diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 558512ea..b3af73e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
   - Based on `album_type` from Spotify/Deezer metadata
   - Toggle in Settings > Download > Separate Singles Folder
   - Singles saved to `{output}/Singles/`, albums to `{output}/Albums/`
+- **Browser-like Polyfills**: New global APIs for easier library porting
+  - `fetch()` - Browser-compatible HTTP API with `json()`, `text()`, `arrayBuffer()` methods
+  - `atob()` / `btoa()` - Global Base64 encoding/decoding
+  - `TextEncoder` / `TextDecoder` - UTF-8 text encoding classes
+  - `URL` / `URLSearchParams` - URL parsing and manipulation classes
+  - Makes porting browser libraries (like `youtubei.js`) much easier
 
 ### Performance
 
diff --git a/go_backend/extension_runtime.go b/go_backend/extension_runtime.go
index 34c5d6d9..cc099e1f 100644
--- a/go_backend/extension_runtime.go
+++ b/go_backend/extension_runtime.go
@@ -249,6 +249,25 @@ func (r *ExtensionRuntime) RegisterAPIs(vm *goja.Runtime) {
 	gobackendObj := vm.NewObject()
 	gobackendObj.Set("sanitizeFilename", r.sanitizeFilenameWrapper)
 	vm.Set("gobackend", gobackendObj)
+
+	// ==================== Browser-like Polyfills ====================
+	// These make porting browser/Node.js libraries easier
+
+	// Global fetch() - Promise-style HTTP API (browser-compatible)
+	vm.Set("fetch", r.fetchPolyfill)
+
+	// Global atob/btoa - Base64 encoding (browser-compatible)
+	vm.Set("atob", r.atobPolyfill)
+	vm.Set("btoa", r.btoaPolyfill)
+
+	// TextEncoder/TextDecoder constructors
+	r.registerTextEncoderDecoder(vm)
+
+	// URL class for URL parsing
+	r.registerURLClass(vm)
+
+	// JSON global (browser-compatible)
+	r.registerJSONGlobal(vm)
 }
 
 // ==================== HTTP API (Sandboxed) ====================
@@ -2274,3 +2293,477 @@ func normalizeStringForMatching(s string) string {
 
 	return strings.TrimSpace(s)
 }
+
+// ==================== Browser-like Polyfills ====================
+// These polyfills make porting browser/Node.js libraries easier
+// without compromising sandbox security
+
+// fetchPolyfill implements browser-compatible fetch() API
+// Returns a Promise-like object with json(), text() methods
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) fetchPolyfill(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+	if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+		return r.createFetchError("URL is required")
+	}
+
+	urlStr := call.Arguments[0].String()
+
+	// Validate domain
+	if err := r.validateDomain(urlStr); err != nil {
+		GoLog("[Extension:%s] fetch blocked: %v\n", r.extensionID, err)
+		return r.createFetchError(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Parse options
+	method := "GET"
+	var bodyStr string
+	headers := make(map[string]string)
+
+	if len(call.Arguments) > 1 && !goja.IsUndefined(call.Arguments[1]) && !goja.IsNull(call.Arguments[1]) {
+		optionsObj := call.Arguments[1].Export()
+		if opts, ok := optionsObj.(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+			// Method
+			if m, ok := opts["method"].(string); ok {
+				method = strings.ToUpper(m)
+			}
+
+			// Body - support string, object (auto-stringify), or nil
+			if bodyArg, ok := opts["body"]; ok && bodyArg != nil {
+				switch v := bodyArg.(type) {
+				case string:
+					bodyStr = v
+				case map[string]interface{}, []interface{}:
+					jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(v)
+					if err != nil {
+						return r.createFetchError(fmt.Sprintf("failed to stringify body: %v", err))
+					}
+					bodyStr = string(jsonBytes)
+				default:
+					bodyStr = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Headers
+			if h, ok := opts["headers"]; ok && h != nil {
+				switch hv := h.(type) {
+				case map[string]interface{}:
+					for k, v := range hv {
+						headers[k] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Create HTTP request
+	var reqBody io.Reader
+	if bodyStr != "" {
+		reqBody = strings.NewReader(bodyStr)
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, urlStr, reqBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		return r.createFetchError(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Set headers - user headers first
+	for k, v := range headers {
+		req.Header.Set(k, v)
+	}
+	// Set defaults if not provided
+	if req.Header.Get("User-Agent") == "" {
+		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "SpotiFLAC-Extension/1.0")
+	}
+	if bodyStr != "" && req.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "" {
+		req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	}
+
+	// Execute request
+	resp, err := r.httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return r.createFetchError(err.Error())
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	// Read body
+	body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return r.createFetchError(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// Extract response headers
+	respHeaders := make(map[string]interface{})
+	for k, v := range resp.Header {
+		if len(v) == 1 {
+			respHeaders[k] = v[0]
+		} else {
+			respHeaders[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Create Response object (browser-compatible)
+	responseObj := r.vm.NewObject()
+	responseObj.Set("ok", resp.StatusCode >= 200 && resp.StatusCode < 300)
+	responseObj.Set("status", resp.StatusCode)
