diff --git a/src/Metin2Launcher/Manifest/Manifest.cs b/src/Metin2Launcher/Manifest/Manifest.cs
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+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace Metin2Launcher.Manifest;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// DTOs matching docs/update-manifest.md.
+/// Field order in the serialized JSON is governed by the canonical ordering rules;
+/// we only parse here (and optionally round-trip for tests), we do not sign.
+/// Unknown fields are ignored by <see cref="System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions.UnmappedMemberHandling"/> default (Skip).
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class Manifest
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("version")]
+    public string Version { get; set; } = "";
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("created_at")]
+    public string CreatedAt { get; set; } = "";
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("previous")]
+    public string? Previous { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("notes")]
+    public string? Notes { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("min_launcher_version")]
+    public string? MinLauncherVersion { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("launcher")]
+    public ManifestLauncherEntry Launcher { get; set; } = new();
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("files")]
+    public List<ManifestFile> Files { get; set; } = new();
+}
+
+public sealed class ManifestLauncherEntry
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("path")]
+    public string Path { get; set; } = "";
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("sha256")]
+    public string Sha256 { get; set; } = "";
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("size")]
+    public long Size { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("platform")]
+    public string? Platform { get; set; }
+}
+
+public sealed class ManifestFile
+{
+    [JsonPropertyName("path")]
+    public string Path { get; set; } = "";
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("sha256")]
+    public string Sha256 { get; set; } = "";
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("size")]
+    public long Size { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("platform")]
+    public string? Platform { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("required")]
+    public bool? Required { get; set; }
+
+    [JsonPropertyName("executable")]
+    public bool? Executable { get; set; }
+
+    /// <summary>Manifest spec default: platform == "all" if unset.</summary>
+    public string EffectivePlatform => Platform ?? "all";
+
+    /// <summary>Manifest spec default: required == true if unset.</summary>
+    public bool IsRequired => Required ?? true;
+
+    /// <summary>Returns true if this file applies to the given platform ("windows" or "linux").</summary>
+    public bool AppliesTo(string platform)
+    {
+        var p = EffectivePlatform;
+        return p == "all" || p == platform;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Metin2Launcher/Manifest/ManifestLoader.cs b/src/Metin2Launcher/Manifest/ManifestLoader.cs
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+using System.Text.Json;
+
+namespace Metin2Launcher.Manifest;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Fetches a manifest (and its signature) over HTTP and parses it.
+///
+/// Important invariant: we keep the raw byte slice of the manifest body so the
+/// signature verifier can operate on the exact bytes the server delivered.
+/// Never re-serialize before verifying — the signature is over literal bytes.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ManifestLoader
+{
+    private readonly HttpClient _http;
+
+    public ManifestLoader(HttpClient http)
+    {
+        _http = http;
+    }
+
+    public static JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions { get; } = new()
+    {
+        PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = false,
+        WriteIndented = true,
+        // Field order in our DTOs is already source-ordered; serializer writes them in declaration order.
+    };
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Downloads manifest.json and manifest.json.sig, returns raw bytes and parsed DTO.
+    /// The caller is responsible for verifying the signature before trusting the parsed manifest.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async Task<LoadedManifest> FetchAsync(
+        string manifestUrl,
+        string signatureUrl,
+        CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        var manifestBytes = await GetBytesAsync(manifestUrl, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        var sigBytes      = await GetBytesAsync(signatureUrl, ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+        var manifest = Parse(manifestBytes);
+        return new LoadedManifest(manifestBytes, sigBytes, manifest);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Parses a manifest from raw bytes. Throws on malformed JSON.</summary>
+    public static Manifest Parse(ReadOnlySpan<byte> raw)
+    {
+        var m = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Manifest>(raw, JsonOptions);
+        if (m is null)
+            throw new InvalidDataException("Manifest JSON deserialized to null");
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(m.Version))
+            throw new InvalidDataException("Manifest is missing required field 'version'");
+        if (m.Launcher is null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(m.Launcher.Sha256))
+            throw new InvalidDataException("Manifest is missing required field 'launcher'");
+        m.Files ??= new List<ManifestFile>();
+        return m;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Serializes a manifest back to bytes — used only in tests for round-trip checks.</summary>
+    public static byte[] Serialize(Manifest manifest)
+        => JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(manifest, JsonOptions);
+
+    private async Task<byte[]> GetBytesAsync(string url, CancellationToken ct)
+    {
+        using var resp = await _http.GetAsync(url, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseContentRead, ct)
+            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+        resp.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+        return await resp.Content.ReadAsByteArrayAsync(ct).ConfigureAwait(false);
+    }
+}
+
+public sealed record LoadedManifest(byte[] RawBytes, byte[] Signature, Manifest Manifest);
diff --git a/src/Metin2Launcher/Manifest/SignatureVerifier.cs b/src/Metin2Launcher/Manifest/SignatureVerifier.cs
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+using NSec.Cryptography;
+
+namespace Metin2Launcher.Manifest;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Ed25519 detached-signature verification via NSec.Cryptography (libsodium).
