diff --git a/.copier-answers.yaml b/.copier-answers.yaml
index f501ed7..f305bbc 100644
--- a/.copier-answers.yaml
+++ b/.copier-answers.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: d814faa
+_commit: 2f83523
 _src_path: https://github.com/python-project-templates/base.git
 add_docs: true
 add_extension: cppjswasm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 966372b..28f5494 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -25,11 +25,38 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    name: build (${{ matrix.name }})
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-24.04-arm, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        include:
+          - name: ubuntu-latest
+            dist_path: dist
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: "3.11"
+            target: native
+          - name: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            dist_path: dist
+            os: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            python: "3.11"
+            target: native
+          - name: macos-latest
+            dist_path: dist
+            os: macos-latest
+            python: "3.11"
+            target: native
+          - name: windows-latest
+            dist_path: dist
+            os: windows-latest
+            python: "3.11"
+            target: native
+          - name: pyodide
+            dist_path: dist/pyodide
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+            python: "3.14"
+            target: pyodide
+          
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -40,53 +67,63 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions-ext/python/setup@6e1b91a408ea89f49bc8aff8724f83826f7b5446
         with:
-          version: "3.11"
+          version: ${{ matrix.python }}
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions-ext/node/setup@0ea5bdcd24d2488b28e16bf611b446a2f8e1e12f
         with:
           version: 22.x
+        if: matrix.target == 'native'
 
       - name: Setup C++
         uses: actions-ext/cpp/setup@c2b1e90366b3a1c628a1df0748135f5e345ab26f
 
       - name: Setup Emscripten
         uses: mymindstorm/setup-emsdk@4528d102f7230f0e7b276855c01ea1159be0e984  # v16
+        if: matrix.target == 'native'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: make develop
+        if: matrix.target == 'native'
 
       - name: Lint
         run: make lint
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-latest'
 
       - name: Checks
         run: make checks
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-latest'
 
       - name: Test
         run: make coverage
+        if: matrix.target == 'native'
+
+      - name: Build and test Pyodide wheel
+        run: make test-pyodide
+        if: matrix.target == 'pyodide'
 
       - name: Upload test results (Python)
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a  # v7.0.1
         with:
-          name: test-results-${{ matrix.os }}
+          name: test-results-${{ matrix.name }}
           path: junit.xml
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-latest'
 
       - name: Publish test results
         uses: EnricoMi/publish-unit-test-result-action@d0a4676d0e0b938bc201470d88276b7c74c712b3  # v2.24.0
         with:
           files: '**/junit.xml'
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-latest'
 
       - name: Upload coverage
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@fb8b3582c8e4def4969c97caa2f19720cb33a72f  # v7.0.0
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        if: matrix.target == 'native'
 
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: pip install cibuildwheel
+        if: matrix.target == 'native'
 
       - name: Build distributions (Linux x86_64)
         run: |
@@ -98,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp311-manylinux*"
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: native
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-latest'
 
       - name: Build distributions (Linux ARM64)
         run: |
@@ -109,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp311-manylinux*"
           CIBW_ARCHS_LINUX: native
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-24.04-arm'
 
       - name: Build distributions (macOS)
         run: |
@@ -118,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp311-macos*"
           CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 3
-        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'macos-latest'
 
       - name: Build distributions (Windows)
         run: |
@@ -126,22 +163,22 @@ jobs:
           make dist-py-wheel
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: "cp311-win_amd64"
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'windows-latest'
 
       - name: Test wheel
         uses: actions-ext/python/test-wheel@6e1b91a408ea89f49bc8aff8724f83826f7b5446
         with:
           module: python_template_cppjswasm
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        if: matrix.target == 'native' && runner.os == 'Linux'
 
       - name: Test source distribution
         uses: actions-ext/python/test-sdist@6e1b91a408ea89f49bc8aff8724f83826f7b5446
         with:
           module: python_template_cppjswasm
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        if: matrix.name == 'ubuntu-latest'
 
       - name: Upload distributions
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a  # v7.0.1
         with:
-          name: dist-${{ matrix.os }}
-          path: dist
+          name: dist-${{ matrix.name }}
+          path: ${{ matrix.dist_path }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0062b91..4c2ab81 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ __pycache__/
 *.exp
 *.lib
 
+# vcpkg
+vcpkg/
+vcpkg_installed/
+
 # Rust
 target
 target-capi
@@ -142,6 +146,7 @@ python_template_cppjswasm/labextension
 
 # Emscripten SDK (locally installed)
 emsdk
+.pyodide_build/
 
 # Mac
 .DS_Store
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1d8e4d2..1dcd837 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ develop: develop-cpp develop-js develop-py  ## setup project for development
 
 .PHONY: requirements-py requirements-js requirements-cpp requirements
 requirements-py:  ## install prerequisite python build requirements
-	python -m pip install --upgrade pip toml
-	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print("\n".join(c["build-system"]["requires"]))'`
-	python -m pip install `python -c 'import toml; c = toml.load("pyproject.toml"); print(" ".join(c["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["develop"]))'`
+	uv pip install -r pyproject.toml --extra develop
 
 requirements-js:  ## install prerequisite javascript build requirements
 	cd js; pnpm install && npx playwright install
@@ -136,8 +134,13 @@ tests-cpp: test-cpp
 coverage-cpp:  ## run C++ tests and collect test coverage
 	make -C cpp coverage
 
-.PHONY: test coverage tests
+.PHONY: test test-pyodide coverage tests
 test: test-py test-js test-cpp  ## run all tests
+
+test-pyodide:  ## build and test the Python package in Pyodide
+	rm -rf dist/pyodide
+	uvx --from cibuildwheel==4.2.0 cibuildwheel --only cp314-pyodide_wasm32 --output-dir dist/pyodide .
+
 coverage: coverage-py coverage-js coverage-cpp  ## run all tests and collect test coverage
 
 # alias
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8b384e8..c51a72f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "hatchling",
-    "hatch-cpp>=0.3.7",
+    "hatch-cpp>=0.5.0",
     "hatch-js",
     "pybind11",
 ]
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ develop = [
     "check-dist",
     "cibuildwheel",
     "codespell",
-    "hatch-cpp>=0.3.7",
+    "hatch-cpp>=0.5.0",
     "hatch-js",
     "hatchling",
     "pybind11",
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ archs = "arm64"
 environment = {SKIP_HATCH_JS="1"}
 skip = "*win32 *arm_64"
 
+[tool.cibuildwheel.pyodide]
+environment = {SKIP_HATCH_JS="1"}
+test-command = "python -m pytest -vvv --pyargs python_template_cppjswasm.tests"
+test-extras = []
+test-requires = ["pytest"]
+
 [tool.coverage.run]
 branch = true
 omit = [
diff --git a/python_template_cppjswasm/tests/__init__.py b/python_template_cppjswasm/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_template_cppjswasm/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+