diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f322098..91ee405 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Via takes a radical stance:
 - No front-end fatigue.
 - Single SSE stream.
 - Full reactivity.
+- Built-in Brotli compression.
 - Pure Go.
 
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a35921e..f012656 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ go 1.25.4
 require maragu.dev/gomponents v1.2.0
 
 require (
+	github.com/CAFxX/httpcompression v0.0.9
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.2.0
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
 	github.com/go-via/via-plugin-picocss v0.0.0-20251112183909-4485ba2e31d8
 	github.com/starfederation/datastar-go v1.0.3
@@ -12,12 +14,11 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/CAFxX/httpcompression v0.0.9 // indirect
-	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 69e7967..78396f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.7/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQs
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 h1:c/Cqfb0r+Yi+JtIEq73FWXVkRonBlf0CRNYc8Zttxdo=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0/go.mod h1:2Pp+KzxcywXVXMr50+X0Q/Lsb43OQHYWRCY2AiWywWQ=
 github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.6/go.mod h1:Ch1tH69qFZu15pkjo5kYi6mth2Zzwzt50oCQKQE9RUs=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 h1:L/CwN0zerZDmRFUapSPitk6f+Q3+0za1rQkzVuMiMFI=
+github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORNo=
+github.com/kr/pty v1.1.1/go.mod h1:pFQYn66WHrOpPYNljwOMqo10TkYh1fy3cYio2l3bCsQ=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0 h1:45sCR5RtlFHMR4UwH9sdQ5TC8v0qDQCHnXt+kaKSTVE=
+github.com/kr/text v0.1.0/go.mod h1:4Jbv+DJW3UT/LiOwJeYQe1efqtUx/iVham/4vfdArNI=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.18 h1:xaKrnTkyoqfh1YItXl56+6KJNVYWlEEPuAQW9xsplYQ=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.18/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
@@ -37,10 +42,9 @@ github.com/valyala/gozstd v1.20.1 h1:xPnnnvjmaDDitMFfDxmQ4vpx0+3CdTg2o3lALvXTU/g
 github.com/valyala/gozstd v1.20.1/go.mod h1:y5Ew47GLlP37EkTB+B4s7r6A5rdaeB7ftbl9zoYiIPQ=
 github.com/xyproto/randomstring v1.0.5 h1:YtlWPoRdgMu3NZtP45drfy1GKoojuR7hmRcnhZqKjWU=
 github.com/xyproto/randomstring v1.0.5/go.mod h1:rgmS5DeNXLivK7YprL0pY+lTuhNQW3iGxZ18UQApw/E=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 h1:Af8nKPmuFypiUBjVoU9V20FiaFXOcuZI21p0ycVYYGE=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/via.go b/via.go
index 8ea2b99..50f0047 100644
--- a/via.go
+++ b/via.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/CAFxX/httpcompression"
 	"github.com/go-via/via/h"
 	"github.com/starfederation/datastar-go/datastar"
 )
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ var datastarJS []byte
 type V struct {
 	cfg                  Options
 	mux                  *http.ServeMux
+	handler              http.Handler
 	contextRegistry      map[string]*Context
 	contextRegistryMutex sync.Mutex
 	documentHeadIncludes []h.H
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ func (v *V) Start() {
 		v.devModeRestore()
 	}
 	v.logInfo(nil, "via started at [%s]", v.cfg.ServerAddress)
-	log.Fatalf("[fatal] %v", http.ListenAndServe(v.cfg.ServerAddress, v.mux))
+	log.Fatalf("[fatal] %v", http.ListenAndServe(v.cfg.ServerAddress, v.handler))
 }
 
 func (v *V) devModePersist(c *Context) {
@@ -274,8 +276,19 @@ func (v *V) devModeRestore() {
 // New creates a new *V application with default configuration.
 func New() *V {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
+
+	compressionAdapter, err := httpcompression.DefaultAdapter(
+		httpcompression.MinSize(1024),
+		httpcompression.BrotliCompressionLevel(5),
+		httpcompression.ZstandardCompressor(nil),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("failed to create compression adapter: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	v := &V{
 		mux:                  mux,
+		handler:              compressionAdapter(mux),
 		contextRegistry:      make(map[string]*Context),
 		devModePageInitFnMap: make(map[string]func(*Context)),
 		cfg: Options{
diff --git a/via_test.go b/via_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad0cc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/via_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+package via
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/andybalholm/brotli"
+	"github.com/go-via/via/h"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestCompressionBrotli(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text(strings.Repeat("Hello Via! ", 200)))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "br")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "br", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	reader := brotli.NewReader(w.Body)
+	decompressed, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, string(decompressed), "Hello Via!")
+}
+
+func TestCompressionGzip(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text(strings.Repeat("Hello Via! ", 200)))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "gzip", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+
+	reader, err := gzip.NewReader(w.Body)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	decompressed, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, string(decompressed), "Hello Via!")
+}
+
+func TestCompressionNone(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text(strings.Repeat("Hello Via! ", 200)))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Empty(t, w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+	assert.Contains(t, w.Body.String(), "Hello Via!")
+}
+
+func TestCompressionMinSize(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text("Small"))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "br")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Empty(t, w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+func TestCompressionLargeResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text(strings.Repeat("A", 2000)))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "br")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "br", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+func TestCompressionDatastarJS(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/_datastar.js", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "br")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "br", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+func TestCompressionBrotliPreferred(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text(strings.Repeat("Hello Via! ", 200)))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, br")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "br", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}
+
+func TestCompressionZstdDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.Page("/", func(c *Context) {
+		c.View(func() h.H {
+			return h.Div(h.Text(strings.Repeat("Hello Via! ", 200)))
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "zstd, br, gzip")
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	v.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+	assert.Equal(t, "br", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"), "Should use Brotli, not zstd")
+	assert.NotEqual(t, "zstd", w.Header().Get("Content-Encoding"))
+}