diff --git a/packages/js/static-embed.tsx b/packages/js/static-embed.tsx
index 5e57f3767..9a8ebb809 100644
--- a/packages/js/static-embed.tsx
+++ b/packages/js/static-embed.tsx
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@ import * as ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";
 import { BuckarooStaticTable, resolveDFDataAsync, preResolveDFDataDict } from "buckaroo-js-core";
 import "../buckaroo-js-core/dist/style.css";
 
-async function main() {
-    const dataEl = document.getElementById("buckaroo-data");
-    if (!dataEl?.textContent) {
-        throw new Error("No #buckaroo-data script block found");
-    }
-    const artifact = JSON.parse(dataEl.textContent);
-
-    const rootEl = document.getElementById("root");
-    if (!rootEl) throw new Error("No #root element found");
+// Named exports so callers can import parquetRead from static-embed.js directly
+// and feed raw ArrayBuffer parquet (e.g. from fetch()) without base64 encoding.
+// Re-exported via buckaroo-js-core (which re-exports from hyparquet) to keep a
+// single source of truth for the parquet decoder.
+export { parquetRead, parquetMetadata, resolveDFDataAsync, preResolveDFDataDict } from "buckaroo-js-core";
 
-    // Pre-resolve parquet_b64 payloads before React render
+// Resolve any parquet_b64 payloads in the artifact and render it into rootEl.
+// Exported so callers that fetch raw parquet (via the exported parquetRead)
+// can build an artifact at runtime and trigger the same render main() does.
+export async function renderArtifact(rootEl: HTMLElement, artifact: any) {
     const [dfData, summaryStatsData] = await Promise.all([
         resolveDFDataAsync(artifact.df_data),
         resolveDFDataAsync(artifact.summary_stats_data),
@@ -26,11 +25,9 @@ async function main() {
         summary_stats_data: summaryStatsData,
     };
 
-    // For Buckaroo mode, pre-resolve all parquet_b64 values in df_data_dict
     if (artifact.embed_type === "Buckaroo" && artifact.df_data_dict) {
         resolved.df_display_args = artifact.df_display_args;
         resolved.df_data_dict = await preResolveDFDataDict(artifact.df_data_dict);
-        // Ensure "main" key has the already-resolved data
         resolved.df_data_dict["main"] = dfData;
         resolved.df_meta = artifact.df_meta;
         resolved.buckaroo_options = artifact.buckaroo_options;
@@ -45,6 +42,16 @@ async function main() {
     );
 }
 
+async function main() {
+    const dataEl = document.getElementById("buckaroo-data");
+    // When the bundle is imported purely as a library (for parquetRead / renderArtifact),
+    // there is no #buckaroo-data; silently skip auto-init instead of erroring.
+    if (!dataEl?.textContent) return;
+    const rootEl = document.getElementById("root");
+    if (!rootEl) throw new Error("No #root element found");
+    await renderArtifact(rootEl, JSON.parse(dataEl.textContent));
+}
+
 main().catch((e) => {
     console.error("Buckaroo static embed init failed:", e);
     const rootEl = document.getElementById("root");