Add compression cache configuration with --smol mode support

Implemented cache control API:
- cache: false - Disables caching entirely (compress on-demand, not cached)
- cache: { maxSize, ttl, minEntrySize, maxEntrySize } - Configure limits
- --smol mode automatically uses conservative defaults

Cache Configuration:
- DEFAULT: 50MB max, 24h TTL, 128B-10MB per entry
- SMOL: 5MB max, 1h TTL, 512B-1MB per entry (for --smol flag)
- cache: false - Skip caching, return false from tryServeCompressed()

API Example:
```js
Bun.serve({
  compression: {
    brotli: 6,
    cache: false, // Disable caching
    cache: {
      maxSize: 100 * 1024 * 1024, // 100MB
      ttl: 3600, // 1 hour (seconds)
      minEntrySize: 512,
      maxEntrySize: 5 * 1024 * 1024,
    }
  }
})
```

Limitations (TODO):
- Cache limits are parsed but not enforced yet
- No TTL checking or eviction
- No total size tracking or LRU eviction
- cache: false works immediately

The configuration exists and --smol defaults are in place, ready for
enforcement implementation later.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/bun.js/api/server.zig

@@ -565,6 +565,8 @@ pub fn NewServer(protocol_enum: enum { http, https }, development_kind: enum { d
 
         inspector_server_id: jsc.Debugger.DebuggerId = .init(0),
 
+        compression_config: ?*bun.http.CompressionConfig = null,
+
         pub const doStop = host_fn.wrapInstanceMethod(ThisServer, "stopFromJS", false);
 
         pub const dispose = host_fn.wrapInstanceMethod(ThisServer, "disposeFromJS", false);
@@ -1618,6 +1620,10 @@ pub fn NewServer(protocol_enum: enum { http, https }, development_kind: enum { d
 
             this.config.deinit();
 
+            if (this.compression_config) |compression| {
+                compression.deinit();
+            }
+
             this.on_clienterror.deinit();
             if (this.app) |app| {
                 this.app = null;
@@ -1671,6 +1677,19 @@ pub fn NewServer(protocol_enum: enum { http, https }, development_kind: enum { d
 
             server.request_pool_allocator = RequestContext.pool.?;
 
+            // Transfer compression config from ServerConfig to Server
+            server.compression_config = if (config.compression_config_from_js) |comp_config| switch (comp_config) {
+                .use_default => brk: {
+                    const default_config = bun.handleOom(bun.default_allocator.create(bun.http.CompressionConfig));
+                    default_config.* = bun.http.CompressionConfig.DEFAULT;
+                    break :brk default_config;
+                },
+                .config => |cfg| cfg,
+            } else null;
+
+            // Clear it from config so deinit doesn't double-free
+            config.compression_config_from_js = null;
+
             if (comptime ssl_enabled) {
                 analytics.Features.https_server += 1;
             } else {
@@ -3122,6 +3141,16 @@ pub const AnyServer = struct {
         };
     }
 
+    pub fn compressionConfig(this: AnyServer) ?*const bun.http.CompressionConfig {
+        return switch (this.ptr.tag()) {
+            Ptr.case(HTTPServer) => this.ptr.as(HTTPServer).compression_config,
+            Ptr.case(HTTPSServer) => this.ptr.as(HTTPSServer).compression_config,
+            Ptr.case(DebugHTTPServer) => this.ptr.as(DebugHTTPServer).compression_config,
+            Ptr.case(DebugHTTPSServer) => this.ptr.as(DebugHTTPSServer).compression_config,
+            else => bun.unreachablePanic("Invalid pointer tag", .{}),
+        };
+    }
+
     pub fn webSocketHandler(this: AnyServer) ?*WebSocketServerContext.Handler {
         const server_config: *ServerConfig = switch (this.ptr.tag()) {
             Ptr.case(HTTPServer) => &this.ptr.as(HTTPServer).config,

src/bun.js/api/server/ServerConfig.zig

@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ user_routes_to_build: std.ArrayList(UserRouteBuilder) = std.ArrayList(UserRouteB
 
 bake: ?bun.bake.UserOptions = null,
 
+compression_config_from_js: ?union(enum) {
+    use_default,
+    config: *bun.http.CompressionConfig,
+} = null,
+
 pub const DevelopmentOption = enum {
     development,
     production,
@@ -277,6 +282,14 @@ pub fn deinit(this: *ServerConfig) void {
         bake.deinit();
     }
 
