diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 92baa6b1e..0f234c62d 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(glad)
 add_subdirectory(ipc-util)
 add_subdirectory(libff)
+add_subdirectory(file-updater)
 
 find_package(Jansson 2.5 QUIET)
 
diff --git a/deps/file-updater/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/file-updater/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4d1a8bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/file-updater/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+project(file-updater)
+
+find_package(Libcurl REQUIRED)
+
+include_directories(${LIBCURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+if(WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
+	include_directories(../w32-pthreads)
+	set(file-updater_PLATFORM_DEPS
+		w32-pthreads)
+endif()
+
+set(file-updater_HEADERS
+	file-updater/file-updater.h)
+set(file-updater_SOURCES
+	file-updater/file-updater.c)
+
+add_library(file-updater STATIC
+	${file-updater_SOURCES}
+	${file-updater_HEADERS})
+
+target_include_directories(file-updater
+	PUBLIC .)
+
+if(NOT MSVC AND NOT MINGW)
+	target_compile_options(file-updater PRIVATE -fPIC)
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(file-updater
+	${LIBCURL_LIBRARIES}
+	${file-updater_PLATFORM_DEPS}
+	libobs)
diff --git a/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c b/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a71036bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.c
@@ -0,0 +1,423 @@
+#include <util/threading.h>
+#include <util/platform.h>
+#include <util/darray.h>
+#include <util/dstr.h>
+#include <obs-data.h>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include "file-updater.h"
+
+#define warn(msg, ...) \
+	blog(LOG_WARNING, "%s"msg, info->log_prefix, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define info(msg, ...) \
+	blog(LOG_WARNING, "%s"msg, info->log_prefix, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+struct update_info {
+	char error[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
+	struct curl_slist *header;
+	DARRAY(uint8_t) file_data;
+	char *user_agent;
+	CURL *curl;
+	char *url;
+
+	/* directories */
+	char *local;
+	char *cache;
+	char *temp;
+
+	const char *remote_url;
+	obs_data_t *local_package;
+	obs_data_t *cache_package;
+	obs_data_t *remote_package;
+
+	confirm_file_callback_t callback;
+	void *param;
+
+	pthread_t thread;
+	bool thread_created;
+	char *log_prefix;
+};
+
+void update_info_destroy(struct update_info *info)
+{
+	if (!info)
+		return;
+
+	if (info->thread_created)
+		pthread_join(info->thread, NULL);
+
+	da_free(info->file_data);
+	bfree(info->log_prefix);
+	bfree(info->user_agent);
+	bfree(info->temp);
+	bfree(info->cache);
+	bfree(info->local);
+	bfree(info->url);
+
+	if (info->header)
+		curl_slist_free_all(info->header);
+	if (info->curl)
+		curl_easy_cleanup(info->curl);
+	if (info->local_package)
+		obs_data_release(info->local_package);
+	if (info->cache_package)
+		obs_data_release(info->cache_package);
+	if (info->remote_package)
+		obs_data_release(info->remote_package);
+	bfree(info);
+}
+
+static size_t http_write(uint8_t *ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb,
+		struct update_info *info)
+{
+	size_t total = size * nmemb;
+	if (total)
+		da_push_back_array(info->file_data, ptr, total);
+
+	return total;
+}
+
+static bool do_http_request(struct update_info *info, const char *url)
+{
+	CURLcode code;
+	uint8_t null_terminator = 0;
+
+	da_resize(info->file_data, 0);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, info->header);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, info->error);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, http_write);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, info);
+	curl_easy_setopt(info->curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
+
+	code = curl_easy_perform(info->curl);
+	if (code != CURLE_OK) {
+		warn("Remote update of URL \"%s\" failed: %s", url,
+				info->error);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	da_push_back(info->file_data, &null_terminator);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static char *get_path(const char *dir, const char *file)
+{
+	struct dstr str = {0};
+
+	dstr_copy(&str, dir);
+
+	if (str.array && dstr_end(&str) != '/' && dstr_end(&str) != '\\')
+		dstr_cat_ch(&str, '/');
+
+	dstr_cat(&str, file);
+	return str.array;
+}
+
+static inline obs_data_t *get_package(const char *base_path, const char *file)
