diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index ebf69d2..58cc494 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ in {
 
   taskwarrior-hooks = callPackage ./taskwarrior-hooks { };
 
+  terminal-tools = callPackage ./terminal-tools { };
+
   # use upstream only for package tests
   # memo = callPackage ./memo {};
 
diff --git a/pkgs/q/default.nix b/pkgs/q/default.nix
index 01cec43..41aa8c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/q/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/q/default.nix
@@ -5,16 +5,8 @@
 , enableBattery ? true, ... }:
 
 let
-  hrule = ''
-    hrule_cols=$(${pkgs.ncurses}/bin/tput cols)
-    hrule_index=0
-    while [ $hrule_index -lt $hrule_cols ]
-    do
-      echo -n '─'
-      hrule_index=$(( 1 + $hrule_index ))
-    done
-    echo
-  '';
+
+  hrule = ''${pkgs.terminal-tools}/bin/hrule'';
 
   q-cal = let
 
@@ -310,8 +302,17 @@ let
     done
   '';
 
+  q-show-users = ''
+    ${pkgs.procps}/bin/ps aux \
+     | ${pkgs.gawk}/bin/awk '{ print $1 }' \
+     | ${pkgs.gnused}/bin/sed '1 d' \
+     | ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/sort  \
+     | ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/uniq \
+     | ${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/column
+  '';
+
   q-task-checklist = ''
-    ${pkgs.taskwarrior}/bin/task export +checklist status:pending | \
+    ${pkgs.taskwarrior}/bin/task export +checklist status:pending +READY | \
     ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq  \
       --raw-output '
       sort_by(.description) | reverse |
@@ -321,7 +322,9 @@ let
   '';
 
   q-task-active = ''
-    ${pkgs.taskwarrior}/bin/task export  +ACTIVE status:pending | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq --raw-output '.[] | "⇒ \(.id) \(.description)"'
+    ${pkgs.taskwarrior}/bin/task export  \
+    +ACTIVE status:pending \
+    | ${pkgs.jq}/bin/jq --raw-output '.[] | "⇒ \(.id) \(.description)"'
   '';
 
   # bash needed for <(...)
@@ -344,4 +347,5 @@ in pkgs.writers.writeBashBin "q" ''
   ${hrule}
   ${q-task-checklist}
   ${hrule}
+  ${q-show-users}
 ''
diff --git a/pkgs/terminal-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/terminal-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d5aa3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/terminal-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ rustPlatform, fetchgit, stdenv, ... }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "terminal-tools-${version}";
+  version = "0.1.0";
+
+  #src = ./.;
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.ingolf-wagner.de/palo/terminal-tools";
+    rev = "e77560d04aa6b86da2a8dc235c7168ca9cdd7d45";
+    sha256 = "087cp0m42x3rjkkhh3zi48ahz4qkavr7lgc9fy299m9gjy6alb7p";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "0dgbw6idlzzpgljv0lxavimh1h8qlib0qrcn92f5imy6a12phrmm";
+
+  verifyCargoDeps = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "tools I use in my shell scripts which should be fast";
+    homepage = "https://git.ingolf-wagner.de/palo/terminal-tools";
+    license = licenses.gplv3;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.mrVanDalo ];
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}
+