diff --git a/libs/base/Data/Either.idr b/libs/base/Data/Either.idr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee1718e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/base/Data/Either.idr
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+module Data.Either
+
+||| True if the argument is Left, False otherwise
+public export
+isLeft : Either a b -> Bool
+isLeft (Left l)  = True
+isLeft (Right r) = False
+
+||| True if the argument is Right, False otherwise
+public export
+isRight : Either a b -> Bool
+isRight (Left l)  = False
+isRight (Right r) = True
+
+||| Keep the payloads of all Left constructors in a list of Eithers
+public export
+lefts : List (Either a b) -> List a
+lefts []      = []
+lefts (x::xs) =
+  case x of
+    Left  l => l :: lefts xs
+    Right r => lefts xs
+
+||| Keep the payloads of all Right constructors in a list of Eithers
+public export
+rights : List (Either a b) -> List b
+rights []      = []
+rights (x::xs) =
+  case x of
+    Left  l => rights xs
+    Right r => r :: rights xs
+
+||| Split a list of Eithers into a list of the left elements and a list of the right elements
+public export
+partitionEithers : List (Either a b) -> (List a, List b)
+partitionEithers l = (lefts l, rights l)
+
+||| Remove a "useless" Either by collapsing the case distinction
+public export
+fromEither : Either a a -> a
+fromEither (Left l)  = l
+fromEither (Right r) = r
+
+||| Right becomes left and left becomes right
+public export
+mirror : Either a b -> Either b a
+mirror (Left  x) = Right x
+mirror (Right x) = Left x
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Conversions
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+||| Convert a Maybe to an Either by using a default value in case of Nothing
+||| @ e the default value
+public export
+maybeToEither : (def : Lazy e) -> Maybe a -> Either e a
+maybeToEither def (Just j) = Right j
+maybeToEither def Nothing  = Left  def
+
+||| Convert an Either to a Maybe from Right injection
+public export
+eitherToMaybe : Either e a -> Maybe a
+eitherToMaybe (Left _) = Nothing
+eitherToMaybe (Right x) = Just x
+
+
+-- Injectivity of constructors
+
+||| Left is injective
+total
+leftInjective : {b : Type}
+             -> {x : a}
+             -> {y : a}
+             -> (Left {b = b} x = Left {b = b} y) -> (x = y)
+leftInjective Refl = Refl
+
+||| Right is injective
+total
+rightInjective : {a : Type}
+              -> {x : b}
+              -> {y : b}
+              -> (Right {a = a} x = Right {a = a} y) -> (x = y)
+rightInjective Refl = Refl
diff --git a/libs/base/base.ipkg b/libs/base/base.ipkg
index d22dd45..35a1b28 100644
--- a/libs/base/base.ipkg
+++ b/libs/base/base.ipkg
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ modules = Control.Monad.Identity,
           Control.WellFounded,
 
           Data.Buffer,
+          Data.Either,
           Data.Fin,
           Data.IORef,
           Data.List,
@@ -18,11 +19,10 @@ modules = Control.Monad.Identity,
           Data.Stream,
           Data.Strings,
           Data.Vect,
-          
+
           Decidable.Equality,
 
           System,
           System.Concurrency.Raw,
           System.File,
           System.REPL
-