diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 232bdff..4433c81 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,14 +20,10 @@ This will not bloat your project. It only has an effect if you explicitly depend
 
 Get latest release:
 ```scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.github.cornerman" %%% "chameleon" % "0.3.5"
+libraryDependencies += "com.github.cornerman" %%% "chameleon" % "0.4.0"
 ```
 
-Or get development snapshots via jitpack:
-```scala
-resolvers += "jitpack" at "https://jitpack.io"
-libraryDependencies += "com.github.cornerman.chameleon" %%% "chameleon" % "master-SNAPSHOT"
-```
+We additionally publish sonatype snapshots for every commit on master.
 
 # Usage
 
@@ -54,6 +50,39 @@ Have typeclasses for cats (`Contravariant`, `Functor`, `Invariant`):
 import chameleon.ext.cats._
 ```
 
+## http4s
+
+We have an extra package to integrate `http4s` with chameleon `Serializer` and `Deserializer`. Specifically to create `EntityEncoder` and `EntityDecoder`.
+
+Usage:
+```scala
+libraryDependencies += "com.github.cornerman" %%% "chameleon-http4s" % "0.4.0"
+```
+
+To work with json inside your API:
+```scala
+import chameleon.ext.http4s.JsonStringCodec.*
+import chameleon.ext.upickle.*
+
+// serialize case class as json response
+Ok(json(MyCaseClass("hallo")))
+
+// deserialize json request into case class
+jsonAs[MyCaseClass](someRequest)
+```
+
+You can also use the auto import, which provides implicit `EntityEncoder` / `EntityDecoder` for all types with `Serializer` / `Deserializer`. This should only be imported when exclusively working with json.
+```scala
+import chameleon.ext.http4s.JsonStringCodec.auto.*
+import chameleon.ext.upickle.*
+
+// serialize
+Ok(MyCaseClass("hallo"))
+
+// deserialize
+someRequest.as[MyCaseClass]
+```
+
 # Motivation
 
 Say, you want to write a library that needs serialization but abstracts over the type of serialization. Then you might end up with something like this:
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b96dbf3..71807c4 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -64,3 +64,14 @@ lazy val chameleon = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)
       )
     })
   )
+
+lazy val http4s = crossProject(JSPlatform, JVMPlatform)
+  .crossType(CrossType.Pure)
+  .dependsOn(chameleon)
+  .settings(commonSettings)
+  .settings(
+    name := "chameleon-http4s",
+    libraryDependencies ++=
+      Deps.http4s.value ::
+      Nil,
+  )
diff --git a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/jsoniter.scala b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/jsoniter.scala
index d16883f..bf17dd7 100644
--- a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/jsoniter.scala
+++ b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/jsoniter.scala
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import com.github.plokhotnyuk.jsoniter_scala.core
 
 import scala.util.{Try, Success, Failure}
 
+//TODO with CodecMakerConfig
 object jsoniter {
-  implicit def jsoniterSerializerDeserializer2[T: core.JsonValueCodec]: SerializerDeserializer[T, String] = new Serializer[T, String] with Deserializer[T, String] {
+  implicit def jsoniterSerializerDeserializerString[T: core.JsonValueCodec]: SerializerDeserializer[T, String] = new Serializer[T, String] with Deserializer[T, String] {
     override def serialize(arg: T): String = core.writeToString(arg)
 
     override def deserialize(arg: String): Either[Throwable, T] =
@@ -15,4 +16,14 @@ object jsoniter {
         case Failure(t) => Left(t)
       }
   }
+
+  implicit def jsoniterSerializerDeserializerByteArray[T: core.JsonValueCodec]: SerializerDeserializer[T, Array[Byte]] = new Serializer[T, Array[Byte]] with Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] {
+    override def serialize(arg: T): Array[Byte] = core.writeToArray(arg)
+
+    override def deserialize(arg: Array[Byte]): Either[Throwable, T] =
+      Try(core.readFromArray[T](arg)) match {
+        case Success(arg) => Right(arg)
+        case Failure(t) => Left(t)
+      }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scalapb.scala b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scalapb.scala
