diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/front-performance.enhancement b/changes/changelog.d/front-performance.enhancement
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..03ca0e47861919cf8f8980c7e24481cc0f86da7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/front-performance.enhancement
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+Improved front-end performance by stripping unused dependencies, reducing bundle size
+and enabling gzip compression
+
+Enable gzip compression [manual action suggested]
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+Gzip compression will be enabled on new instances by default
+and will reduce the amount of bandwidth consumed by your instance.
+
+If you with to benefit from gzip compression on your instance,
+edit your reverse proxy virtualhost file (located at ``/etc/nginx/sites-available/funkwhale.conf``) and add the following snippet
+in the server block, then reload your nginx server::
+
+ server {
+ # ... exiting configuration
+
+ # compression settings
+ gzip on;
+ gzip_comp_level 5;
+ gzip_min_length 256;
+ gzip_proxied any;
+ gzip_vary on;
+
+ gzip_types
+ application/atom+xml
+ application/javascript
+ application/json
+ application/ld+json
+ application/activity+json
+ application/manifest+json
+ application/rss+xml
+ application/vnd.geo+json
+ application/vnd.ms-fontobject
+ application/x-font-ttf
+ application/x-web-app-manifest+json
+ application/xhtml+xml
+ application/xml
+ font/opentype
+ image/bmp
+ image/svg+xml
+ image/x-icon
+ text/cache-manifest
+ text/css
+ text/plain
+ text/vcard
+ text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
+ text/vtt
+ text/x-component
+ text/x-cross-domain-policy;
+ # end of compression settings
+ }
diff --git a/deploy/docker.proxy.template b/deploy/docker.proxy.template
index 319f287e79ca21a62a6c00884bbec3d54d2639b3..812027bfa3b1574e41eaba7ec2a1a2110e0c476e 100644
--- a/deploy/docker.proxy.template
+++ b/deploy/docker.proxy.template
@@ -29,6 +29,40 @@ server {
# HSTS
add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000";
+ # compression settings
+ gzip on;
+ gzip_comp_level 5;
+ gzip_min_length 256;
+ gzip_proxied any;
+ gzip_vary on;
+
+ gzip_types
+ application/atom+xml
+ application/javascript
+ application/json
+ application/ld+json
+ application/activity+json
+ application/manifest+json
+ application/rss+xml
+ application/vnd.geo+json
+ application/vnd.ms-fontobject
+ application/x-font-ttf
+ application/x-web-app-manifest+json
+ application/xhtml+xml
+ application/xml
+ font/opentype
+ image/bmp
+ image/svg+xml
+ image/x-icon
+ text/cache-manifest
+ text/css
+ text/plain
+ text/vcard
+ text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
+ text/vtt
+ text/x-component
+ text/x-cross-domain-policy;
+
location / {
include /etc/nginx/funkwhale_proxy.conf;
proxy_pass http://fw/;
diff --git a/deploy/nginx.template b/deploy/nginx.template
index b81ecc61af40e05736de7051fff3a575764a0f3d..702dc05eeef7a4b48c0149e5a0eba9933ad8e066 100644
--- a/deploy/nginx.template
+++ b/deploy/nginx.template
@@ -43,6 +43,41 @@ server {
root ${FUNKWHALE_FRONTEND_PATH};
+ # compression settings
+ gzip on;
+ gzip_comp_level 5;
+ gzip_min_length 256;
+ gzip_proxied any;
+ gzip_vary on;
+
+ gzip_types
+ application/atom+xml
+ application/javascript
+ application/json
+ application/ld+json
+ application/activity+json
+ application/manifest+json
+ application/rss+xml
+ application/vnd.geo+json
+ application/vnd.ms-fontobject
+ application/x-font-ttf
+ application/x-web-app-manifest+json
+ application/xhtml+xml
+ application/xml
+ font/opentype
+ image/bmp
+ image/svg+xml
+ image/x-icon
+ text/cache-manifest
+ text/css
+ text/plain
+ text/vcard
+ text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
+ text/vtt
+ text/x-component
+ text/x-cross-domain-policy;
+
+ # end of compression settings
location / {
include /etc/nginx/funkwhale_proxy.conf;
# this is needed if you have file import via upload enabled
diff --git a/docker/nginx/conf.dev b/docker/nginx/conf.dev
index 297cfa509663121c2b4589e19b9aaaefb6d48775..3e7a3515a6d9b81fb3a95c348f5f51de899879be 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/conf.dev
+++ b/docker/nginx/conf.dev
@@ -43,6 +43,39 @@ http {
charset utf-8;
client_max_body_size 30M;
include /etc/nginx/funkwhale_proxy.conf;
+ # compression settings
+ gzip on;
+ gzip_comp_level 5;
+ gzip_min_length 256;
+ gzip_proxied any;
+ gzip_vary on;
+
+ gzip_types
+ application/atom+xml
+ application/javascript
+ application/json
+ application/ld+json
+ application/activity+json
+ application/manifest+json
+ application/rss+xml
+ application/vnd.geo+json
+ application/vnd.ms-fontobject
+ application/x-font-ttf
+ application/x-web-app-manifest+json
+ application/xhtml+xml
+ application/xml
+ font/opentype
+ image/bmp
+ image/svg+xml
+ image/x-icon
+ text/cache-manifest
+ text/css
+ text/plain
+ text/vcard
+ text/vnd.rim.location.xloc
+ text/vtt
+ text/x-component
+ text/x-cross-domain-policy;
location /front/ {
proxy_pass http://funkwhale-front/front/;