diff --git a/packages/web/src/worker.ts b/packages/web/src/worker.ts
index 2414436e..885ac17c 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/worker.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { parentPort, Worker } from 'worker_threads'
-
 import { setPlatform } from '@mtcute/core/platform.js'
 import {
     ClientMessageHandler,
@@ -22,46 +20,153 @@ let _registered = false
 
 export class TelegramWorker<T extends WorkerCustomMethods> extends TelegramWorkerBase<T> {
     registerWorker(handler: WorkerMessageHandler): RespondFn {
-        if (!parentPort) {
-            throw new Error('TelegramWorker must be created from a worker thread')
-        }
         if (_registered) {
             throw new Error('TelegramWorker must be created only once')
         }
 
         _registered = true
 
-        const port = parentPort
+        if (typeof WorkerGlobalScope !== 'undefined' && self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope) {
+            const respond: RespondFn = self.postMessage.bind(self)
 
-        const respond: RespondFn = port.postMessage.bind(port)
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+            self.addEventListener('message', (message) => handler(message.data, respond))
 
-        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
-        parentPort.on('message', (message) => handler(message, respond))
+            return respond
+        }
 
-        return respond
+        if (typeof SharedWorkerGlobalScope !== 'undefined' && self instanceof SharedWorkerGlobalScope) {
+            const connections: MessagePort[] = []
+
+            const broadcast = (message: unknown) => {
+                for (const port of connections) {
+                    port.postMessage(message)
+                }
+            }
+
+            self.onconnect = (event) => {
+                const port = event.ports[0]
+                connections.push(port)
+
+                const respond = port.postMessage.bind(port)
+
+                // not very reliable, but better than nothing
+                // SharedWorker API doesn't provide a way to detect when the client closes the connection
+                // so we just assume that the client is done when it sends a 'close' message
+                // and keep a timeout for the case when the client closes without sending a 'close' message
+                const onClose = () => {
+                    port.close()
+                    const idx = connections.indexOf(port)
+
+                    if (idx >= 0) {
+                        connections.splice(connections.indexOf(port), 1)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                const onTimeout = () => {
+                    console.warn('some connection timed out!')
+                    respond({ __type__: 'timeout' })
+                    onClose()
+                }
+
+                // 60s should be a reasonable timeout considering that the client should send a ping every 10s
+                // so even if the browser has suspended the timers, we should still get a ping within a minute
+                let timeout = setTimeout(onTimeout, 60000)
+
+                port.addEventListener('message', (message) => {
+                    if (message.data.__type__ === 'close') {
+                        onClose()
+
+                        return
+                    }
+
+                    if (message.data.__type__ === 'ping') {
+                        clearTimeout(timeout)
+                        timeout = setTimeout(onTimeout, 60000)
+
+                        return
+                    }
+
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+                    handler(message.data, respond)
+                })
+            }
+
+            return broadcast
+        }
+
+        throw new Error('TelegramWorker must be created from a worker')
     }
 }
 
+const platform = new WebPlatform()
+
 export class TelegramWorkerPort<T extends WorkerCustomMethods> extends TelegramWorkerPortBase<T> {
     constructor(readonly options: TelegramWorkerPortOptions) {
-        setPlatform(new WebPlatform())
+        setPlatform(platform)
         super(options)
     }
 
     connectToWorker(worker: SomeWorker, handler: ClientMessageHandler): [SendFn, () => void] {
-        if (!(worker instanceof Worker)) {
-            throw new Error('Only worker_threads are supported')
+        if (worker instanceof Worker) {
+            const send: SendFn = worker.postMessage.bind(worker)
+
+            const messageHandler = (ev: MessageEvent) => {
+                // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+                handler(ev.data)
+            }
+
+            worker.addEventListener('message', messageHandler)
+
+            return [
+                send,
+                () => {
+                    worker.removeEventListener('message', messageHandler)
+                },
+            ]
         }
 
-        const send: SendFn = worker.postMessage.bind(worker)
+        if (worker instanceof SharedWorker) {
+            const send: SendFn = worker.port.postMessage.bind(worker.port)
 
-        worker.on('message', handler)
+            const pingInterval = setInterval(() => {
+                worker.port.postMessage({ __type__: 'ping' })
+            }, 10000)
 
-        return [
-            send,
-            () => {
-                worker.off('message', handler)
-            },
-        ]
+            const messageHandler = (ev: MessageEvent) => {
+                if (ev.data.__type__ === 'timeout') {
+                    // we got disconnected from the worker due to timeout
+                    // if the page is still alive (which is unlikely), we should reconnect
+                    // however it's not really possible with SharedWorker API without re-creating the worker
+                    // so we just reload the page for now
+                    location.reload()
+
+                    return
+                }
+
+                // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-argument
+                handler(ev.data)
+            }
+
+            worker.port.addEventListener('message', messageHandler)
+            worker.port.start()
+
+            // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-const
+            let cancelBeforeExit: () => void
+
+            const close = () => {
+                clearInterval(pingInterval)
+                worker.port.postMessage({ __type__: 'close' })
+                worker.port.removeEventListener('message', messageHandler)
+                worker.port.close()
+                cancelBeforeExit()
+            }
+
+            cancelBeforeExit = platform.beforeExit(close)
+
+            return [send, close]
+        }
+
+        throw new Error('Only workers and shared workers are supported')
     }
 }