+    // Note: compression_config is transferred to server.compression_config
+    // and cleaned up there, but we need to clean it if server creation failed
+    if (this.compression_config_from_js) |comp| {
+        if (comp == .config) {
+            comp.config.deinit();
+        }
+    }
+
     for (this.user_routes_to_build.items) |*builder| {
         builder.deinit();
     }
@@ -960,6 +973,28 @@ pub fn fromJS(
                 return error.JSError;
             }
         }
+
+        // Parse compression config
+        // Note: This is stored in the server, not ServerConfig, so we just parse and return it
+        // It will be handled separately in serve() function
+        args.compression_config_from_js = if (try arg.get(global, "compression")) |compression_val| blk: {
+            if (compression_val.isUndefinedOrNull()) {
+                // undefined/null: use default (compression ON)
+                break :blk if (@import("../../../http/CompressionConfig.zig").COMPRESSION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT) .use_default else null;
+            }
+            // Parse from JS (handles true/false/object)
+            if (try bun.http.CompressionConfig.fromJS(global, compression_val)) |config| {
+                break :blk .{ .config = config };
+            } else {
+                // false: explicitly disabled
+                break :blk null;
+            }
+        } else blk: {
+            // No compression option: use default
+            break :blk if (@import("../../../http/CompressionConfig.zig").COMPRESSION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT) .use_default else null;
+        };
+
+        if (global.hasException()) return error.JSError;
     } else {
         return global.throwInvalidArguments("Bun.serve expects an object", .{});
     }

src/bun.js/api/server/StaticRoute.zig

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ const RefCount = bun.ptr.RefCount(@This(), "ref_count", deinit, .{});
 pub const ref = RefCount.ref;
 pub const deref = RefCount.deref;
 
+/// Compressed variant of the static response
+pub const CompressedVariant = struct {
+    data: []u8,
+    etag: []const u8,
+    encoding: bun.http.Encoding,
+
+    pub fn deinit(this: *CompressedVariant, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
+        allocator.free(this.data);
+        allocator.free(this.etag);
+    }
+};
+
 // TODO: Remove optional. StaticRoute requires a server object or else it will
 // not ensure it is alive while sending a large blob.
 ref_count: RefCount,
@@ -19,6 +31,12 @@ headers: Headers = .{
     .allocator = bun.default_allocator,
 },
 
+// Lazy-initialized compressed variants (cached)
+compressed_br: ?CompressedVariant = null,
+compressed_gzip: ?CompressedVariant = null,
+compressed_zstd: ?CompressedVariant = null,
+compressed_deflate: ?CompressedVariant = null,
+
 pub const InitFromBytesOptions = struct {
     server: ?AnyServer,
     mime_type: ?*const bun.http.MimeType = null,
@@ -64,6 +82,12 @@ fn deinit(this: *StaticRoute) void {
     this.blob.detach();
     this.headers.deinit();
 
+    // Clean up compressed variants
+    if (this.compressed_br) |*variant| variant.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
+    if (this.compressed_gzip) |*variant| variant.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
+    if (this.compressed_zstd) |*variant| variant.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
+    if (this.compressed_deflate) |*variant| variant.deinit(bun.default_allocator);
+
     bun.destroy(this);
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +107,15 @@ pub fn clone(this: *StaticRoute, globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject) !*StaticRoute
 }
 
 pub fn memoryCost(this: *const StaticRoute) usize {
-    return @sizeOf(StaticRoute) + this.blob.memoryCost() + this.headers.memoryCost();
+    var cost = @sizeOf(StaticRoute) + this.blob.memoryCost() + this.headers.memoryCost();
+
+    // Add compressed variant costs
+    if (this.compressed_br) |variant| cost += variant.data.len + variant.etag.len;
+    if (this.compressed_gzip) |variant| cost += variant.data.len + variant.etag.len;
+    if (this.compressed_zstd) |variant| cost += variant.data.len + variant.etag.len;
+    if (this.compressed_deflate) |variant| cost += variant.data.len + variant.etag.len;
+
+    return cost;
 }
 
 pub fn fromJS(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, argument: jsc.JSValue) bun.JSError!?*StaticRoute {
@@ -216,6 +248,153 @@ pub fn onRequest(this: *StaticRoute, req: *uws.Request, resp: AnyResponse) void
     }
 }
 
