diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76974b5..61de9cc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,17 @@
 # streamed-tui
 TUI Application for launching streamed.pk feeds
+
+## Bundled Puppeteer dependencies
+
+The extractor relies on `puppeteer-extra`, `puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth`, and `puppeteer`. These Node.js packages are
+bundled into the final binary via `internal/assets/node_modules.tar.gz`. To refresh the archive (for example after updating
+dependency versions), run:
+
+```
+scripts/build_node_modules.sh
+```
+
+The script installs the dependencies into a temporary directory and regenerates the tarball so the Go binary can extract
+them at runtime without requiring `npm install` on the target system. When the binary starts it will automatically unpack the
+archive into the user's cache directory (or `$TMPDIR` fallback) and point Puppeteer at that cached `node_modules` tree, so the
+program can run as a single self-contained executable even when no dependencies exist alongside it.
diff --git a/internal/assets/node_modules.tar.gz b/internal/assets/node_modules.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f627c3
Binary files /dev/null and b/internal/assets/node_modules.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/internal/dependencies.go b/internal/dependencies.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bccdc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dependencies.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	_ "embed"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+)
+
+//go:embed assets/node_modules.tar.gz
+var embeddedNodeModules []byte
+
+// ensureEmbeddedNodeModules extracts the bundled Node.js dependencies into a
+// deterministic cache directory derived from the archive hash and returns the
+// path that contains the resulting node_modules directory.
+func ensureEmbeddedNodeModules() (string, error) {
+	if len(embeddedNodeModules) == 0 {
+		return "", errors.New("no embedded node modules archive available")
+	}
+
+	sum := sha256.Sum256(embeddedNodeModules)
+	hashPrefix := hex.EncodeToString(sum[:8])
+
+	cacheRoot, err := os.UserCacheDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		cacheRoot = os.TempDir()
+	}
+	baseDir := filepath.Join(cacheRoot, "streamed-tui", "node_modules", hashPrefix)
+
+	marker := filepath.Join(baseDir, ".complete")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(marker); err == nil {
+		return baseDir, nil
+	}
+
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(baseDir); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to clear embedded node cache: %w", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(baseDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create embedded node cache: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := untarGzip(bytes.NewReader(embeddedNodeModules), baseDir); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to extract embedded node modules: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.WriteFile(marker, []byte(time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339)), 0o644); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to mark embedded node modules ready: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return baseDir, nil
+}
+
+func untarGzip(r io.Reader, dest string) error {
+	gz, err := gzip.NewReader(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer gz.Close()
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(gz)
+	for {
+		hdr, err := tr.Next()
+		if errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		target := filepath.Join(dest, hdr.Name)
+		switch hdr.Typeflag {
+		case tar.TypeDir:
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(target, os.FileMode(hdr.Mode)); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		case tar.TypeReg:
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(target), 0o755); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			f, err := os.OpenFile(target, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, os.FileMode(hdr.Mode))
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if _, err := io.Copy(f, tr); err != nil {
+				f.Close()
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		default:
+			// Ignore unsupported entries to keep extraction simple.
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/extractor.go b/internal/extractor.go
index 32f3f46..45104b3 100644
--- a/internal/extractor.go
+++ b/internal/extractor.go
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ func findNodeModuleBase() (string, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return "", errors.New("puppeteer-extra not found; install dependencies with npm in the project directory")
+	if extracted, err := ensureEmbeddedNodeModules(); err == nil {
+		return extracted, nil
+	}
+
+	return "", errors.New("puppeteer-extra not found; install dependencies with npm in the project directory or rebuild the embedded archive")
 }
 
 func (l *logBuffer) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
@@ -134,7 +138,11 @@ func ensurePuppeteerAvailable(baseDir string) error {
 	check.Env = append(os.Environ(), fmt.Sprintf("STREAMED_TUI_NODE_BASE=%s", baseDir))
 
 	if err := check.Run(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("puppeteer-extra or stealth plugin missing in %s. Run `npm install puppeteer-extra puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth puppeteer` there: %w", baseDir, err)
+		if embedded, embErr := ensureEmbeddedNodeModules(); embErr == nil && embedded != baseDir {
+			return ensurePuppeteerAvailable(embedded)
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf("puppeteer-extra or stealth plugin missing in %s. Run `npm install puppeteer-extra puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth puppeteer` there or rebuild the embedded archive with scripts/build_node_modules.sh: %w", baseDir, err)
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/scripts/build_node_modules.sh b/scripts/build_node_modules.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca376a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_node_modules.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+ASSETS_DIR="$ROOT_DIR/internal/assets"
+ARCHIVE="$ASSETS_DIR/node_modules.tar.gz"
+
+if ! command -v npm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "npm is required to bundle node_modules" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' EXIT
+
+pushd "$TMP_DIR" >/dev/null
+npm install puppeteer-extra puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth puppeteer
+mkdir -p "$ASSETS_DIR"
+tar -czf "$ARCHIVE" node_modules
+popd >/dev/null
+
+echo "Bundled node_modules into $ARCHIVE"