+	responseObj.Set("statusText", http.StatusText(resp.StatusCode))
+	responseObj.Set("headers", respHeaders)
+	responseObj.Set("url", urlStr)
+
+	// Store body for methods
+	bodyString := string(body)
+
+	// text() method - returns body as string
+	responseObj.Set("text", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+		return r.vm.ToValue(bodyString)
+	})
+
+	// json() method - parses body as JSON
+	responseObj.Set("json", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+		var result interface{}
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &result); err != nil {
+			GoLog("[Extension:%s] fetch json() parse error: %v\n", r.extensionID, err)
+			return goja.Undefined()
+		}
+		return r.vm.ToValue(result)
+	})
+
+	// arrayBuffer() method - returns body as array (simplified)
+	responseObj.Set("arrayBuffer", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+		// Return as array of bytes
+		byteArray := make([]interface{}, len(body))
+		for i, b := range body {
+			byteArray[i] = int(b)
+		}
+		return r.vm.ToValue(byteArray)
+	})
+
+	return responseObj
+}
+
+// createFetchError creates a fetch error response
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) createFetchError(message string) goja.Value {
+	errorObj := r.vm.NewObject()
+	errorObj.Set("ok", false)
+	errorObj.Set("status", 0)
+	errorObj.Set("statusText", "Network Error")
+	errorObj.Set("error", message)
+	errorObj.Set("text", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+		return r.vm.ToValue("")
+	})
+	errorObj.Set("json", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+		return goja.Undefined()
+	})
+	return errorObj
+}
+
+// atobPolyfill implements browser atob() - decode base64 to string
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) atobPolyfill(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+	if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+		return r.vm.ToValue("")
+	}
+	input := call.Arguments[0].String()
+	decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Try URL-safe base64
+		decoded, err = base64.URLEncoding.DecodeString(input)
+		if err != nil {
+			GoLog("[Extension:%s] atob decode error: %v\n", r.extensionID, err)
+			return r.vm.ToValue("")
+		}
+	}
+	return r.vm.ToValue(string(decoded))
+}
+
+// btoaPolyfill implements browser btoa() - encode string to base64
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) btoaPolyfill(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+	if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+		return r.vm.ToValue("")
+	}
+	input := call.Arguments[0].String()
+	return r.vm.ToValue(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(input)))
+}
+
+// registerTextEncoderDecoder registers TextEncoder and TextDecoder classes
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) registerTextEncoderDecoder(vm *goja.Runtime) {
+	// TextEncoder constructor
+	vm.Set("TextEncoder", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
+		encoder := call.This
+		encoder.Set("encoding", "utf-8")
+
+		// encode() method - string to Uint8Array
+		encoder.Set("encode", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return vm.ToValue([]byte{})
+			}
+			input := call.Arguments[0].String()
+			bytes := []byte(input)
+
+			// Return as array (Uint8Array-like)
+			result := make([]interface{}, len(bytes))
+			for i, b := range bytes {
+				result[i] = int(b)
+			}
+			return vm.ToValue(result)
+		})
+
+		// encodeInto() method
+		encoder.Set("encodeInto", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			// Simplified implementation
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 2 {
+				return vm.ToValue(map[string]interface{}{"read": 0, "written": 0})
+			}
+			input := call.Arguments[0].String()
+			return vm.ToValue(map[string]interface{}{
+				"read":    len(input),
+				"written": len([]byte(input)),
+			})
+		})
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// TextDecoder constructor
+	vm.Set("TextDecoder", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
+		decoder := call.This
+
+		// Get encoding from arguments (default: utf-8)
+		encoding := "utf-8"
+		if len(call.Arguments) > 0 && !goja.IsUndefined(call.Arguments[0]) {
+			encoding = call.Arguments[0].String()
+		}
+		decoder.Set("encoding", encoding)
+		decoder.Set("fatal", false)
+		decoder.Set("ignoreBOM", false)
+
+		// decode() method - Uint8Array to string
+		decoder.Set("decode", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return vm.ToValue("")
+			}
+
+			// Handle different input types
+			input := call.Arguments[0].Export()
+			var bytes []byte
+
+			switch v := input.(type) {
+			case []byte:
+				bytes = v
+			case []interface{}:
+				bytes = make([]byte, len(v))
+				for i, val := range v {
+					switch n := val.(type) {
+					case int64:
+						bytes[i] = byte(n)
+					case float64:
+						bytes[i] = byte(n)
+					case int:
+						bytes[i] = byte(n)
+					}
+				}
+			case string:
+				// Already a string, just return it
+				return vm.ToValue(v)
+			default:
+				return vm.ToValue("")
+			}
+
+			return vm.ToValue(string(bytes))
+		})
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+// registerURLClass registers the URL class for URL parsing
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) registerURLClass(vm *goja.Runtime) {
+	vm.Set("URL", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
+		urlObj := call.This