+/// Try to serve a compressed variant if compression is enabled and conditions are met
+///
+/// NOTE: Streaming responses are NOT handled here - they're rejected at fromJS() line 160
+/// and go through RequestContext instead. This only compresses fully buffered static responses.
+fn tryServeCompressed(this: *StaticRoute, req: *uws.Request, resp: AnyResponse) bool {
+    const server = this.server orelse return false;
+    const config = server.compressionConfig() orelse return false;
+
+    // Skip if caching is disabled
+    if (config.cache == null) return false;
+
+    // Check Accept-Encoding header (must be lowercase for uws)
+    const accept_encoding = req.header("accept-encoding") orelse return false;
+    if (accept_encoding.len == 0) return false;
+
+    // Skip if localhost and configured to disable
+    if (config.disable_for_localhost) {
+        if (resp.getRemoteSocketInfo()) |addr| {
+            if (isLocalhost(addr.ip)) return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Skip if too small
+    if (this.cached_blob_size < config.threshold) return false;
+
+    // Skip if wrong MIME type
+    const content_type = this.headers.getContentType();
+    if (!bun.http.Compressor.shouldCompressMIME(content_type)) return false;
+
+    // Skip if already has Content-Encoding
+    if (this.headers.get("Content-Encoding")) |_| return false;
+
+    // Select best encoding
+    const encoding = config.selectBestEncoding(accept_encoding) orelse return false;
+
+    // Get or create compressed variant
+    const variant = this.getOrCreateCompressed(encoding, config) catch return false;
+
+    // Serve compressed response
+    this.serveCompressed(variant, resp);
+    return true;
+}
+
+/// Get or create a compressed variant (lazy compression with caching)
+fn getOrCreateCompressed(
+    this: *StaticRoute,
+    encoding: bun.http.Encoding,
+    config: *const bun.http.CompressionConfig,
+) !*CompressedVariant {
+    // Get pointer to the variant slot
+    const variant_slot: *?CompressedVariant = switch (encoding) {
+        .brotli => &this.compressed_br,
+        .gzip => &this.compressed_gzip,
+        .zstd => &this.compressed_zstd,
+        .deflate => &this.compressed_deflate,
+        else => return error.UnsupportedEncoding,
+    };
+
+    // Return cached if exists
+    if (variant_slot.*) |*cached| {
+        return cached;
+    }
+
+    // Compress the blob
+    const level = switch (encoding) {
+        .brotli => config.brotli.?.level,
+        .gzip => config.gzip.?.level,
+        .zstd => config.zstd.?.level,
+        .deflate => config.deflate.?.level,
+        else => unreachable,
+    };
+
+    const compressed_data = bun.http.Compressor.compress(
+        bun.default_allocator,
+        this.blob.slice(),
+        encoding,
+        level,
+    );
+
+    // Check if compression failed (empty slice returned)
+    if (compressed_data.len == 0) {
+        return error.CompressionFailed;
+    }
+
+    // Generate ETag for compressed variant by hashing the compressed data
+    const compressed_etag = generateCompressedETag(compressed_data);
+
+    // Store in cache
+    variant_slot.* = .{
+        .data = compressed_data,
+        .etag = compressed_etag,
+        .encoding = encoding,
+    };
+
+    return &variant_slot.*.?;
+}
+
+/// Generate ETag for compressed variant by hashing the compressed bytes
+/// This ensures the ETag accurately represents the compressed content
+fn generateCompressedETag(compressed_data: []const u8) []const u8 {
+    const hash = std.hash.XxHash64.hash(0, compressed_data);
+    var etag_buf: [40]u8 = undefined;
+    const etag_str = std.fmt.bufPrint(&etag_buf, "\"{}\"", .{bun.fmt.hexIntLower(hash)}) catch unreachable;
+    return bun.handleOom(bun.default_allocator.dupe(u8, etag_str));
+}
+
+/// Serve a compressed response
+fn serveCompressed(this: *StaticRoute, variant: *CompressedVariant, resp: AnyResponse) void {
+    this.ref();
+    if (this.server) |server| {
+        server.onPendingRequest();
+        resp.timeout(server.config().idleTimeout);
+    }
+
+    // Write status
+    this.doWriteStatus(this.status_code, resp);
+
+    // Write headers, but skip ETag and Content-Length (we'll set them for compressed data)
+    this.doWriteHeadersExcluding(resp, &[_][]const u8{ "etag", "content-length" });
+
+    // Add Vary: Accept-Encoding (critical for caching!)
+    resp.writeHeader("Vary", "Accept-Encoding");
+
+    // Set Content-Encoding
+    resp.writeHeader("Content-Encoding", variant.encoding.toString());
+
+    // Set ETag for compressed variant
+    resp.writeHeader("ETag", variant.etag);
+
+    // Set Content-Length for compressed data
+    var content_length_buf: [64]u8 = undefined;
+    const content_length = std.fmt.bufPrint(&content_length_buf, "{d}", .{variant.data.len}) catch unreachable;
+    resp.writeHeader("Content-Length", content_length);
+
+    // Send body
+    resp.end(variant.data, resp.shouldCloseConnection());
+    this.onResponseComplete(resp);
+}
+
+/// Check if remote address is localhost
+fn isLocalhost(addr: []const u8) bool {
+    if (addr.len == 0) return false;
+    return bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(addr, "127.") or
+        bun.strings.eqlComptime(addr, "::1") or
+        bun.strings.eqlComptime(addr, "localhost");
+}
+
 pub fn onGET(this: *StaticRoute, req: *uws.Request, resp: AnyResponse) void {
     // Check If-None-Match for GET requests with 200 status
     if (this.status_code == 200) {
@@ -224,6 +403,11 @@ pub fn onGET(this: *StaticRoute, req: *uws.Request, resp: AnyResponse) void {
         }
     }
 
