diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8f94ef0a..91a44940 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -61,3 +61,12 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/implot"]
 	path = thirdparty/implot
 	url = https://github.com/epezent/implot.git
+[submodule "thirdparty/json"]
+	path = thirdparty/json
+	url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+[submodule "thirdparty/cpp-httplib"]
+	path = thirdparty/cpp-httplib
+	url = https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib
+[submodule "thirdparty/curl"]
+	path = thirdparty/curl
+	url = https://github.com/curl/curl
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
index 8dc06358..3724a1c8 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ set(UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_INCLUDES
     "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/ddspp"
     "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/imgui"
     "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/implot"
+    "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/json/include"
     "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/libmspack/libmspack/mspack"
     "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/magic_enum/include"
     "${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_THIRDPARTY_ROOT}/stb"
@@ -321,6 +322,7 @@ if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
 endif()
 
 find_package(directx-dxc REQUIRED)
+find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 
 if (UNLEASHED_RECOMP_D3D12)
     file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/D3D12)
@@ -366,6 +368,7 @@ target_link_libraries(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE
     tomlplusplus::tomlplusplus
     UnleashedRecompLib
     xxHash::xxhash
+    CURL::libcurl
 )
 
 target_include_directories(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/install/update_checker.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/install/update_checker.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a82e299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/install/update_checker.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+#include "update_checker.h"
+
+#include <curl/curl.h>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+#include "version.h"
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <shellapi.h>
+#endif
+
+// UpdateChecker
+
+using json = nlohmann::json;
+
+static const char *CHECK_URL = "https://api.github.com/repos/blueskythlikesclouds/MikuMikuLibrary/releases/latest";
+static const char *VISIT_URL = "https://github.com/hedge-dev/UnleashedRecomp/releases/latest";
+static const char *USER_AGENT = "UnleashedRecomp-Agent";
+
+static std::atomic<bool> g_updateCheckerInProgress = false;
+static std::atomic<bool> g_updateCheckerFinished = false;
+static UpdateChecker::Result g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::NotStarted;
+
+size_t updateCheckerWriteCallback(void *contents, size_t size, size_t nmemb, std::string *output)
+{
+    size_t totalSize = size * nmemb;
+    output->append((char *)contents, totalSize);
+    return totalSize;
+}
+
+static bool parseVersion(const std::string &versionStr, int &major, int &minor, int &revision) {
+    size_t start = 0;
+    if (versionStr[0] == 'v') {
+        start = 1;
+    }
+
+    size_t firstDot = versionStr.find('.', start);
+    size_t secondDot = versionStr.find('.', firstDot + 1);
+
+    if (firstDot == std::string::npos || secondDot == std::string::npos) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        major = std::stoi(versionStr.substr(start, firstDot - start));
+        minor = std::stoi(versionStr.substr(firstDot + 1, secondDot - firstDot - 1));
+        revision = std::stoi(versionStr.substr(secondDot + 1));
+    }
+    catch (const std::exception &e) {
+        fmt::println("Error while parsing version: {}.", e.what());
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+void updateCheckerThread()
+{
+    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
+    CURLcode res;
+    int major, minor, revision;
+    std::string response;
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, CHECK_URL);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, updateCheckerWriteCallback);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, &response);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1L);
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, USER_AGENT);
+
+    res = curl_easy_perform(curl);
+    if (res == CURLE_OK)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            json root = json::parse(response);
+            auto tag_name_element = root.find("tag_name");
+            if (tag_name_element != root.end() && tag_name_element->is_string())
+            {
+                if (parseVersion(*tag_name_element, major, minor, revision))
+                {
+                    if ((g_versionMajor < major) || (g_versionMajor == major  && g_versionMinor < minor) || (g_versionMajor == major && g_versionMinor == minor && g_versionRevision < revision))
+                    {
+                        g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::Result::UpdateAvailable;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::Result::AlreadyUpToDate;
+                    }
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    fmt::println("Error while parsing response: tag_name does not contain a valid version string.");
+                    g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::Result::Failed;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                fmt::println("Error while parsing response: tag_name not found or not the right type.");
+                g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::Result::Failed;
+            }
+        }
+        catch (const json::exception &e)
+        {
+            fmt::println("Error while parsing response: {}", e.what());
+            g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::Result::Failed;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        fmt::println("Error while performing request: {}", curl_easy_strerror(res));
+        g_updateCheckerResult = UpdateChecker::Result::Failed;
+    }
+
+    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
+
+    g_updateCheckerFinished = true;
+    g_updateCheckerInProgress = false;
+}
+
+void UpdateChecker::initialize()
+{
+    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+}
+
+bool UpdateChecker::start()
+{
+    if (g_updateCheckerInProgress)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    g_updateCheckerInProgress = true;
+    g_updateCheckerFinished = false;
+    g_updateCheckerResult = InProgress;
+    std::thread thread(&updateCheckerThread);
+    thread.detach();
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+UpdateChecker::Result UpdateChecker::check()
+{
+    if (g_updateCheckerFinished)
+    {
+        return g_updateCheckerResult;
+    }
+    else if (g_updateCheckerInProgress)
+    {
+        return UpdateChecker::InProgress;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return UpdateChecker::NotStarted;
+    }
+}
+
+void UpdateChecker::visitWebsite()
+{
+#if defined(WIN32)
+    ShellExecuteA(0, 0, VISIT_URL, 0, 0, SW_SHOW);
+#elif defined(__linux__)
+    std::string command = "xdg-open " + std::string(VISIT_URL) + " &";
+    std::system(command.c_str());
+#else
+    static_assert(false, "Visit website not implemented for this platform.");
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/install/update_checker.h b/UnleashedRecomp/install/update_checker.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60fe2a97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/install/update_checker.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+struct UpdateChecker
+{
+    enum Result
+    {
+        NotStarted,
+        InProgress,
+        AlreadyUpToDate,
+        UpdateAvailable,
+        Failed
+    };
+
+    static void initialize();
+    static bool start();
+    static Result check();
+    static void visitWebsite();
+};
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp
index 65aaab3e..c90d2614 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/main.cpp
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@
 #include <user/registry.h>
 #include <kernel/xdbf.h>
 #include <install/installer.h>
+#include <install/update_checker.h>
 #include <os/logger.h>
 #include <os/process.h>
 #include <os/registry.h>
 #include <ui/installer_wizard.h>
 #include <mod/mod_loader.h>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <timeapi.h>
+#endif
+
 const size_t XMAIOBegin = 0x7FEA0000;
 const size_t XMAIOEnd = XMAIOBegin + 0x0000FFFF;
 
