diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a953178fe..9aae8f385 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ if(ANDROID)
     message("Building for Android, disabling Discord Presence support")
     set(ENABLE_DISCORD_PRESENCE OFF)
   endif()
+  if(ENABLE_CHEEVOS)
+    message("Building for Android. disabling RetroAchievements support")
+    set(ENABLE_CHEEVOS OFF)
+  endif()
   if(USE_SDL2)
     message("Building for Android, disabling SDL2 support")
     set(USE_SDL2 OFF)
@@ -133,6 +137,13 @@ if(USE_EVDEV)
   message(STATUS "EVDev Support enabled")
   find_package(LIBEVDEV REQUIRED)
 endif()
+if(ENABLE_CHEEVOS)
+  message(STATUS "RetroAchievements support enabled")
+  if(NOT WIN32)
+    find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 
 # Set _DEBUG macro for Debug builds.
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -D_DEBUG")
diff --git a/dep/rcheevos/CMakeLists.txt b/dep/rcheevos/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b1b48507..cfefd4c1e 100644
--- a/dep/rcheevos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dep/rcheevos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ add_library(rcheevos
 
 target_include_directories(rcheevos PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 target_include_directories(rcheevos INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
-
+target_compile_definitions(rcheevos PRIVATE "RC_DISABLE_LUA=1")
 
diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index d1ece5f72..298fa50fc 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ add_library(common
   string.h
   string_util.cpp
   string_util.h
+  thirdparty/thread_pool.cpp
+  thirdparty/thread_pool.h
   timer.cpp
   timer.h
   timestamp.cpp
diff --git a/src/common/easing.h b/src/common/easing.h
index b5d5c1d54..ae3812a03 100644
--- a/src/common/easing.h
+++ b/src/common/easing.h
@@ -177,9 +177,10 @@ ALWAYS_INLINE_RELEASE static T InBack(T t)
 }
 
 template<typename T>
-ALWAYS_INLINE_RELEASE static T OutBack(T t)
+static T OutBack(T t)
 {
-  return 1 + (--t) * t * (2.70158f * t + 1.70158f);
+  t -= 1;
+  return 1 + t * t * (2.70158f * t + 1.70158f);
 }
 
 template<typename T>
@@ -254,4 +255,4 @@ ALWAYS_INLINE_RELEASE static T InOutBounce(T t)
   }
 }
 
-} // namespace Easing
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace Easing
diff --git a/src/common/thirdparty/thread_pool.cpp b/src/common/thirdparty/thread_pool.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb497b1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/thirdparty/thread_pool.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+// From https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cbraley/threadpool/master/src/thread_pool.cc
+
+#include "thread_pool.h"
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace cb {
+
+// static
+unsigned int ThreadPool::GetNumLogicalCores() {
+  // TODO(cbraley): Apparently this is broken in some older stdlib
+  // implementations?
+  const unsigned int dflt = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+  if (dflt == 0) {
+    // TODO(cbraley): Return some error code instead.
+    return 16;
+  } else {
+    return dflt;
+  }
+}
+
+ThreadPool::~ThreadPool() {
+  // TODO(cbraley): The current thread could help out to drain the work_ queue
+  // faster - for example, if there is work that hasn't yet been scheduled this
+  // thread could "pitch in" to help finish faster.
+
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> scoped_lock(mu_);
+    exit_ = true;
+  }
+  condvar_.notify_all();  // Tell *all* workers we are ready.
+
+  for (std::thread& thread : workers_) {
+    thread.join();
+  }
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::Wait() {
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mu_);
+  if (!work_.empty()) {
+    work_done_condvar_.wait(lock, [this] { return work_.empty(); });
+  }
+}
+
+ThreadPool::ThreadPool(int num_workers)
+    : num_workers_(num_workers), exit_(false) {
+  assert(num_workers_ > 0);
+  // TODO(cbraley): Handle thread construction exceptions.
+  workers_.reserve(num_workers_);
+  for (int i = 0; i < num_workers_; ++i) {
+    workers_.emplace_back(&ThreadPool::ThreadLoop, this);
+  }
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::Schedule(std::function<void(void)> func) {
+  ScheduleAndGetFuture(std::move(func));  // We ignore the returned std::future.
+}
+
+void ThreadPool::ThreadLoop() {
+  // Wait until the ThreadPool sends us work.
+  while (true) {
+    WorkItem work_item;
+
+    int prev_work_size = -1;
+    {
+      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mu_);
+      condvar_.wait(lock, [this] { return exit_ || (!work_.empty()); });
+      // ...after the wait(), we hold the lock.