index 0fd2500..1bd7905 100644
--- a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scalapb.scala
+++ b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scalapb.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 import scala.util.{Failure, Success}
 
 object scalapb {
-  implicit def scalapbSerializerDeserializer[T <: GeneratedMessage](implicit companion: GeneratedMessageCompanion[T]): SerializerDeserializer[T, ByteBuffer] = new Serializer[T, ByteBuffer] with Deserializer[T, ByteBuffer] {
+  implicit def scalapbSerializerDeserializerByteBuffer[T <: GeneratedMessage](implicit companion: GeneratedMessageCompanion[T]): SerializerDeserializer[T, ByteBuffer] = new Serializer[T, ByteBuffer] with Deserializer[T, ByteBuffer] {
     override def serialize(arg: T): ByteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(companion.toByteArray(arg))
     override def deserialize(arg: ByteBuffer): Either[Throwable, T] = {
       val bytes = new Array[Byte](arg.remaining)
@@ -17,4 +17,13 @@ object scalapb {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  implicit def scalapbSerializerDeserializerByteArray[T <: GeneratedMessage](implicit companion: GeneratedMessageCompanion[T]): SerializerDeserializer[T, Array[Byte]] = new Serializer[T, Array[Byte]] with Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] {
+    override def serialize(arg: T): Array[Byte] = companion.toByteArray(arg)
+    override def deserialize(bytes: Array[Byte]): Either[Throwable, T] =
+      companion.validate(bytes) match {
+        case Success(arg) => Right(arg)
+        case Failure(t) => Left(t)
+      }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scodec.scala b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scodec.scala
index 8d73b7e..ee92233 100644
--- a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scodec.scala
+++ b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/scodec.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.nio.ByteBuffer
 object scodec {
   case class DeserializeException(msg: String) extends Exception(msg)
 
-  implicit def scodecSerializerDeserializer[T : Codec]: SerializerDeserializer[T, ByteBuffer] = new Serializer[T, ByteBuffer] with Deserializer[T, ByteBuffer] {
+  implicit def scodecSerializerDeserializerByteBuffer[T : Codec]: SerializerDeserializer[T, ByteBuffer] = new Serializer[T, ByteBuffer] with Deserializer[T, ByteBuffer] {
     override def serialize(arg: T): ByteBuffer = Codec[T].encode(arg).require.toByteBuffer
     override def deserialize(arg: ByteBuffer): Either[Throwable, T] =
       Codec[T].decode(BitVector(arg)).toEither match {
@@ -17,4 +17,13 @@ object scodec {
         case Left(err) => Left(DeserializeException(err.message))
       }
   }
+
+  implicit def scodecSerializerDeserializerByteArray[T : Codec]: SerializerDeserializer[T, Array[Byte]] = new Serializer[T, Array[Byte]] with Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] {
+    override def serialize(arg: T): Array[Byte] = Codec[T].encode(arg).require.toByteArray
+    override def deserialize(arg: Array[Byte]): Either[Throwable, T] =
+      Codec[T].decode(BitVector(arg)).toEither match {
+        case Right(result) => Right(result.value)
+        case Left(err) => Left(DeserializeException(err.message))
+      }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/upickle.scala b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/upickle.scala
index f6c3354..4ab1ffd 100644
--- a/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/upickle.scala
+++ b/chameleon/src/main/scala/ext/upickle.scala
@@ -7,15 +7,18 @@ import _root_.upickle.default
 import scala.util.{Try, Success, Failure}
 
 trait upickle { api: Api =>
-  implicit def upickleSerializer[T: api.Writer]: chameleon.Serializer[T, String]     = upickle.upickleSerializerOfApi(api)
-  implicit def upickleDeserializer[T: api.Reader]: chameleon.Deserializer[T, String] = upickle.upickleDeserializerOfApi(api)
+  implicit def upickleSerializerString[T: api.Writer]: chameleon.Serializer[T, String]     = upickle.upickleSerializerStringOfApi(api)
