diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6bc09029b..d4494109a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "dedent": "^1.5.3",
     "javascript-time-ago": "^2.5.11",
     "libphonenumber-js": "1.13.6",
+    "miniflare": "^4.20260617.1",
     "open": "^10.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/src/backend/drivers/workers/WorkerDriver.ts b/src/backend/drivers/workers/WorkerDriver.ts
index b98ba7b7f..f712aff64 100644
--- a/src/backend/drivers/workers/WorkerDriver.ts
+++ b/src/backend/drivers/workers/WorkerDriver.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ export class WorkerDriver extends PuterDriver {
                     '[workers] preamble not build but workers configured to be enabled. Halting start',
                 );
             }
+        } else if (cfg.localServer) {
+            //
         }
         this.#subscribeHotReload();
     }
diff --git a/src/backend/services/localworker/LocalWorkerService.ts b/src/backend/services/localworker/LocalWorkerService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80e6e371f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/services/localworker/LocalWorkerService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+import { Miniflare, RequestInit } from 'miniflare';
+import { puterServices } from '..';
+import { Actor } from '../../core';
+import { loadFileInput } from '../../drivers/util/fileInput';
+import { puterStores } from '../../stores';
+import { LayerInstances } from '../../types';
+import { PuterService } from '../types';
+
+const MAX_SOURCE_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // 10 MB
+
+interface SubdomainRow {
+    id: number;
+    uuid: string;
+    ts: number | string; // system timestamp
+    subdomain: string; // immutable name
+    user_id: number; // owner
+    app_owner: number | null; // owning app, if any
+    protected: 0 | 1; // access gate
+    database_id: string | null; // Cloudflare D1 binding
+    root_dir_id: number | null; // editable
+    associated_app_id: string | null; // editable
+    domain: string | null; // custom domain, editable
+}
+
+const activeWorkers = new Map<string, Miniflare>();
+
+export class LocalWorkerService extends PuterService {
+    declare protected stores: LayerInstances<typeof puterStores>;
+    declare protected services: LayerInstances<typeof puterServices>;
+    async cfDeployLocal(
+        workerName: string,
+        authorization: string,
+        code: string,
+    ) {
+        const mf = new Miniflare({
+            modules: false,
+            name: workerName,
+            bindings: {
+                puter_auth: authorization,
+
+                //todo: maybe dont hardcode this
+                puter_endpoint: 'http://api.puter.localhost:4100/',
+            }, // Binds variable/secret to environment
+            script: code,
+        } as WorkerOptions);
+        activeWorkers.set(workerName, mf);
+    }
+    async cfCallLocal(workerName: string, request: Request) {
+        let mf = activeWorkers.get(workerName);
+        if (!mf) {
+            // cfDeployLocal here
+            const existingSub: SubdomainRow | null =
+                await this.stores.subdomain.getBySubdomain(
+                    'workers.puter.' + workerName,
+                );
+
+            if (!existingSub) {
+                return new Response('subdomain not found', { status: 404 });
+            }
+            const [_, authorization, code] = await this.reconstructDeployArgs(
+                workerName,
+                existingSub,
+            );
+            await this.cfDeployLocal(workerName, authorization, code);
+            mf = activeWorkers.get(workerName)!;
+        }
+        return mf.dispatchFetch(request.url, request as unknown as RequestInit);
+    }
+    async cfDeleteLocal(workerName: string) {
+        const mf = activeWorkers.get(workerName);
+        if (mf) {
+            mf.dispose();
+            activeWorkers.delete(workerName);
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    async reconstructDeployArgs(workerName: string, row: SubdomainRow) {
+        const appOwnerId = row.app_owner as number | null;
+        let authorization: string;
+        const ownerUser = await this.stores.user.getById(row.user_id);
+        if (!ownerUser) throw new Error('Owner seems to not exist');
+        const ownerActor = { user: ownerUser } as Actor;
+
+        if (appOwnerId) {
+            const app = await this.stores.app.getById(appOwnerId);
+            if (!app)
+                throw new Error(
+                    'Local: Worker belongs to existant application',
+                ); // app gone
+            authorization = await this.services.auth.createWorkerAppToken(
+                ownerActor,
+                app.uid,
+                workerName,
+            );
+        } else {
+            const session = await this.services.auth.createWorkerSessionToken(
+                ownerUser,
+                workerName,
+            );
+
+            authorization = session.token;
+        }
+
+        const loaded = await loadFileInput(
+            {
+                fsEntry: this.stores.fsEntry,
+                s3Object: this.stores.s3Object,
+            },
+            this.services.fs,
+            ownerActor,
+            row.root_dir_id,
+            { maxBytes: MAX_SOURCE_SIZE },
+        );
+        const code = loaded.buffer.toString('utf-8');
+
+        return [workerName, authorization, code];
+    }
+}