+///
+/// .NET 8's BCL does not implement Ed25519, so we rely on NSec. The public key
+/// is a 32-byte raw Ed25519 key supplied as hex (see LauncherConfig.PublicKeyHex).
+/// </summary>
+public static class SignatureVerifier
+{
+    /// <summary>Verifies <paramref name="signature"/> over <paramref name="message"/> with a hex-encoded public key.</summary>
+    public static bool Verify(ReadOnlySpan<byte> message, ReadOnlySpan<byte> signature, string publicKeyHex)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(publicKeyHex))
+            return false;
+
+        byte[] pubBytes;
+        try
+        {
+            pubBytes = Convert.FromHexString(publicKeyHex);
+        }
+        catch (FormatException)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return Verify(message, signature, pubBytes);
+    }
+
+    public static bool Verify(ReadOnlySpan<byte> message, ReadOnlySpan<byte> signature, ReadOnlySpan<byte> publicKey)
+    {
+        if (publicKey.Length != 32)
+            return false;
+        if (signature.Length != 64)
+            return false;
+
+        var algo = SignatureAlgorithm.Ed25519;
+        PublicKey key;
+        try
+        {
+            key = PublicKey.Import(algo, publicKey, KeyBlobFormat.RawPublicKey);
+        }
+        catch
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return algo.Verify(key, message, signature);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Metin2Launcher.Tests/ManifestLoaderTests.cs b/tests/Metin2Launcher.Tests/ManifestLoaderTests.cs
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+using System.Text;
+using Metin2Launcher.Manifest;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Metin2Launcher.Tests;
+
+public class ManifestLoaderTests
+{
+    private const string SampleJson = """
+{
+  "version": "2026.04.14-1",
+  "created_at": "2026-04-14T14:00:00Z",
+  "previous": "2026.04.13-3",
+  "notes": "example",
+  "launcher": {
+    "path": "Metin2Launcher.exe",
+    "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+    "size": 15728640,
+    "platform": "windows"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    {
+      "path": "Metin2.exe",
+      "sha256": "2653e87ecd8ba305b70a96098788478e8b60c125ec83bcd1307486eafb5c5289",
+      "size": 27982848,
+      "platform": "windows"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "pack/item.pck",
+      "sha256": "7aa9d46724a921fecf5af14c10372d0d03922e92a4cace4b5c15c451416f36b7",
+      "size": 128547328
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "pack/optional.pck",
+      "sha256": "3b9dfe45317a14fcb70a138c1b9d57d984fe130e833c4341deaaff93d615ac67",
+      "size": 4587520,
+      "required": false
+    }
+  ]
+}
+""";
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_reads_all_fields()
+    {
+        var m = ManifestLoader.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SampleJson));
+        Assert.Equal("2026.04.14-1", m.Version);
+        Assert.Equal("2026-04-14T14:00:00Z", m.CreatedAt);
+        Assert.Equal("2026.04.13-3", m.Previous);
+        Assert.Equal("example", m.Notes);
+        Assert.Equal("Metin2Launcher.exe", m.Launcher.Path);
+        Assert.Equal(3, m.Files.Count);
+        Assert.Equal("Metin2.exe", m.Files[0].Path);
+        Assert.True(m.Files[0].IsRequired);
+        Assert.False(m.Files[2].IsRequired);
+        Assert.Equal("all", m.Files[1].EffectivePlatform);
+        Assert.True(m.Files[1].AppliesTo("windows"));
+        Assert.True(m.Files[1].AppliesTo("linux"));
+        Assert.True(m.Files[0].AppliesTo("windows"));
+        Assert.False(m.Files[0].AppliesTo("linux"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Roundtrip_parse_serialize_parse_is_stable()
+    {
+        var raw = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SampleJson);
+        var first = ManifestLoader.Parse(raw);
+        var bytes2 = ManifestLoader.Serialize(first);
+        var second = ManifestLoader.Parse(bytes2);
+        Assert.Equal(first.Version, second.Version);
+        Assert.Equal(first.Files.Count, second.Files.Count);
+        for (int i = 0; i < first.Files.Count; i++)
+        {
+            Assert.Equal(first.Files[i].Path, second.Files[i].Path);
+            Assert.Equal(first.Files[i].Sha256, second.Files[i].Sha256);
+            Assert.Equal(first.Files[i].Size, second.Files[i].Size);