+
+      // If all the work is done and exit_ is true, break out of the loop.
+      if (exit_ && work_.empty()) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      // Pop the work off of the queue - we are careful to execute the
+      // work_item.func callback only after we have released the lock.
+      prev_work_size = work_.size();
+      work_item = std::move(work_.front());
+      work_.pop();
+    }
+
+    // We are careful to do the work without the lock held!
+    // TODO(cbraley): Handle exceptions properly.
+    work_item.func();  // Do work.
+
+    if (work_done_callback_) {
+      work_done_callback_(prev_work_size - 1);
+    }
+
+    // Notify a condvar is all work is done.
+    {
+      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mu_);
+      if (work_.empty() && prev_work_size == 1) {
+        work_done_condvar_.notify_all();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+int ThreadPool::OutstandingWorkSize() const {
+  std::lock_guard<std::mutex> scoped_lock(mu_);
+  return work_.size();
+}
+
+int ThreadPool::NumWorkers() const { return num_workers_; }
+
+void ThreadPool::SetWorkDoneCallback(std::function<void(int)> func) {
+  work_done_callback_ = std::move(func);
+}
+
+}  // namespace cb
diff --git a/src/common/thirdparty/thread_pool.h b/src/common/thirdparty/thread_pool.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b41a00529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/thirdparty/thread_pool.h
@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+// From https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cbraley/threadpool/master/src/thread_pool.h
+
+#ifndef SRC_THREAD_POOL_H_
+#define SRC_THREAD_POOL_H_
+
+// A simple thread pool class.
+// Usage examples:
+//
+// {
+//   ThreadPool pool(16);  // 16 worker threads.
+//   for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
+//     pool.Schedule([i]() {
+//       DoSlowExpensiveOperation(i);
+//     });
+//   }
+//
+//   // `pool` goes out of scope here - the code will block in the ~ThreadPool
+//   // destructor until all work is complete.
+// }
+//
+// // TODO(cbraley): Add examples with std::future.
+
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <functional>
+#include <future>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <queue>
+#include <thread>
+#include <vector>
+
+// We want to use std::invoke if C++17 is available, and fallback to "hand
+// crafted" code if std::invoke isn't available.
+#if __cplusplus >= 201703L
+        #define INVOKE_MACRO(CALLABLE, ARGS_TYPE, ARGS)  std::invoke(CALLABLE, std::forward<ARGS_TYPE>(ARGS)...)
+#elif __cplusplus >= 201103L
+  // Update this with http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2014/n4169.html.
+        #define INVOKE_MACRO(CALLABLE, ARGS_TYPE, ARGS)  CALLABLE(std::forward<ARGS_TYPE>(ARGS)...)
+#else
+  #error ("C++ version is too old! C++98 is not supported.")
+#endif
+
+namespace cb {
+
+class ThreadPool {
+ public:
+  // Create a thread pool with `num_workers` dedicated worker threads.
+  explicit ThreadPool(int num_workers);
+
+  // Default construction is disallowed.
+  ThreadPool() = delete;
+
+  // Get the number of logical cores on the CPU. This is implemented using
+  // std::thread::hardware_concurrency().
+  // https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/thread/hardware_concurrency
+  static unsigned int GetNumLogicalCores();
+
+  // The `ThreadPool` destructor blocks until all outstanding work is complete.
+  ~ThreadPool();
+
+  // No copying, assigning, or std::move-ing.
+  ThreadPool& operator=(const ThreadPool&) = delete;
+  ThreadPool(const ThreadPool&) = delete;
+  ThreadPool(ThreadPool&&) = delete;
+  ThreadPool& operator=(ThreadPool&&) = delete;
+
+  // Add the function `func` to the thread pool. `func` will be executed at some
+  // point in the future on an arbitrary thread.
+  void Schedule(std::function<void(void)> func);
+
+  // Add `func` to the thread pool, and return a std::future that can be used to
+  // access the function's return value.
+  //
+  // *** Usage example ***
+  //   Don't be alarmed by this function's tricky looking signature - this is
+  //   very easy to use. Here's an example:
+  //
+  //   int ComputeSum(std::vector<int>& values) {
+  //     int sum = 0;
+  //     for (const int& v : values) {
+  //       sum += v;
+  //     }
+  //     return sum;
+  //   }
+  //
+  //   ThreadPool pool = ...;
+  //   std::vector<int> numbers = ...;
+  //
+  //   std::future<int> sum_future = ScheduleAndGetFuture(
+  //     []() {
+  //       return ComputeSum(numbers);
+  //     });
+  //
+  //   // Do other work...