+    // Try compression if configured
+    if (this.tryServeCompressed(req, resp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Continue with normal GET request handling
     req.setYield(false);
     this.on(resp);
@@ -327,6 +511,32 @@ fn doWriteHeaders(this: *StaticRoute, resp: AnyResponse) void {
     }
 }
 
+fn doWriteHeadersExcluding(this: *StaticRoute, resp: AnyResponse, exclude: []const []const u8) void {
+    switch (resp) {
+        inline .SSL, .TCP => |s| {
+            const entries = this.headers.entries.slice();
+            const names: []const api.StringPointer = entries.items(.name);
+            const values: []const api.StringPointer = entries.items(.value);
+            const buf = this.headers.buf.items;
+
+            for (names, values) |name, value| {
+                const header_name = name.slice(buf);
+                // Skip excluded headers (case-insensitive)
+                var skip = false;
+                for (exclude) |excluded| {
+                    if (bun.strings.eqlCaseInsensitiveASCIIICheckLength(header_name, excluded)) {
+                        skip = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (!skip) {
+                    s.writeHeader(header_name, value.slice(buf));
+                }
+            }
+        },
+    }
+}
+
 fn renderBytes(this: *StaticRoute, resp: AnyResponse, did_finish: *bool) void {
     did_finish.* = this.onWritableBytes(0, resp);
 }

src/http.zig

@@ -2559,6 +2559,8 @@ pub const MimeType = @import("./http/MimeType.zig");
 pub const URLPath = @import("./http/URLPath.zig");
 pub const Encoding = @import("./http/Encoding.zig").Encoding;
 pub const Decompressor = @import("./http/Decompressor.zig").Decompressor;
+pub const CompressionConfig = @import("./http/CompressionConfig.zig").CompressionConfig;
+pub const Compressor = @import("./http/Compressor.zig").Compressor;
 pub const Signals = @import("./http/Signals.zig");
 pub const ThreadSafeStreamBuffer = @import("./http/ThreadSafeStreamBuffer.zig");
 pub const HTTPThread = @import("./http/HTTPThread.zig");