+  implicit def upickleDeserializerString[T: api.Reader]: chameleon.Deserializer[T, String] = upickle.upickleDeserializerStringOfApi(api)
+
+  implicit def upickleSerializerByteArray[T: api.Writer]: chameleon.Serializer[T, Array[Byte]]     = upickle.upickleSerializerByteArrayOfApi(api)
+  implicit def upickleDeserializerByteArray[T: api.Reader]: chameleon.Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] = upickle.upickleDeserializerByteArrayOfApi(api)
 }
 
 object upickle {
-  def upickleSerializerOfApi[T](api: Api)(implicit writer: api.Writer[T]): Serializer[T, String] = new Serializer[T, String] {
+  def upickleSerializerStringOfApi[T](api: Api)(implicit writer: api.Writer[T]): Serializer[T, String] = new Serializer[T, String] {
     override def serialize(arg: T): String = api.write(arg)
   }
-  def upickleDeserializerOfApi[T](api: Api)(implicit reader: api.Reader[T]): Deserializer[T, String] = new Deserializer[T, String] {
+  def upickleDeserializerStringOfApi[T](api: Api)(implicit reader: api.Reader[T]): Deserializer[T, String] = new Deserializer[T, String] {
     override def deserialize(arg: String): Either[Throwable, T] =
       Try(api.read[T](arg)) match {
         case Success(arg) => Right(arg)
@@ -23,6 +26,20 @@ object upickle {
       }
   }
 
-  implicit def upickleSerializer[T: default.Writer]: Serializer[T, String] = upickleSerializerOfApi(default)
-  implicit def upickleDeserializer[T : default.Reader]: Deserializer[T, String] = upickleDeserializerOfApi(default)
+  def upickleSerializerByteArrayOfApi[T](api: Api)(implicit writer: api.Writer[T]): Serializer[T, Array[Byte]] = new Serializer[T, Array[Byte]] {
+    override def serialize(arg: T): Array[Byte] = api.writeBinary(arg)
+  }
+  def upickleDeserializerByteArrayOfApi[T](api: Api)(implicit reader: api.Reader[T]): Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] = new Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] {
+    override def deserialize(arg: Array[Byte]): Either[Throwable, T] =
+      Try(api.readBinary[T](arg)) match {
+        case Success(arg) => Right(arg)
+        case Failure(t) => Left(t)
+      }
+  }
+
+  implicit def upickleSerializerString[T: default.Writer]: Serializer[T, String] = upickleSerializerStringOfApi(default)
+  implicit def upickleDeserializerString[T : default.Reader]: Deserializer[T, String] = upickleDeserializerStringOfApi(default)
+
+  implicit def upickleSerializerByteArray[T: default.Writer]: Serializer[T, Array[Byte]] = upickleSerializerByteArrayOfApi(default)
+  implicit def upickleDeserializerByteArray[T : default.Reader]: Deserializer[T, Array[Byte]] = upickleDeserializerByteArrayOfApi(default)
 }
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diff --git a/http4s/src/main/scala/chameleon/ext/http4s/JsonByteArrayCodec.scala b/http4s/src/main/scala/chameleon/ext/http4s/JsonByteArrayCodec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..598360d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http4s/src/main/scala/chameleon/ext/http4s/JsonByteArrayCodec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package chameleon.ext.http4s
+
+import cats.effect.Concurrent
+import cats.implicits._
+import chameleon.{Deserializer, Serializer}
+import org.http4s.headers.`Content-Type`
+import org.http4s.{DecodeResult, EntityDecoder, EntityEncoder, Headers, MalformedMessageBodyFailure, Media, MediaType}
+
+object JsonByteArrayCodec {
+  def jsonDecoderOf[F[_]: Concurrent, A](implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, Array[Byte]]): EntityDecoder[F, A] =
+    EntityDecoder.decodeBy(MediaType.application.json) { media =>
+      EntityDecoder.collectBinary(media).flatMap { chunk =>
+        DecodeResult[F, A](Concurrent[F].pure(
+          deserializer.deserialize(chunk.toArray).leftMap(error => MalformedMessageBodyFailure("Invalid JSON", Some(error)))
+        ))
+      }
+    }
+
+  def jsonEncoderOf[F[_], A](implicit serializer: Serializer[A, Array[Byte]]): EntityEncoder[F, A] =
+    EntityEncoder.encodeBy[F, A](Headers(`Content-Type`(MediaType.application.json))) {
+      EntityEncoder.byteArrayEncoder[F].contramap(serializer.serialize).toEntity(_)
+    }
+
+  case class json[A](value: A)
