diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6396f1c..4cd17e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: cargo fmt -- --check
       - run: cargo clippy --examples --tests -- -D warnings
       - run: cargo clippy --examples --tests --features search -- -D warnings
+      - run: cargo clippy --examples --tests --features serde -- -D warnings
       - run: cargo clippy --examples --tests --no-default-features --features termion -- -D warnings
       - run: cargo clippy --examples --tests --no-default-features --features termion,search -- -D warnings
       - run: cargo clippy --examples --tests --no-default-features --features termwiz -- -D warnings
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index efd23ec..e946b00 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ tuirs-termion = ["tuirs", "dep:termion", "tui/termion"]
 tuirs-no-backend = ["tuirs"]
 # Other optional features
 search = ["dep:regex"]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 arbitrary = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ termion = { version = "4.0", optional = true }
 termwiz = { version = "0.22.0", optional = true }
 tui = { version = "0.19", default-features = false, optional = true }
 unicode-width = "0.1.11"
+serde = { version = "1", optional = true , features = ["derive"] }
 
 [[example]]
 name = "minimal"
diff --git a/src/cursor.rs b/src/cursor.rs
index ed521e7..e9b084b 100644
--- a/src/cursor.rs
+++ b/src/cursor.rs
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ use crate::widget::Viewport;
 use crate::word::{find_word_start_backward, find_word_start_forward};
 #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary")]
 use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::cmp;
 
 /// Specify how to move the cursor.
 ///
 /// This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more variations may be supported in the future.
 #[non_exhaustive]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(Arbitrary))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub enum CursorMove {
     /// Move cursor forward by one character. When the cursor is at the end of line, it moves to the head of next line.
     /// ```
diff --git a/src/input/mod.rs b/src/input/mod.rs
index 025d7b5..6e107df 100644
--- a/src/input/mod.rs
+++ b/src/input/mod.rs
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ mod termwiz;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "arbitrary")]
 use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 /// Backend-agnostic key input kind.
 ///
 /// This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more keys may be supported in the future.
 #[non_exhaustive]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Hash, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(Arbitrary))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub enum Key {
     /// Normal letter key input
     Char(char),
@@ -100,8 +103,9 @@ impl Default for Key {
 ///     shift: false,
 /// });
 /// ```
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Hash, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "arbitrary", derive(Arbitrary))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct Input {
     /// Typed key.
     pub key: Key,
diff --git a/src/scroll.rs b/src/scroll.rs
index 524feb8..875f906 100644
--- a/src/scroll.rs
+++ b/src/scroll.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::widget::Viewport;
-
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 /// Specify how to scroll the textarea.
 ///
 /// This type is marked as `#[non_exhaustive]` since more variations may be supported in the future. Note that the cursor will
@@ -7,6 +8,8 @@ use crate::widget::Viewport;
 ///
 /// [`TextArea::scroll`]: https://docs.rs/tui-textarea/latest/tui_textarea/struct.TextArea.html#method.scroll
 #[non_exhaustive]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub enum Scrolling {
     /// Scroll the textarea by rows (vertically) and columns (horizontally). Passing positive scroll amounts to `rows` and `cols`
     /// scolls it to down and right. Negative integers means the opposite directions. `(i16, i16)` pair can be converted into