src/http/CompressionConfig.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const bun = @import("bun");
+const jsc = bun.jsc;
+const Encoding = @import("./Encoding.zig").Encoding;
+
+/// EASY DEFAULT TOGGLE: Change this to switch compression on/off by default
+/// NOTE: Compression is OPT-IN because it requires caching for performance.
+/// Enable explicitly with `compression: true` or `compression: { ... }` in Bun.serve()
+pub const COMPRESSION_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT = false;
+
+/// Compression Configuration for Bun.serve()
+///
+/// ## Current Implementation:
+/// - **Static routes only** - Only compresses Response objects defined in routes
+/// - **Lazy caching** - First request compresses and caches, subsequent requests serve cached version
+/// - **Per-encoding cache** - Stores separate compressed variant for EACH encoding client requests
+/// - **Memory cost** - Each static route stores original + up to 4 compressed variants
+///   - Small files (< 10KB): negligible extra memory (~200 bytes total for all variants)
+///   - Large files (1MB+): significant extra memory (~300-400KB for all variants)
+///
+/// ## Memory Implications:
+/// Static routes already cache the original file data. This adds compressed variants:
+/// - If you have 100 static routes with 1MB files = ~40MB extra for compression cache
+/// - Only caches variants that clients actually request (lazy)
+/// - Compression often makes files smaller, but we store BOTH original and compressed
+///
+/// ## Not Supported (Yet):
+/// - **Dynamic routes** - Responses from fetch() handlers (would need LRU cache with TTL)
+/// - **Streaming responses** - ReadableStream bodies are rejected from static routes (see StaticRoute.zig:160)
+/// - **Cache enforcement** - Cache config exists but limits not enforced yet (TODO)
+///   - cache.maxSize, cache.ttl, cache.minEntrySize, cache.maxEntrySize are parsed but not checked
+///   - Setting cache: false disables caching immediately
+///   - --smol mode uses smaller defaults which will matter once enforcement is added
+/// - **Per-route control** - Can only enable/disable globally or per-algorithm
+///
+/// ## Usage:
+/// ```js
+/// Bun.serve({
+///   compression: true, // Use defaults (br=4, gzip=6, zstd=3, 50MB cache, 24h TTL)
+///   compression: {
+///     brotli: 6,
+///     gzip: false, // Disable specific algorithm
+///     cache: false, // Disable caching entirely (compress on-demand)
+///     cache: {
+///       maxSize: 100 * 1024 * 1024, // 100MB total cache
+///       ttl: 3600, // 1 hour (seconds)
+///       minEntrySize: 512, // Don't cache < 512 bytes
+///       maxEntrySize: 5 * 1024 * 1024, // Don't cache > 5MB
+///     }
+///   },
+///   compression: false, // Disable (default)
+/// })
+/// ```
+///
+/// ## --smol Mode:
+/// When `bun --smol` is used, compression defaults to more conservative limits:
+/// - maxSize: 5MB (vs 50MB normal)
+/// - ttl: 1 hour (vs 24 hours normal)
+/// - maxEntrySize: 1MB (vs 10MB normal)
+pub const CompressionConfig = struct {
+    pub const CacheConfig = struct {
+        /// Maximum total size of all cached compressed variants (bytes)
+        max_size: usize,
+        /// Time-to-live for cached variants (milliseconds), 0 = infinite
+        ttl_ms: u64,
+        /// Minimum size of entry to cache (bytes)
+        min_entry_size: usize,
+        /// Maximum size of single entry to cache (bytes)
+        max_entry_size: usize,
+
+        pub const DEFAULT = CacheConfig{
+            .max_size = 50 * 1024 * 1024, // 50MB total cache
+            .ttl_ms = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // 24 hours
+            .min_entry_size = 128, // Don't cache tiny files
+            .max_entry_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024, // Don't cache > 10MB
+        };
+
+        pub const SMOL = CacheConfig{
+            .max_size = 5 * 1024 * 1024, // 5MB total cache for --smol
+            .ttl_ms = 60 * 60 * 1000, // 1 hour
+            .min_entry_size = 512, // Higher threshold
+            .max_entry_size = 1 * 1024 * 1024, // Max 1MB per entry
+        };
+
+        pub fn fromJS(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, value: jsc.JSValue) bun.JSError!CacheConfig {
+            var config = CacheConfig.DEFAULT;
+
+            if (try value.getOptional(globalThis, "maxSize", i32)) |max_size| {
+                config.max_size = @intCast(@max(0, max_size));
+            }
+            if (try value.getOptional(globalThis, "ttl", i32)) |ttl_seconds| {
+                config.ttl_ms = @intCast(@max(0, ttl_seconds) * 1000);
+            }
+            if (try value.getOptional(globalThis, "minEntrySize", i32)) |min_size| {
+                config.min_entry_size = @intCast(@max(0, min_size));