+
+  def jsonAs[A] = new JsonAsPartialApplied[A]
+  class JsonAsPartialApplied[A] {
+    def apply[F[_]: Concurrent](media: Media[F])(implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, Array[Byte]]): F[A] = media.as[A](implicitly, jsonDecoderOf[F, A])
+  }
+
+  implicit def jsonEntityDecoderJson[F[_]: Concurrent, A](implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, Array[Byte]]): EntityDecoder[F, json[A]] =
+    jsonDecoderOf[F, A].map(json(_))
+
+  implicit def jsonEntityEncoderJson[F[_], A](implicit serializer: Serializer[A, Array[Byte]]): EntityEncoder[F, json[A]] =
+    jsonEncoderOf[F, A].contramap(_.value)
+
+  object auto {
+    implicit def jsonEntityDecoder[F[_] : Concurrent, A](implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, Array[Byte]]): EntityDecoder[F, A] = jsonDecoderOf[F, A]
+
+    implicit def jsonEntityEncoder[F[_], A](implicit serializer: Serializer[A, Array[Byte]]): EntityEncoder[F, A] = jsonEncoderOf[F, A]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/http4s/src/main/scala/chameleon/ext/http4s/JsonStringCodec.scala b/http4s/src/main/scala/chameleon/ext/http4s/JsonStringCodec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..505f22d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http4s/src/main/scala/chameleon/ext/http4s/JsonStringCodec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package chameleon.ext.http4s
+
+import cats.effect.Concurrent
+import cats.implicits._
+import chameleon.{Deserializer, Serializer}
+import org.http4s.headers.`Content-Type`
+import org.http4s.{DecodeResult, EntityDecoder, EntityEncoder, Headers, MalformedMessageBodyFailure, Media, MediaType}
+
+object JsonStringCodec {
+  def jsonDecoderOf[F[_] : Concurrent, A](implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, String]): EntityDecoder[F, A] =
+    EntityDecoder.decodeBy(MediaType.application.json) { media =>
+      DecodeResult[F, A](
+        EntityDecoder.decodeText(media).map { json =>
+          deserializer.deserialize(json).leftMap(error => MalformedMessageBodyFailure("Invalid JSON", Some(error)))
+        }
+      )
+    }
+
+  def jsonEncoderOf[F[_], A](implicit serializer: Serializer[A, String]): EntityEncoder[F, A] =
+    EntityEncoder.encodeBy[F, A](Headers(`Content-Type`(MediaType.application.json))) {
+      EntityEncoder.stringEncoder[F].contramap(serializer.serialize).toEntity(_)
+    }
+
+  case class json[A](value: A)
+
+  def jsonAs[A] = new JsonAsPartialApplied[A]
+  class JsonAsPartialApplied[A] {
+    def apply[F[_]: Concurrent](media: Media[F])(implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, String]): F[A] = media.as[A](implicitly, jsonDecoderOf[F, A])
+  }
+
+  implicit def jsonEntityDecoderJson[F[_]: Concurrent, A](implicit serializer: Deserializer[A, String]): EntityDecoder[F, json[A]] =
+    jsonDecoderOf[F, A].map(json(_))
+
+  implicit def jsonEntityEncoderJson[F[_], A](implicit serializer: Serializer[A, String]): EntityEncoder[F, json[A]] =
+    jsonEncoderOf[F, A].contramap(_.value)
+
+  object auto {
+    implicit def jsonEntityDecoder[F[_] : Concurrent, A](implicit deserializer: Deserializer[A, String]): EntityDecoder[F, A] = jsonDecoderOf[F, A]
+
+    implicit def jsonEntityEncoder[F[_], A](implicit serializer: Serializer[A, String]): EntityEncoder[F, A] = jsonEncoderOf[F, A]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/project/Deps.scala b/project/Deps.scala
index 7bf1c2e..2a8f78c 100644
--- a/project/Deps.scala
+++ b/project/Deps.scala
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ object Deps {
   }
   val scodec = new {
     val core = dep("org.scodec" %%% "scodec-core" % "1.11.10")
-    val core2 = dep("org.scodec" %%% "scodec-core" % "2.2.2")
+    val core2 = dep("org.scodec" %%% "scodec-core" % "2.3.0")
     val bits = dep("org.scodec" %%% "scodec-bits" % "1.2.0")
   }
   val upickle = dep("com.lihaoyi" %%% "upickle" % "3.3.1")
   val jsoniter = dep("com.github.plokhotnyuk.jsoniter-scala" %%% "jsoniter-scala-core" % "2.30.1")
   val zioJson = dep("dev.zio" %%% "zio-json" % "0.6.2")
+
+  val http4s = dep("org.http4s" %%% "http4s-core" % "0.23.24")
 }