+
+		if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+			urlObj.Set("href", "")
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		urlStr := call.Arguments[0].String()
+
+		// Handle relative URLs with base
+		if len(call.Arguments) > 1 && !goja.IsUndefined(call.Arguments[1]) {
+			baseStr := call.Arguments[1].String()
+			baseURL, err := url.Parse(baseStr)
+			if err == nil {
+				relURL, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
+				if err == nil {
+					urlStr = baseURL.ResolveReference(relURL).String()
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		parsed, err := url.Parse(urlStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			urlObj.Set("href", urlStr)
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// Set URL properties
+		urlObj.Set("href", parsed.String())
+		urlObj.Set("protocol", parsed.Scheme+":")
+		urlObj.Set("host", parsed.Host)
+		urlObj.Set("hostname", parsed.Hostname())
+		urlObj.Set("port", parsed.Port())
+		urlObj.Set("pathname", parsed.Path)
+		urlObj.Set("search", "")
+		if parsed.RawQuery != "" {
+			urlObj.Set("search", "?"+parsed.RawQuery)
+		}
+		urlObj.Set("hash", "")
+		if parsed.Fragment != "" {
+			urlObj.Set("hash", "#"+parsed.Fragment)
+		}
+		urlObj.Set("origin", parsed.Scheme+"://"+parsed.Host)
+		urlObj.Set("username", parsed.User.Username())
+		password, _ := parsed.User.Password()
+		urlObj.Set("password", password)
+
+		// searchParams object
+		searchParams := vm.NewObject()
+		queryValues := parsed.Query()
+
+		searchParams.Set("get", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return goja.Null()
+			}
+			key := call.Arguments[0].String()
+			if val := queryValues.Get(key); val != "" {
+				return vm.ToValue(val)
+			}
+			return goja.Null()
+		})
+
+		searchParams.Set("getAll", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return vm.ToValue([]string{})
+			}
+			key := call.Arguments[0].String()
+			return vm.ToValue(queryValues[key])
+		})
+
+		searchParams.Set("has", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return vm.ToValue(false)
+			}
+			key := call.Arguments[0].String()
+			return vm.ToValue(queryValues.Has(key))
+		})
+
+		searchParams.Set("toString", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			return vm.ToValue(queryValues.Encode())
+		})
+
+		urlObj.Set("searchParams", searchParams)
+
+		// toString method
+		urlObj.Set("toString", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			return vm.ToValue(parsed.String())
+		})
+
+		// toJSON method
+		urlObj.Set("toJSON", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			return vm.ToValue(parsed.String())
+		})
+
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	// URLSearchParams constructor
+	vm.Set("URLSearchParams", func(call goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
+		paramsObj := call.This
+		values := url.Values{}
+
+		// Parse initial value if provided
+		if len(call.Arguments) > 0 && !goja.IsUndefined(call.Arguments[0]) {
+			init := call.Arguments[0].Export()
+			switch v := init.(type) {
+			case string:
+				// Parse query string
+				parsed, _ := url.ParseQuery(strings.TrimPrefix(v, "?"))
+				values = parsed
+			case map[string]interface{}:
+				for k, val := range v {
+					values.Set(k, fmt.Sprintf("%v", val))
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		paramsObj.Set("append", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) >= 2 {
+				values.Add(call.Arguments[0].String(), call.Arguments[1].String())
+			}
+			return goja.Undefined()
+		})
+
+		paramsObj.Set("delete", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) >= 1 {
+				values.Del(call.Arguments[0].String())
+			}
+			return goja.Undefined()
+		})
+
+		paramsObj.Set("get", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return goja.Null()
+			}
+			if val := values.Get(call.Arguments[0].String()); val != "" {
+				return vm.ToValue(val)
+			}
+			return goja.Null()
+		})
+
+		paramsObj.Set("getAll", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return vm.ToValue([]string{})
+			}
+			return vm.ToValue(values[call.Arguments[0].String()])
+		})
+
+		paramsObj.Set("has", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) < 1 {
+				return vm.ToValue(false)
+			}
+			return vm.ToValue(values.Has(call.Arguments[0].String()))
+		})
+
+		paramsObj.Set("set", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			if len(call.Arguments) >= 2 {
+				values.Set(call.Arguments[0].String(), call.Arguments[1].String())
+			}
+			return goja.Undefined()
+		})
+
+		paramsObj.Set("toString", func(call goja.FunctionCall) goja.Value {
+			return vm.ToValue(values.Encode())
+		})
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+// registerJSONGlobal ensures JSON global is properly set up
+func (r *ExtensionRuntime) registerJSONGlobal(vm *goja.Runtime) {
+	// JSON is already built-in to Goja, but we can enhance it
+	// This ensures JSON.parse and JSON.stringify work as expected
+
+	// The built-in JSON object should already work, but let's verify
+	// and add any missing functionality if needed
+	jsonScript := `
+		if (typeof JSON === 'undefined') {
+			var JSON = {
+				parse: function(text) {
+					return utils.parseJSON(text);
+				},
+				stringify: function(value, replacer, space) {
+					return utils.stringifyJSON(value);
+				}
+			};
+		}
+	`
+	_, _ = vm.RunString(jsonScript)
+}