+  //
+  //   std::cout << "The sum is " << sum_future.get() << std::endl;
+  //
+  // *** Details ***
+  //   Given a callable `func` that returns a value of type `RetT`, this
+  //   function returns a std::future<RetT> that can be used to access
+  //   `func`'s results.
+  template <typename FuncT, typename... ArgsT>
+  auto ScheduleAndGetFuture(FuncT&& func, ArgsT&&... args)
+      -> std::future<decltype(INVOKE_MACRO(func, ArgsT, args))>;
+
+  // Wait for all outstanding work to be completed.
+  void Wait();
+
+  // Return the number of outstanding functions to be executed.
+  int OutstandingWorkSize() const;
+
+  // Return the number of threads in the pool.
+  int NumWorkers() const;
+
+  void SetWorkDoneCallback(std::function<void(int)> func);
+
+ private:
+  void ThreadLoop();
+
+  // Number of worker threads - fixed at construction time.
+  int num_workers_;
+
+  // The destructor sets `exit_` to true and then notifies all workers. `exit_`
+  // causes each thread to break out of their work loop.
+  bool exit_;
+
+  mutable std::mutex mu_;
+
+  // Work queue. Guarded by `mu_`.
+  struct WorkItem {
+    std::function<void(void)> func;
+  };
+  std::queue<WorkItem> work_;
+
+  // Condition variable used to notify worker threads that new work is
+  // available.
+  std::condition_variable condvar_;
+
+  // Worker threads.
+  std::vector<std::thread> workers_;
+
+  // Condition variable used to notify that all work is complete - the work
+  // queue has "run dry".
+  std::condition_variable work_done_condvar_;
+
+  // Whenever a work item is complete, we call this callback. If this is empty,
+  // nothing is done.
+  std::function<void(int)> work_done_callback_;
+};
+
+namespace impl {
+
+// This helper class simply returns a std::function that executes:
+//   ReturnT x = func();
+//   promise->set_value(x);
+// However, this is tricky in the case where T == void. The code above won't
+// compile if ReturnT == void, and neither will
+//   promise->set_value(func());
+// To workaround this, we use a template specialization for the case where
+// ReturnT is void. If the "regular void" proposal is accepted, this could be
+// simpler:
+// http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2016/p0146r1.html.
+
+// The non-specialized `FuncWrapper` implementation handles callables that
+// return a non-void value.
+template <typename ReturnT>
+struct FuncWrapper {
+  template <typename FuncT, typename... ArgsT>
+  std::function<void()> GetWrapped(
+      FuncT&& func, std::shared_ptr<std::promise<ReturnT>> promise,
+      ArgsT&&... args) {
+    // TODO(cbraley): Capturing by value is inefficient. It would be more
+    // efficient to move-capture everything, but we can't do this until C++14
+    // generalized lambda capture is available. Can we use std::bind instead to
+    // make this more efficient and still use C++11?
+    return [promise, func, args...]() mutable {
+      promise->set_value(INVOKE_MACRO(func, ArgsT, args));
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+template <typename FuncT, typename... ArgsT>
+void InvokeVoidRet(FuncT&& func, std::shared_ptr<std::promise<void>> promise,
+                   ArgsT&&... args) {
+  INVOKE_MACRO(func, ArgsT, args);
+  promise->set_value();
+}
+
+// This `FuncWrapper` specialization handles callables that return void.
+template <>
+struct FuncWrapper<void> {
+  template <typename FuncT, typename... ArgsT>
+  std::function<void()> GetWrapped(FuncT&& func,
+                                   std::shared_ptr<std::promise<void>> promise,
+                                   ArgsT&&... args) {
+    return [promise, func, args...]() mutable {
+      INVOKE_MACRO(func, ArgsT, args);
+      promise->set_value();
+    };
+  }
+};
+
+}  // namespace impl
+
+template <typename FuncT, typename... ArgsT>
+auto ThreadPool::ScheduleAndGetFuture(FuncT&& func, ArgsT&&... args)
+    -> std::future<decltype(INVOKE_MACRO(func, ArgsT, args))> {
+  using ReturnT = decltype(INVOKE_MACRO(func, ArgsT, args));
+
+  // We are only allocating this std::promise in a shared_ptr because
+  // std::promise is non-copyable.
