number, message: string }>()
+ *
+ *   function sse(request: Request, reply: Reply) {
+ *     const { stream, abort } = te.listen({ filter: (e) => e.id === request.params.id }) // listen with filter
+ *
+ *     request.socket.on('close', () => abort('connection closed')) // abort on connection close
+ *     reply.sse(stream((e) => ({ data: JSON.stringify(e) })) // stream transformed events using SSE
+ *   }
+ *
+ *   // another part of your system
+ *   te.emit({ id: 17, message: 'Hello' })
+ *   te.emit({ id: 17, message: 'World' })
+ */
diff --git a/events/index.ts b/events/index.ts
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+++ b/events/index.ts
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+export * from './TypedEvents.js'
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index c956aa0..d0bc8ba 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from './events/index.js'
 export * from './json/index.js'
 export * from './lazy/index.js'
 export * from './locale/index.js'