diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml
index 378d7279..1b9e38a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-ci.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: rustmail_panel
         run: trunk build --release --dist ../rustmail/static --config Trunk.toml
 
+      - name: Optimize WASM
+        run: |
+          cargo install wasm-opt --locked
+          for f in rustmail/static/*.wasm; do
+            wasm-opt -Oz "$f" -o "$f.tmp"
+            mv "$f.tmp" "$f"
+          done
+
       - name: Build Rust backend
         run: cargo build --verbose -p rustmail
 
@@ -100,6 +108,15 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: rustmail_panel
         run: trunk build --release --dist ../rustmail/static --config Trunk.toml
 
+      - name: Optimize WASM
+        run: |
+          cargo install wasm-opt --locked
+          for f in rustmail/static/*.wasm; do
+            wasm-opt -Oz "$f" -o "$f.tmp"
+            mv "$f.tmp" "$f"
+          done
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Verify static files were created
         run: ls rustmail/static
         shell: bash
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aa7ac5a0..2f87b5d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alloc-no-stdlib"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc7bb162ec39d46ab1ca8c77bf72e890535becd1751bb45f64c597edb4c8c6b3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "alloc-stdlib"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94fb8275041c72129eb51b7d0322c29b8387a0386127718b096429201a5d6ece"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.21"
@@ -60,6 +75,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-compression"
+version = "0.4.33"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93c1f86859c1af3d514fa19e8323147ff10ea98684e6c7b307912509f50e67b2"
+dependencies = [
+ "compression-codecs",
+ "compression-core",
+ "futures-core",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-lock"
 version = "3.4.1"
@@ -234,6 +262,27 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cfa8873f51c92e232f9bac4065cddef41b714152812bfc5f7672ba16d6ef8cd9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "brotli"
+version = "8.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bd8b9603c7aa97359dbd97ecf258968c95f3adddd6db2f7e7a5bef101c84560"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+ "alloc-stdlib",
+ "brotli-decompressor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "brotli-decompressor"
+version = "5.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "874bb8112abecc98cbd6d81ea4fa7e94fb9449648c93cc89aa40c81c24d7de03"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+ "alloc-stdlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.17.0"
@@ -340,6 +389,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "compression-codecs"
+version = "0.4.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "680dc087785c5230f8e8843e2e57ac7c1c90488b6a91b88caa265410568f441b"
+dependencies = [
+ "brotli",
+ "compression-core",
+ "flate2",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "compression-core"
+version = "0.4.31"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75984efb6ed102a0d42db99afb6c1948f0380d1d91808d5529916e6c08b49d8d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -2820,6 +2887,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "subtle",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
+ "tower-http",
  "urlencoding",
  "uuid",
 ]
@@ -3851,17 +3919,21 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
-version = "0.6.6"
+version = "0.6.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "adc82fd73de2a9722ac5da747f12383d2bfdb93591ee6c58486e0097890f05f2"
+checksum = "9cf146f99d442e8e68e585f5d798ccd3cad9a7835b917e09728880a862706456"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "bytes",
+ "futures-core",
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.3.1",
  "http-body 1.0.1",
  "iri-string",
  "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower",
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
diff --git a/rustmail/Cargo.toml b/rustmail/Cargo.toml
index 7b8ff515..5daa841b 100644
--- a/rustmail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rustmail/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ subtle = "2.6.1"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 moka = { version = "0.12", features = ["future"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6.7", features = ["compression-gzip", "compression-br"] }
 
 [dependencies.uuid]
 version = "1.18.1"
diff --git a/rustmail/src/main.rs b/rustmail/src/main.rs
index 2fc9bbc0..2491e352 100644
--- a/rustmail/src/main.rs
+++ b/rustmail/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use rust_embed::RustEmbed;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use tokio::signal;
+use tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer;
 
 mod api;
 mod bot;
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ async fn main() {
             let server_task = tokio::spawn(async move {
                 let app = create_api_router(bot_state_clone)
                     .route("/", axum::routing::get(static_handler))
-                    .route("/{*path}", axum::routing::get(static_handler));
+                    .route("/{*path}", axum::routing::get(static_handler))
+                    .layer(CompressionLayer::new());
 
                 let bind_address = config
                     .bot