+  std::shared_ptr<std::promise<ReturnT>> promise =
+      std::make_shared<std::promise<ReturnT>>();
+  std::future<ReturnT> ret_future = promise->get_future();
+
+  impl::FuncWrapper<ReturnT> func_wrapper;
+  std::function<void()> wrapped_func = func_wrapper.GetWrapped(
+      std::move(func), std::move(promise), std::forward<ArgsT>(args)...);
+
+  // Acquire the lock, and then push the WorkItem onto the queue.
+  {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> scoped_lock(mu_);
+    WorkItem work;
+    work.func = std::move(wrapped_func);
+    work_.emplace(std::move(work));
+  }
+  condvar_.notify_one();  // Tell one worker we are ready.
+  return ret_future;
+}
+
+}  // namespace cb
+
+#undef INVOKE_MACRO
+
+#endif  // SRC_THREAD_POOL_H_
diff --git a/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 9901cf60e..0aeb07c97 100644
--- a/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/duckstation-qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ set(SRCS
   settingsdialog.ui
 )
 
-if(WITH_CHEEVOS)
+if(ENABLE_CHEEVOS)
   set(SRCS ${SRCS}
     achievementlogindialog.cpp
     achievementlogindialog.h
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontend-common/CMakeLists.txt
index 11db6deab..7c6d3d190 100644
--- a/src/frontend-common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontend-common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ if(SDL2_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if(USE_EVDEV)
-  find_package(LIBEVDEV REQUIRED)
   target_compile_definitions(frontend-common PUBLIC "-DWITH_EVDEV=1")
   target_include_directories(frontend-common PRIVATE ${LIBEVDEV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   target_link_libraries(frontend-common PRIVATE ${LIBEVDEV_LIBRARIES})
@@ -101,6 +100,14 @@ if(ENABLE_CHEEVOS)
       http_downloader_winhttp.cpp
       http_downloader_winhttp.h
     )
+    else()
+      target_sources(frontend-common PRIVATE
+        http_downloader_curl.cpp
+        http_downloader_curl.h
+      )
+      target_link_libraries(frontend-common PRIVATE
+        CURL::libcurl
+      )
   endif()
 
   target_sources(frontend-common PRIVATE
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/http_downloader_curl.cpp b/src/frontend-common/http_downloader_curl.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7178bff95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend-common/http_downloader_curl.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,283 @@
+#include "http_downloader_curl.h"
+#include "common/assert.h"
+#include "common/log.h"
+#include "common/string_util.h"
+#include "common/timer.h"
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <functional>
+Log_SetChannel(HTTPDownloaderCurl);
+
+namespace FrontendCommon {
+
+HTTPDownloaderCurl::HTTPDownloaderCurl() : HTTPDownloader() {}
+
+HTTPDownloaderCurl::~HTTPDownloaderCurl() = default;
+
+std::unique_ptr<HTTPDownloader> HTTPDownloader::Create()
+{
+  std::unique_ptr<HTTPDownloaderCurl> instance(std::make_unique<HTTPDownloaderCurl>());
+  if (!instance->Initialize())
+    return {};
+
+  return instance;
+}
+
+static bool s_curl_initialized = false;
+static std::once_flag s_curl_initialized_once_flag;
+
+bool HTTPDownloaderCurl::Initialize()
+{
+  if (!s_curl_initialized)
+  {
+    std::call_once(s_curl_initialized_once_flag, []() {
+      s_curl_initialized = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL) == CURLE_OK;
+      if (s_curl_initialized)
+      {
+        std::atexit([]() {
+          curl_global_cleanup();
+          s_curl_initialized = false;
+        });
+      }
+    });
+    if (!s_curl_initialized)
+    {
+      Log_ErrorPrint("curl_global_init() failed");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  m_thread_pool = std::make_unique<cb::ThreadPool>(m_max_active_requests);
+  return true;
+}
+/*
+void CALLBACK HTTPDownloaderCurl::HTTPStatusCallback(HINTERNET hRequest, DWORD_PTR dwContext, DWORD dwInternetStatus,
+                                                        LPVOID lpvStatusInformation, DWORD dwStatusInformationLength)
+{
+  Request* req = reinterpret_cast<Request*>(dwContext);
+  switch (dwInternetStatus)
+  {
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_HANDLE_CREATED:
+      return;
+
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_HANDLE_CLOSING:
+    {
+      if (!req)
+        return;
+
+      DebugAssert(hRequest == req->hRequest);
+