+{
+	char *full_path = get_path(base_path, file);
+	obs_data_t *package = obs_data_create_from_json_file(full_path);
+	bfree(full_path);
+	return package;
+}
+
+static bool init_update(struct update_info *info)
+{
+	struct dstr user_agent = {0};
+
+	info->curl = curl_easy_init();
+	if (!info->curl) {
+		warn("Could not initialize Curl");
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	info->local_package = get_package(info->local, "package.json");
+	info->cache_package = get_package(info->cache, "package.json");
+
+	dstr_copy(&user_agent, "User-Agent: ");
+	dstr_cat(&user_agent, info->user_agent);
+
+	info->header = curl_slist_append(info->header, user_agent.array);
+
+	dstr_free(&user_agent);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void copy_local_to_cache(struct update_info *info, const char *file)
+{
+	char *local_file_path = get_path(info->local, file);
+	char *cache_file_path = get_path(info->cache, file);
+	char *temp_file_path  = get_path(info->temp,  file);
+
+	os_copyfile(local_file_path, temp_file_path);
+	os_unlink(cache_file_path);
+	os_rename(temp_file_path, cache_file_path);
+
+	bfree(local_file_path);
+	bfree(cache_file_path);
+	bfree(temp_file_path);
+}
+
+static void enum_files(obs_data_t *package,
+		bool (*enum_func)(void *param, obs_data_t *file),
+		void *param)
+{
+	obs_data_array_t *array = obs_data_get_array(package, "files");
+	size_t num;
+
+	if (!array)
+		return;
+
+	num = obs_data_array_count(array);
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < num; i++) {
+		obs_data_t *file = obs_data_array_item(array, i);
+		bool continue_enum = enum_func(param, file);
+		obs_data_release(file);
+
+		if (!continue_enum)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	obs_data_array_release(array);
+}
+
+struct file_update_data {
+	const char *name;
+	int version;
+	bool newer;
+	bool found;
+};
+
+static bool newer_than_cache(void *param, obs_data_t *cache_file)
+{
+	struct file_update_data *input = param;
+	const char *name = obs_data_get_string(cache_file, "name");
+	int version = (int)obs_data_get_int(cache_file, "version");
+
+	if (strcmp(input->name, name) == 0) {
+		input->found = true;
+		input->newer = input->version > version;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static bool update_files_to_local(void *param, obs_data_t *local_file)
+{
+	struct update_info *info = param;
+	struct file_update_data data = {
+		.name = obs_data_get_string(local_file, "name"),
+		.version = (int)obs_data_get_int(local_file, "version")
+	};
+
+	enum_files(info->cache_package, newer_than_cache, &data);
+	if (data.newer || !data.found)
+		copy_local_to_cache(info, data.name);
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+static int update_local_version(struct update_info *info)
+{
+	int local_version;
+	int cache_version = 0;
+
+	local_version = (int)obs_data_get_int(info->local_package, "version");
+	cache_version = (int)obs_data_get_int(info->cache_package, "version");
+
+	/* if local cached version is out of date, copy new version */
+	if (cache_version < local_version) {
+		enum_files(info->local_package, update_files_to_local, info);
+		copy_local_to_cache(info, "package.json");
+
+		obs_data_release(info->cache_package);
+		obs_data_addref(info->local_package);
+		info->cache_package = info->local_package;
+
+		return local_version;
+	}
+
+	return cache_version;
+}
+
+static inline bool do_relative_http_request(struct update_info *info,
+		const char *url, const char *file)
+{
+	char *full_url = get_path(url, file);
+	bool success = do_http_request(info, full_url);
+	bfree(full_url);
+	return success;
+}
+
+static inline void write_file_data(struct update_info *info,
+		const char *base_path, const char *file)
+{
+	char *full_path = get_path(base_path, file);
+	os_quick_write_utf8_file(full_path,
+			(char*)info->file_data.array,
+			info->file_data.num - 1, false);
+	bfree(full_path);
+}
+
+static inline void replace_file(const char *src_base_path,
+		const char *dst_base_path, const char *file)
+{
+	char *src_path = get_path(src_base_path, file);
+	char *dst_path = get_path(dst_base_path, file);
+
+	if (src_path && dst_path) {
+		os_unlink(dst_path);
+		os_rename(src_path, dst_path);
+	}
+
+	bfree(dst_path);
+	bfree(src_path);
+}
+
+static bool update_remote_files(void *param, obs_data_t *remote_file)
+{
+	struct update_info *info = param;
+
+	struct file_update_data data = {
+		.name = obs_data_get_string(remote_file, "name"),
