diff --git a/public/src/templates.js b/public/src/templates.js
index c43c30f1ac..29e3850d33 100644
--- a/public/src/templates.js
+++ b/public/src/templates.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var templates = {};
 		loadTemplates([
 				'header', 'footer', 'register', 'home',
 				'login', 'reset', 'reset_code', 'account_settings',
-				'logout',
 				'emails/reset', 'emails/reset_plaintext'
 			]);
 	}
diff --git a/public/templates/footer.tpl b/public/templates/footer.tpl
index 472f5db1e0..6f76fc8673 100644
--- a/public/templates/footer.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/footer.tpl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	<!-- START Forum Info -->
 	<div id="footer" class="container" style="padding-top: 50px;">
 		<div class="alert alert-info">
+			<span id="active_users"></span><br />
 			<span id="number_of_users"></span><br />
 			<span id="latest_user"></span>
 		</div>
@@ -13,7 +14,9 @@
 	<script type="text/javascript">
 	(function() {
 		var num_users = document.getElementById('number_of_users'),
-			latest_user = document.getElementById('latest_user');
+			latest_user = document.getElementById('latest_user'),
+			active_users = document.getElementById('active_users');
+
 		socket.emit('user.count', {});
 		socket.on('user.count', function(data) {
 			num_users.innerHTML = "We currently have <b>" + data.count + "</b> registered users.";
@@ -22,6 +25,10 @@
 		socket.on('user.latest', function(data) {
 			latest_user.innerHTML = "The most recent user to register is <b>" + data.username + "</b>.";
 		});
+		socket.emit('api:user.active.get');
+		socket.on('api:user.active.get', function(data) {
+			active_users.innerHTML = 'There ' + (parseInt(data.users) !== 1 ? 'are' : 'is') + ' <strong>' + data.users + '</strong> user' + (parseInt(data.users) !== 1 ? 's' : '') + ' and <strong>' + data.anon + '</strong> guest' + (parseInt(data.anon) !== 1 ? 's' : '') + ' online';
+		});
 	}());
 	</script>
 	<!-- END Forum Info -->
diff --git a/src/redis.js b/src/redis.js
index e7ace192c4..1be1d28f4f 100644
--- a/src/redis.js
+++ b/src/redis.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 		redis = require('redis'),
 		db = redis.createClient();
 
-	// todo (holy cow): append,auth,bgrewriteaof,bgsave,bitcount,bitop,blpop,brpop,brpoplpush,client kill,client list,client getname,client setname,config get,config set,config resetstat,dbsize,debug object,debug segfault,decrby,discard,dump,echo,eval,evalsha,exec,exists,expireat,flushall,flushdb,getbit,getrange,getset,hdel,hexists,hget,hgetall,hincrby,hincrbyfloat,hkeys,hlen,hmget,hmset,hset,hsetnx,hvals,incrby,incrbyfloat,info,keys,lastsave,lindex,linsert,llen,lpop,lpushx,lrem,lset,ltrim,migrate,monitor,move,mset,msetnx,object,persist,pexpire,pexpireat,ping,psetex,psubscribe,pttl,publish,punsubscribe,quit,randomkey,rename,renamenx,restore,rpop,rpoplpush,rpush,rpushx,sadd,save,scard,script exists,script flush,script kill,script load,sdiff,sdiffstore,select,setbit,setex,setnx,setrange,shutdown,sinter,sinterstore,sismember,slaveof,slowlog,smembers,smove,sort,spop,srandmember,srem,strlen,subscribe,sunion,sunionstore,sync,time,ttl,type,unsubscribe,unwatch,watch,zadd,zcard,zcount,zincrby,zinterstore,zrange,zrangebyscore,zrank,zrem,zremrangebyrank,zremrangebyscore,zrevrange,zrevrangebyscore,zrevrank,zscore,zunionstore
-	// done: get, set, incr, decr, del, mget, multi, expire, lpush, lrange
+	// todo (holy cow): append,auth,bgrewriteaof,bgsave,bitcount,bitop,blpop,brpop,brpoplpush,client kill,client list,client getname,client setname,config get,config set,config resetstat,dbsize,debug object,debug segfault,decrby,discard,dump,echo,eval,evalsha,exec,exists,expireat,flushall,flushdb,getbit,getrange,getset,hdel,hexists,hget,hgetall,hincrby,hincrbyfloat,hkeys,hlen,hmget,hmset,hset,hsetnx,hvals,incrby,incrbyfloat,info,lastsave,lindex,linsert,llen,lpop,lpushx,lrem,lset,ltrim,migrate,monitor,move,mset,msetnx,object,persist,pexpire,pexpireat,ping,psetex,psubscribe,pttl,publish,punsubscribe,quit,randomkey,rename,renamenx,restore,rpop,rpoplpush,rpush,rpushx,sadd,save,scard,script exists,script flush,script kill,script load,sdiff,sdiffstore,select,setbit,setex,setnx,setrange,shutdown,sinter,sinterstore,sismember,slaveof,slowlog,smembers,smove,sort,spop,srandmember,srem,strlen,subscribe,sunion,sunionstore,sync,time,ttl,type,unsubscribe,unwatch,watch,zadd,zcard,zcount,zincrby,zinterstore,zrange,zrangebyscore,zrank,zrem,zremrangebyrank,zremrangebyscore,zrevrange,zrevrangebyscore,zrevrank,zscore,zunionstore
+	// done: get, set, incr, decr, del, mget, multi, expire, lpush, lrange, keys
 