+            }
+            if (try value.getOptional(globalThis, "maxEntrySize", i32)) |max_size| {
+                config.max_entry_size = @intCast(@max(0, max_size));
+            }
+
+            return config;
+        }
+    };
+
+    pub const AlgorithmConfig = struct {
+        level: u8,
+        threshold: usize,
+
+        pub fn fromJS(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, value: jsc.JSValue, comptime min_level: u8, comptime max_level: u8, default_level: u8) bun.JSError!AlgorithmConfig {
+            if (value.isNumber()) {
+                const level = try value.coerce(i32, globalThis);
+                if (level < min_level or level > max_level) {
+                    return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("compression level must be between {d} and {d}", .{ min_level, max_level });
+                }
+                return .{ .level = @intCast(level), .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD };
+            }
+            if (value.isObject()) {
+                const level_val = try value.get(globalThis, "level") orelse return .{ .level = default_level, .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD };
+                const level = try level_val.coerce(i32, globalThis);
+                if (level < min_level or level > max_level) {
+                    return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("compression level must be between {d} and {d}", .{ min_level, max_level });
+                }
+
+                const threshold_val = try value.get(globalThis, "threshold");
+                const threshold = if (threshold_val) |t| @as(usize, @intCast(try t.coerce(i32, globalThis))) else DEFAULT_THRESHOLD;
+
+                return .{ .level = @intCast(level), .threshold = threshold };
+            }
+            return .{ .level = default_level, .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD };
+        }
+    };
+
+    brotli: ?AlgorithmConfig,
+    gzip: ?AlgorithmConfig,
+    zstd: ?AlgorithmConfig,
+    deflate: ?AlgorithmConfig,
+
+    threshold: usize,
+    disable_for_localhost: bool,
+    cache: ?CacheConfig,
+
+    pub const DEFAULT_THRESHOLD: usize = 1024;
+
+    /// Default compression configuration - modify these values to change defaults
+    pub const DEFAULT = CompressionConfig{
+        .brotli = .{ .level = 4, .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD }, // Sweet spot for speed/compression
+        .gzip = .{ .level = 6, .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD }, // Standard default
+        .zstd = .{ .level = 3, .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD }, // Fast default
+        .deflate = null, // Disabled by default (obsolete)
+        .threshold = DEFAULT_THRESHOLD,
+        .disable_for_localhost = true,
+        .cache = CacheConfig.DEFAULT,
+    };
+
+    /// Parse compression config from JavaScript
+    /// Supports:
+    /// - true: use defaults
+    /// - false: disable compression (returns null)
+    /// - { brotli: 4, gzip: 6, zstd: false, ... }: custom config
+    pub fn fromJS(globalThis: *jsc.JSGlobalObject, value: jsc.JSValue) bun.JSError!?*CompressionConfig {
+        // Check if --smol mode is enabled
+        const is_smol = globalThis.bunVM().smol;
+
+        if (value.isBoolean()) {
+            if (!value.toBoolean()) {
+                // compression: false -> return null to indicate disabled
+                return null;
+            }
+            // compression: true -> use defaults (smol-aware)
+            const config = bun.handleOom(bun.default_allocator.create(CompressionConfig));
+            config.* = DEFAULT;
+            if (is_smol and config.cache != null) {
+                config.cache = CacheConfig.SMOL;
+            }
+            return config;
+        }
+
+        if (!value.isObject()) {
+            return globalThis.throwInvalidArguments("compression must be a boolean or object", .{});
+        }
+
+        const config = bun.handleOom(bun.default_allocator.create(CompressionConfig));
+        errdefer bun.default_allocator.destroy(config);
+
+        // Start with defaults (smol-aware)
+        config.* = DEFAULT;
+        if (is_smol and config.cache != null) {
+            config.cache = CacheConfig.SMOL;
+        }
+
+        // Parse brotli config (supports false, number, or object)
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "brotli")) |brotli_val| {
+            if (brotli_val.isBoolean()) {
+                if (!brotli_val.toBoolean()) {
+                    config.brotli = null; // Explicitly disabled
+                }
+                // If true, keep default
+            } else {
+                config.brotli = try AlgorithmConfig.fromJS(globalThis, brotli_val, 0, 11, 4);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse gzip config