+		.version = (int)obs_data_get_int(remote_file, "version")
+	};
+
+	enum_files(info->cache_package, newer_than_cache, &data);
+	if (!data.newer && data.found)
+		return true;
+
+	if (!do_relative_http_request(info, info->remote_url, data.name))
+		return true;
+
+	if (info->callback) {
+		struct file_download_data download_data;
+		bool confirm;
+
+		download_data.name = data.name;
+		download_data.version = data.version;
+		download_data.buffer.da = info->file_data.da;
+
+		confirm = info->callback(info->param, &download_data);
+
+		info->file_data.da = download_data.buffer.da;
+
+		if (!confirm) {
+			info("Update file '%s' (version %d) rejected",
+					data.name, data.version);
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	write_file_data(info, info->temp, data.name);
+	replace_file(info->temp, info->cache, data.name);
+
+	info("Successfully updated file '%s' (version %d)",
+			data.name, data.version);
+	return true;
+}
+
+static void update_remote_version(struct update_info *info, int cur_version)
+{
+	int remote_version;
+
+	if (!do_http_request(info, info->url))
+		return;
+
+	if (!info->file_data.array || info->file_data.array[0] != '{') {
+		warn("Remote package does not exist or is not valid json");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	info->remote_package = obs_data_create_from_json(info->file_data.array);
+	if (!info->remote_package) {
+		warn("Failed to initialize remote package json");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	remote_version = (int)obs_data_get_int(info->remote_package, "version");
+	if (remote_version <= cur_version)
+		return;
+
+	write_file_data(info, info->temp, "package.json");
+
+	info->remote_url = obs_data_get_string(info->remote_package, "url");
+	if (!info->remote_url) {
+		warn("No remote url in package file");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	/* download new files */
+	enum_files(info->remote_package, update_remote_files, info);
+
+	replace_file(info->temp, info->cache, "package.json");
+
+	info("Successfully updated package (version %d)", remote_version);
+	return;
+}
+
+static void *update_thread(void *data)
+{
+	struct update_info *info = data;
+	int cur_version;
+
+	if (!init_update(info))
+		return NULL;
+
+	cur_version = update_local_version(info);
+	update_remote_version(info, cur_version);
+	os_rmdir(info->temp);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+update_info_t *update_info_create(
+		const char *log_prefix,
+		const char *user_agent,
+		const char *update_url,
+		const char *local_dir,
+		const char *cache_dir,
+		confirm_file_callback_t confirm_callback,
+		void *param)
+{
+	struct update_info *info;
+	struct dstr dir = {0};
+
+	if (!log_prefix)
+		log_prefix = "";
+
+	if (os_mkdir(cache_dir) < 0) {
+		blog(LOG_WARNING, "%sCould not create cache directory %s",
+				log_prefix, cache_dir);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	dstr_copy(&dir, cache_dir);
+	if (dstr_end(&dir) != '/' && dstr_end(&dir) != '\\')
+		dstr_cat_ch(&dir, '/');
+	dstr_cat(&dir, ".temp");
+
+	if (os_mkdir(dir.array) < 0) {
+		blog(LOG_WARNING, "%sCould not create temp directory %s",
+				log_prefix, cache_dir);
+		dstr_free(&dir);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	info = bzalloc(sizeof(*info));
+	info->log_prefix = bstrdup(log_prefix);
+	info->user_agent = bstrdup(user_agent);
+	info->temp = dir.array;
+	info->local = bstrdup(local_dir);
+	info->cache = bstrdup(cache_dir);
+	info->url = get_path(update_url, "package.json");
+	info->callback = confirm_callback;
+	info->param = param;
+
+	if (pthread_create(&info->thread, NULL, update_thread, info) == 0)
+		info->thread_created = true;
+
+	return info;
+}
diff --git a/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.h b/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1639b522
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/file-updater/file-updater/file-updater.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#pragma once
+
+struct update_info;
+typedef struct update_info update_info_t;
+
+struct file_download_data {
+	const char *name;
+	int version;
+
+	DARRAY(uint8_t) buffer;
+};
+
+typedef bool (*confirm_file_callback_t)(void *param,
+		struct file_download_data *file);
+
+update_info_t *update_info_create(
+		const char *log_prefix,
+		const char *user_agent,
+		const char *update_url,
+		const char *local_dir,
+		const char *cache_dir,
+		confirm_file_callback_t confirm_callback,
+		void *param);
+void update_info_destroy(update_info_t *info);