+            Assert.Equal(first.Files[i].IsRequired, second.Files[i].IsRequired);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_ignores_unknown_optional_fields()
+    {
+        const string withExtra = """
+{
+  "version": "2026.04.14-1",
+  "created_at": "2026-04-14T14:00:00Z",
+  "future_field": {"nested": 1},
+  "launcher": {
+    "path": "Metin2Launcher.exe",
+    "sha256": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+    "size": 100
+  },
+  "files": []
+}
+""";
+        var m = ManifestLoader.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(withExtra));
+        Assert.Equal("2026.04.14-1", m.Version);
+        Assert.Empty(m.Files);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Parse_rejects_missing_version()
+    {
+        const string bad = """
+{
+  "created_at": "2026-04-14T14:00:00Z",
+  "launcher": {"path": "x", "sha256": "y", "size": 1},
+  "files": []
+}
+""";
+        Assert.Throws<InvalidDataException>(() => ManifestLoader.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(bad)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Files_are_sorted_by_path_in_sample()
+    {
+        // The spec mandates lexicographic sort; assert our sample is consistent with that.
+        var m = ManifestLoader.Parse(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(SampleJson));
+        for (int i = 1; i < m.Files.Count; i++)
+        {
+            Assert.True(
+                string.CompareOrdinal(m.Files[i - 1].Path, m.Files[i].Path) < 0,
+                $"file list not sorted: {m.Files[i - 1].Path} >= {m.Files[i].Path}");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Metin2Launcher.Tests/SignatureVerifierTests.cs b/tests/Metin2Launcher.Tests/SignatureVerifierTests.cs
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+using System.Text;
+using Metin2Launcher.Manifest;
+using NSec.Cryptography;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Metin2Launcher.Tests;
+
+public class SignatureVerifierTests
+{
+    private static (byte[] pub, byte[] sig, byte[] msg) MakeSignedMessage(string text)
+    {
+        var algo = SignatureAlgorithm.Ed25519;
+        using var key = Key.Create(algo, new KeyCreationParameters
+        {
+            ExportPolicy = KeyExportPolicies.AllowPlaintextExport,
+        });
+        var pub = key.PublicKey.Export(KeyBlobFormat.RawPublicKey);
+        var msg = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text);
+        var sig = algo.Sign(key, msg);
+        return (pub, sig, msg);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_returns_true_for_valid_signature()
+    {
+        var (pub, sig, msg) = MakeSignedMessage("hello metin2");
+        Assert.True(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, pub));
+        Assert.True(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, Convert.ToHexString(pub)));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_returns_false_for_tampered_message()
+    {
+        var (pub, sig, msg) = MakeSignedMessage("hello metin2");
+        msg[0] ^= 0x01;
+        Assert.False(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, pub));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_returns_false_for_tampered_signature()
+    {
+        var (pub, sig, msg) = MakeSignedMessage("hello metin2");
+        sig[0] ^= 0x01;
+        Assert.False(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, pub));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_returns_false_for_wrong_public_key()
+    {
+        var (_, sig, msg) = MakeSignedMessage("hello metin2");
+        var algo = SignatureAlgorithm.Ed25519;
+        using var other = Key.Create(algo, new KeyCreationParameters
+        {
+            ExportPolicy = KeyExportPolicies.AllowPlaintextExport,
+        });
+        var wrongPub = other.PublicKey.Export(KeyBlobFormat.RawPublicKey);
+        Assert.False(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, wrongPub));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_returns_false_for_malformed_hex_key()
+    {
+        var (_, sig, msg) = MakeSignedMessage("hello");
+        Assert.False(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, "not-hex"));
+        Assert.False(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, ""));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Verify_returns_false_for_wrong_key_length()
+    {
+        var (_, sig, msg) = MakeSignedMessage("hello");
+        Assert.False(SignatureVerifier.Verify(msg, sig, new byte[16]));
+    }
+}