@@ -172,6 +177,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     Config::Load();
 
+    // Check the time since the last time an update was checked. Store the new time if the difference is more than six hours.
+    constexpr double TimeBetweenUpdateChecksInSeconds = 6 * 60 * 60;
+    time_t timeNow = std::time(nullptr);
+    double timeDifferenceSeconds = difftime(timeNow, Config::LastChecked);
+    if (timeDifferenceSeconds > TimeBetweenUpdateChecksInSeconds)
+    {
+        UpdateChecker::initialize();
+        UpdateChecker::start();
+        Config::LastChecked = timeNow;
+        Config::Save();
+    }
+
     if (Config::ShowConsole)
         os::process::ShowConsole();
 
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/user/config_def.h b/UnleashedRecomp/user/config_def.h
index 569f86e2..22ebd6ba 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/user/config_def.h
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/user/config_def.h
@@ -85,3 +85,5 @@ CONFIG_DEFINE_HIDDEN("Exports", bool, SaveScoreAtCheckpoints, false);
 CONFIG_DEFINE_HIDDEN("Exports", bool, SkipIntroLogos, false);
 CONFIG_DEFINE_HIDDEN("Exports", bool, UseOfficialTitleOnTitleBar, false);
 CONFIG_DEFINE_HIDDEN("Exports", bool, HUDToggleHotkey, false);
+
+CONFIG_DEFINE("Update", time_t, LastChecked, 0);
diff --git a/thirdparty/json b/thirdparty/json
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..606b6347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 606b6347edf0758c531abb6c36743e09a4c48a84
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index d930d54c..2fd8eaa7 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
             "platform": "windows"
         },
         "directx-dxc",
-        "freetype"
+        "freetype",
+        "curl"
     ]
 }