diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 34192d2..4d10665 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1,40 +1,99 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+
 import contextlib
-from io import BufferedWriter, FileIO
 import os
 import shutil
+from io import BufferedWriter, FileIO
+
 import git
+import magic
+from compression import gzip, zstd
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
 SOURCES_DIR = "src"
 DIST_DIR = "dist"
+COMPR_THRESHOLD = 512
+
+# mostly taken from https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/encode
+COMPR_MIME_PREFIXES = [
+    "application/atom+xml",
+    "application/eot",
+    "application/font",
+    "application/geo+json",
+    "application/graphql+json",
+    "application/javascript",
+    "application/json",
+    "application/ld+json",
+    "application/manifest+json",
+    "application/opentype",
+    "application/otf",
+    "application/rss+xml",
+    "application/truetype",
+    "application/ttf",
+    "application/vnd.api+json",
+    "application/vnd.ms-fontobject",
+    "application/wasm",
+    "application/x-httpd-cgi",
+    "application/x-javascript",
+    "application/x-opentype",
+    "application/x-otf",
+    "application/x-perl",
+    "application/x-protobuf",
+    "application/x-ttf",
+    "application/xhtml+xml",
+    "application/xml",
+    "font/otf",
+    "font/ttf",
+    "image/svg+xml",
+    "image/vnd.microsoft.icon",
+    "image/x-icon",
+    "multipart/bag",
+    "multipart/mixed",
+    "text/",
+]
+
 
 def latest_git_commit_year() -> int:
     return git.Repo(".").head.commit.authored_datetime.year
 
-def build_template(env: Environment, src_path: str):
+
+def build_template(env: Environment, src_path: str) -> tuple[str, int]:
     rel_path = os.path.relpath(src_path, SOURCES_DIR)
     dist_path = os.path.splitext(os.path.join(DIST_DIR, rel_path))[0]
 
     template = env.get_template(rel_path)
-    rendered_text = template.render(copyright_year = latest_git_commit_year())
+    rendered_text = template.render(copyright_year=latest_git_commit_year())
 
+    size = 0
     with BufferedWriter(FileIO(dist_path, "wb")) as writer:
         for line in rendered_text.splitlines():
             line = line.strip()
             if len(line) > 0:
-                writer.write(line.encode())
-                writer.write(b"\n")
+                line_b = line.encode()
+                size += len(line_b) + 1
+                _ = writer.write(line.encode())
+                _ = writer.write(b"\n")
+
+    return dist_path, size
+
+
+def compress(path: str):
+    with open(path, "rb") as reader, open(path + ".zst", "wb") as zstd_writer, open(path + ".gz", "wb") as gzip_writer:
+        content = reader.read()
+        zstd_compressed = zstd.compress(content, level=15)
+        _ = zstd_writer.write(zstd_compressed)
+        gzip_compressed = gzip.compress(content, compresslevel=9)
+        _ = gzip_writer.write(gzip_compressed)
+
 
 def main():
     with contextlib.suppress(FileNotFoundError):
         shutil.rmtree(DIST_DIR)
 
-    env = Environment(
-        loader=FileSystemLoader(SOURCES_DIR),
-        autoescape=True
-    )
+    env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(SOURCES_DIR), autoescape=True)
+
+    mime = magic.Magic(mime=True)
 
     for root, _, files in os.walk(SOURCES_DIR):
         rel_dir_path = os.path.relpath(root, SOURCES_DIR)
@@ -46,11 +105,17 @@ def main():
 
             if src_name.endswith(".jinja"):
                 if not src_name.startswith("_"):
-                    build_template(env, src_path)
-
+                    dist_path, size = build_template(env, src_path)
+                    if size >= COMPR_THRESHOLD:
+                        compress(dist_path)
             else:
                 dist_path = os.path.join(dist_root, src_name)
-                shutil.copy(src_path, dist_path)
+                _ = shutil.copy(src_path, dist_path)
+                if os.path.getsize(dist_path) >= COMPR_THRESHOLD:
+                    m = mime.from_file(dist_path)
+                    if any(m.startswith(prefix) for prefix in COMPR_MIME_PREFIXES):
+                        compress(dist_path)
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()