diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/http.py b/fsspec/implementations/http.py
index 080293234..a24eb5fb4 100644
--- a/fsspec/implementations/http.py
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/http.py
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 from copy import copy
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-import aiohttp
-import requests
-
 from fsspec.asyn import AbstractAsyncStreamedFile, AsyncFileSystem, sync, sync_wrapper
 from fsspec.callbacks import _DEFAULT_CALLBACK
 from fsspec.exceptions import FSTimeoutError
@@ -26,6 +23,8 @@
 
 
 async def get_client(**kwargs):
+    import aiohttp
+
     return aiohttp.ClientSession(**kwargs)
 
 
@@ -293,6 +292,9 @@ async def gen_chunks():
             self._raise_not_found_for_status(resp, rpath)
 
     async def _exists(self, path, **kwargs):
+        import aiohttp
+        import requests
+
         kw = self.kwargs.copy()
         kw.update(kwargs)
         try:
diff --git a/fsspec/implementations/jsfs.py b/fsspec/implementations/jsfs.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c45a1c349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fsspec/implementations/jsfs.py
@@ -0,0 +1,255 @@
+import asyncio
+import urllib.error
+import urllib.parse
+from json import dumps, loads
+
+from js import Blob, XMLHttpRequest, window
+from pyodide.http import FetchResponse, pyfetch
+
+# from fsspec.implementations.http import HTTPFileSystem
+from fsspec.registry import known_implementations
+
+# https://pyodide.org/en/stable/usage/api/python-api.html#pyodide.http.pyfetch
+
+# https://pyodide.org/en/stable/usage/api/python-api.html#pyodide.http.FetchResponse
+
+
+class AioHTTPShim(FetchResponse):
+    @classmethod
+    def from_response(cls, resp):
+        ob = object().__new__(cls)
+        ob.__dict__ = resp.__dict__
+        return ob
+
+    @property
+    def headers(self):
+        # TODO: reveal the Response.headers, a Headers object
+        #  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Headers
+        return {}
+
+    def __aenter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __await__(self):
+        yield
+        return self
+
+    def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        return self
+
+    def raise_for_status(self):
+        if self.status >= 400:
+            raise RuntimeError(str(self.status_text))
+
+    def read(self):
+        return self.bytes()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"Response from {self.url}"
+
+
+class JSSession:
+    def __init__(self, headers=None):
+        self.headers = headers
+
+    async def _call(self, url, method, headers=None, body=None, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.update({"method": method, "mode": "cors"})
+        if body and method not in ["GET", "HEAD"]:
+            kwargs["body"] = body
+        if headers:
+            kwargs["headers"] = headers or self.headers
+        return AioHTTPShim.from_response(await pyfetch(url, **kwargs))
+
+    async def get(self, url, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        return await self._call(url, "GET", headers, **kwargs)
+
+    async def head(self, url, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        return await self._call(url, "HEAD", headers, **kwargs)
+
+    async def post(self, url, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        return await self._call(url, "POST", headers, **kwargs)
+
+    async def delete(self, url, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        return await self._call(url, "DELETE", headers, **kwargs)
+
+    async def put(self, url, headers=None, **kwargs):
+        return await self._call(url, "PUT", headers, **kwargs)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return """session-like"""
+
+
+class PyodideFileSystem:  # (HTTPFileSystem):
+    def __init__(self, asynchronous=True, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(asynchronous=True, **kwargs)
+        if not asynchronous:
+            raise TypeError("Can only be run in async mode")
+        self._session = JSSession()
+        self._loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+    async def set_session(self):
+        return self._session
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def close_session(*args):
+        pass
+
+    async def _cat_file(self, path, start=None, end=None, **kwargs):
+        headers = kwargs.pop("headers", {})
+        if start or end:
+            headers["Range"] = f"bytes={str(start or '') - str(end or '')}"
+        r = await self.session.get(path, **headers)
+        r.raise_for_status()
+        async with r as r:
+            return await r.read()
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "JSFS"
+
+
+class JsHttpException(urllib.error.HTTPError):
+    ...
+
+
+class ResponseProxy:
+    def __init__(self, req):
+        self.request = req
+        self._data = None
+        self._headers = None
+
+    @property
+    def raw(self):
+        if self._data is None:
+            self._data = str(self.request.response).encode()
+        return self._data
+
+    @property
+    def headers(self):
+        if self._headers is None:
+            self._headers = dict(
+                [
+                    _.split(": ")
+                    for _ in self.request.getAllResponseHeaders().strip().split("\r\n")
+                ]
+            )
+        return self._headers
+
+    @property
+    def status_code(self):
+        return int(self.request.status)
+
+    def raise_for_status(self):
+        if not self.ok:
+            raise JsHttpException(
+                self.url, self.status_code, self.reason, self.headers, None
+            )
+
+    @property
+    def reason(self):
+        return self.request.statusText
+
+    @property
+    def ok(self):
+        return self.status_code < 400
+
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        return self.request.response.responseURL
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        # TODO: encoding from headers
+        return self.raw.decode()
+
+    @property
+    def json(self):
+        return loads(self.text)
+
+
+class RequestsSessionShim:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.headers = {}
+
+    def request(
+        self,
+        method,
+        url,
+        params=None,
+        data=None,
+        headers=None,
+        cookies=None,
+        files=None,
+        auth=None,
+        timeout=None,
+        allow_redirects=None,
+        proxies=None,
+        hooks=None,
+        stream=None,
+        verify=None,
+        cert=None,
+        json=None,
+    ):
+        if (
+            cert
+            or verify
+            or proxies
+            or files
+            or cookies
+            or hooks
+            or stream
+            or allow_redirects
+        ):
+            raise NotImplementedError
+        if data and json:
+            raise ValueError("Use json= or data=, not both")
+        req = XMLHttpRequest.new()
+        extra = auth if auth else ()
+        if params:
+            url = f"{url}?{urllib.parse.urlencode(params)}"
+        req.open(method, url, False, *extra)
+        if timeout:
+            req.timeout = timeout
+        if headers:
+            for k, v in headers.items():
+                req.setRequestHeader(k, v)
+
+        req.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application/octet-stream")
+        if json:
+            blob = Blob.new([dumps(data)], {type: "application/json"})
+            req.send(blob)
+        elif data:
+            blob = Blob.new([data], {type: "application/octet-stream"})
+            req.send(blob)
+        else:
+            req.send(None)
+        window.req = req
+        return ResponseProxy(req)
+
+    def get(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self.request("GET", url, **kwargs)
+
+    def head(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self.request("HEAD", url, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self.request("POST}", url, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self.request("PUT", url, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self.request("PATCH", url, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, url, **kwargs):
+        return self.request("DELETE", url, **kwargs)
+
+
+def set_impl(asyn=False):
+    if asyn:
+        bits = {
+            "class": "jsfs.PyodideFileSystem",
+        }
+    else:
+        bits = {"class": ""}
+
+    known_implementations["http"] = bits
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 4c3358c91..43fe70f08 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ ignore =
 
 [isort]
 known_first_party=fsspec
-known_third_party=aiohttp,dask,distributed,dvc,fuse,libarchive,numpy,panel,paramiko,pyarrow,pygit2,pytest,requests,setuptools,smbclient
+known_third_party=dask,distributed,dvc,fuse,js,libarchive,numpy,panel,paramiko,pyarrow,pygit2,pyodide,pytest,requests,setuptools,smbclient
 multi_line_output=3
 include_trailing_comma=True
 force_grid_wrap=0