 	function return_handler(error, data, callback, error_handler) {
 		if (error !== null) {
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@
 		return db.multi();
 	}
 
+	RedisDB.keys = function(pattern, callback, error_handler) {
+		return db.keys(pattern, function(error, data) {
+			return_handler(error, data, callback, error_handler);
+		});
+	}
+
 	RedisDB.del = function(key, callback) {
 		db.del(key);
 	}
diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index 21da359f80..7075519cb9 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -225,4 +225,43 @@ var	config = require('../config.js'),
 			});
 		}
 	}
+
+	User.active = {
+		get: function(callback) {
+			RDB.keys('active:*', function(active) {
+				var	returnObj = {
+						users: 0,
+						anon: 0,
+						uids: []
+					},
+					keys = [];
+
+				for(var a in active) {
+					keys.push('sess:' + active[a].split(':')[1] + ':uid');
+				}
+
+				RDB.mget(keys, function(uids) {
+					for(var u in uids) {
+						if (uids[u] !== null) {
+							if (returnObj.uids.indexOf(uids[u]) === -1) {
+								returnObj.users++;
+								returnObj.uids.push(uids[u]);
+							}
+						} else {
+							returnObj.anon++;
+						}
+					}
+
+					if (callback === undefined) {
+						global.socket.emit('api:user.active.get', returnObj)
+					} else {
+						callback(returnObj);
+					}
+				});
+			});
+		},
+		register: function(sessionID) {
+			RDB.set('active:' + sessionID, 60*10);	// Active state persists for 10 minutes
+		}
+	}
 }(exports));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 683dcd7e98..3a159b24c9 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ var express = require('express'),
 				if (global.uid !== null) console.log('info: [Auth] uid ' + global.uid + ' found. Welcome back.');
 				else console.log('info: [Auth] No login session found.');
 			});
+
+			// (Re-)register the session as active
+			global.modules.user.active.register(req.sessionID);
 		} else {
 			console.log('info: [Auth] Ping from uid ' + global.uid);
 		}
diff --git a/src/websockets.js b/src/websockets.js
index ae1c90c36c..122765b6bb 100644
--- a/src/websockets.js
+++ b/src/websockets.js
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ var	SocketIO = require('socket.io').listen(global.server),
 		socket.on('api:topics.post', function(data) {
 			modules.topics.post(data.title, data.content);
 		});
+
+		socket.on('api:user.active.get', function() {
+			modules.user.active.get();
+		});
 	});
 	
 }(SocketIO));