+      HTTPDownloaderCurl* parent = static_cast<HTTPDownloaderCurl*>(req->parent);
+      std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(parent->m_pending_http_request_lock);
+      Assert(std::none_of(parent->m_pending_http_requests.begin(), parent->m_pending_http_requests.end(),
+                          [req](HTTPDownloader::Request* it) { return it == req; }));
+
+      // we can clean up the connection as well
+      DebugAssert(req->hConnection != NULL);
+      WinHttpCloseHandle(req->hConnection);
+      delete req;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_REQUEST_ERROR:
+    {
+      const WINHTTP_ASYNC_RESULT* res = reinterpret_cast<const WINHTTP_ASYNC_RESULT*>(lpvStatusInformation);
+      Log_ErrorPrintf("WinHttp async function %p returned error %u", res->dwResult, res->dwError);
+      req->status_code = -1;
+      req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+      return;
+    }
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_SENDREQUEST_COMPLETE:
+    {
+      Log_DevPrintf("SendRequest complete");
+      if (!WinHttpReceiveResponse(hRequest, nullptr))
+      {
+        Log_ErrorPrintf("WinHttpReceiveResponse() failed: %u", GetLastError());
+        req->status_code = -1;
+        req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_HEADERS_AVAILABLE:
+    {
+      Log_DevPrintf("Headers available");
+
+      DWORD buffer_size = sizeof(req->status_code);
+      if (!WinHttpQueryHeaders(hRequest, WINHTTP_QUERY_STATUS_CODE | WINHTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER,
+                               WINHTTP_HEADER_NAME_BY_INDEX, &req->status_code, &buffer_size, WINHTTP_NO_HEADER_INDEX))
+      {
+        Log_ErrorPrintf("WinHttpQueryHeaders() for status code failed: %u", GetLastError());
+        req->status_code = -1;
+        req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      buffer_size = sizeof(req->content_length);
+      if (!WinHttpQueryHeaders(hRequest, WINHTTP_QUERY_CONTENT_LENGTH | WINHTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER,
+                               WINHTTP_HEADER_NAME_BY_INDEX, &req->content_length, &buffer_size,
+                               WINHTTP_NO_HEADER_INDEX))
+      {
+        if (GetLastError() != ERROR_WINHTTP_HEADER_NOT_FOUND)
+          Log_WarningPrintf("WinHttpQueryHeaders() for content length failed: %u", GetLastError());
+
+        req->content_length = 0;
+      }
+
+      Log_DevPrintf("Status code %d, content-length is %u", req->status_code, req->content_length);
+      req->data.reserve(req->content_length);
+      req->state = Request::State::Receiving;
+
+      // start reading
+      if (!WinHttpQueryDataAvailable(hRequest, nullptr) && GetLastError() != ERROR_IO_PENDING)
+      {
+        Log_ErrorPrintf("WinHttpQueryDataAvailable() failed: %u", GetLastError());
+        req->status_code = -1;
+        req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_DATA_AVAILABLE:
+    {
+      DWORD bytes_available;
+      std::memcpy(&bytes_available, lpvStatusInformation, sizeof(bytes_available));
+      if (bytes_available == 0)
+      {
+        // end of request
+        Log_DevPrintf("End of request '%s', %zu bytes received", req->url.c_str(), req->data.size());
+        req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // start the transfer
+      Log_DevPrintf("%u bytes available", bytes_available);
+      req->io_position = static_cast<u32>(req->data.size());
+      req->data.resize(req->io_position + bytes_available);
+      if (!WinHttpReadData(hRequest, req->data.data() + req->io_position, bytes_available, nullptr) &&
+          GetLastError() != ERROR_IO_PENDING)
+      {
+        Log_ErrorPrintf("WinHttpReadData() failed: %u", GetLastError());
+        req->status_code = -1;
+        req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
+    case WINHTTP_CALLBACK_STATUS_READ_COMPLETE:
+    {
+      Log_DevPrintf("Read of %u complete", dwStatusInformationLength);
+
+      const u32 new_size = req->io_position + dwStatusInformationLength;
+      Assert(new_size <= req->data.size());
+      req->data.resize(new_size);
+      req->start_time = Common::Timer::GetValue();
+
+      if (!WinHttpQueryDataAvailable(hRequest, nullptr) && GetLastError() != ERROR_IO_PENDING)
+      {
+        Log_ErrorPrintf("WinHttpQueryDataAvailable() failed: %u", GetLastError());
+        req->status_code = -1;
+        req->state.store(Request::State::Complete);
+      }
+
+      return;
+    }
+    default:
+      // unhandled, ignore
+      return;
+  }
+}
+*/
+
+size_t HTTPDownloaderCurl::WriteCallback(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata)
+{
+  Request* req = static_cast<Request*>(userdata);
+  const size_t current_size = req->data.size();
+  const size_t transfer_size = size * nmemb;
+  const size_t new_size = current_size + transfer_size;
+  req->data.resize(new_size);
+  std::memcpy(&req->data[current_size], ptr, transfer_size);
+  return nmemb;
+}
+
+void HTTPDownloaderCurl::ProcessRequest(Request* req)
+{
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> cancel_lock(m_cancel_mutex);
+  if (req->closed.load())
+    return;
+
+  cancel_lock.unlock();
+
+  req->start_time = Common::Timer::GetValue();
+  int ret = curl_easy_perform(req->handle);
+  if (ret == CURLE_OK)
+  {
+    long response_code = 0;
+    curl_easy_getinfo(req->handle, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &response_code);
+    req->status_code = static_cast<s32>(response_code);
+    Log_DevPrintf("Request for '%s' returned status code %d and %zu bytes",
+                  req->url.c_str(), req->status_code, req->data.size());
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    Log_ErrorPrintf("Request for '%s' returned %d", req->url.c_str(), ret);
+  }
+
+  curl_easy_cleanup(req->handle);
+
+  cancel_lock.lock();
+  req->state = Request::State::Complete;
+  if (req->closed.load())
+    delete req;
+  else
+    req->closed.store(true);
+}
+
+HTTPDownloader::Request* HTTPDownloaderCurl::InternalCreateRequest()
+{
+  Request* req = new Request();
+  req->handle = curl_easy_init();
+  if (!req->handle)
+  {
+    delete req;
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  return req;
+}
+
+void HTTPDownloaderCurl::InternalPollRequests()
+{
+  // noop - uses thread pool
+}
+
+bool HTTPDownloaderCurl::StartRequest(HTTPDownloader::Request* request)
+{
+  Request* req = static_cast<Request*>(request);
+  curl_easy_setopt(req->handle, CURLOPT_URL, request->url.c_str());
+  // curl_easy_setopt(req->handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, m_user_agent.c_str());
+  curl_easy_setopt(req->handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, &HTTPDownloaderCurl::WriteCallback);
+  curl_easy_setopt(req->handle, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, req);
+
+  if (request->type == Request::Type::Post)
+  {
+    curl_easy_setopt(req->handle, CURLOPT_POST, 1L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(req->handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, request->post_data.c_str());
+  }
+
+  Log_DevPrintf("Started HTTP request for '%s'", req->url.c_str());
+  req->state = Request::State::Started;
+  req->start_time = Common::Timer::GetValue();
+  m_thread_pool->Schedule(std::bind(&HTTPDownloaderCurl::ProcessRequest, this, req));
+  return true;
+}
+
+void HTTPDownloaderCurl::CloseRequest(HTTPDownloader::Request* request)
+{
+  std::unique_lock<std::mutex> cancel_lock(m_cancel_mutex);
+  Request* req = static_cast<Request*>(request);
+  if (req->closed.load())
+    delete req;
+  else
+    req->closed.store(true);
+}
+
+} // namespace FrontendCommon
diff --git a/src/frontend-common/http_downloader_curl.h b/src/frontend-common/http_downloader_curl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2663270e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend-common/http_downloader_curl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "http_downloader.h"
+#include "common/thirdparty/thread_pool.h"
+#include <atomic>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+
+namespace FrontendCommon {
+
+class HTTPDownloaderCurl final : public HTTPDownloader
+{
+public:
+  HTTPDownloaderCurl();
+  ~HTTPDownloaderCurl() override;
+
+  bool Initialize();
+
+protected:
+  Request* InternalCreateRequest() override;
+  void InternalPollRequests() override;
+  bool StartRequest(HTTPDownloader::Request* request) override;
+  void CloseRequest(HTTPDownloader::Request* request) override;
+
+private:
+  struct Request : HTTPDownloader::Request
+  {
+    CURL* handle = nullptr;
+    std::atomic_bool closed{false};
+  };
+
+  static size_t WriteCallback(char* ptr, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void* userdata);
+  void ProcessRequest(Request* req);
+
+  std::unique_ptr<cb::ThreadPool> m_thread_pool;
+  std::mutex m_cancel_mutex;
+};
+
+} // namespace FrontendCommon