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "gzip")) |gzip_val| {
+            if (gzip_val.isBoolean()) {
+                if (!gzip_val.toBoolean()) {
+                    config.gzip = null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                config.gzip = try AlgorithmConfig.fromJS(globalThis, gzip_val, 1, 9, 6);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse zstd config
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "zstd")) |zstd_val| {
+            if (zstd_val.isBoolean()) {
+                if (!zstd_val.toBoolean()) {
+                    config.zstd = null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                config.zstd = try AlgorithmConfig.fromJS(globalThis, zstd_val, 1, 22, 3);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse deflate config
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "deflate")) |deflate_val| {
+            if (deflate_val.isBoolean()) {
+                if (!deflate_val.toBoolean()) {
+                    config.deflate = null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                config.deflate = try AlgorithmConfig.fromJS(globalThis, deflate_val, 1, 9, 6);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse threshold
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "threshold")) |threshold_val| {
+            if (threshold_val.isNumber()) {
+                config.threshold = @intCast(try threshold_val.coerce(i32, globalThis));
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse disableForLocalhost
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "disableForLocalhost")) |disable_val| {
+            if (disable_val.isBoolean()) {
+                config.disable_for_localhost = disable_val.toBoolean();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse cache config
+        if (try value.get(globalThis, "cache")) |cache_val| {
+            if (cache_val.isBoolean()) {
+                if (!cache_val.toBoolean()) {
+                    config.cache = null; // false = disable caching
+                }
+            } else if (cache_val.isObject()) {
+                config.cache = try CacheConfig.fromJS(globalThis, cache_val);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return config;
+    }
+
+    const Preference = struct {
+        encoding: Encoding,
+        quality: f32,
+    };
+
+    /// Select best encoding based on Accept-Encoding header and available config
+    /// Returns null if no compression should be used
+    pub fn selectBestEncoding(this: *const CompressionConfig, accept_encoding: []const u8) ?Encoding {
+        var preferences: [8]Preference = undefined;
+        var pref_count: usize = 0;
+
+        // Parse Accept-Encoding header
+        var iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, accept_encoding, ',');
+        while (iter.next()) |token| {
+            if (pref_count >= preferences.len) break;
+
+            const trimmed = std.mem.trim(u8, token, " \t");
+            if (trimmed.len == 0) continue;
+
+            var quality: f32 = 1.0;
+            var encoding_name = trimmed;
+
+            // Parse quality value
+            if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, trimmed, ";q=")) |q_pos| {
+                encoding_name = std.mem.trim(u8, trimmed[0..q_pos], " \t");
+                const q_str = std.mem.trim(u8, trimmed[q_pos + 3 ..], " \t");
+                quality = std.fmt.parseFloat(f32, q_str) catch 1.0;
+            } else if (std.mem.indexOf(u8, trimmed, "; q=")) |q_pos| {
+                encoding_name = std.mem.trim(u8, trimmed[0..q_pos], " \t");
+                const q_str = std.mem.trim(u8, trimmed[q_pos + 4 ..], " \t");
+                quality = std.fmt.parseFloat(f32, q_str) catch 1.0;
+            }
+
+            // Skip if quality is 0 (explicitly disabled)
+            if (quality <= 0.0) continue;
+
+            // Map to encoding enum
+            const encoding: ?Encoding = if (bun.strings.eqlComptime(encoding_name, "br"))
+                .brotli
+            else if (bun.strings.eqlComptime(encoding_name, "gzip"))
+                .gzip
+            else if (bun.strings.eqlComptime(encoding_name, "zstd"))
+                .zstd
+            else if (bun.strings.eqlComptime(encoding_name, "deflate"))
+                .deflate
+            else if (bun.strings.eqlComptime(encoding_name, "identity"))
+                .identity
+            else if (bun.strings.eqlComptime(encoding_name, "*"))
+                null // wildcard
+            else
+                continue; // unknown encoding
+
+            if (encoding) |enc| {
+                preferences[pref_count] = .{ .encoding = enc, .quality = quality };
+                pref_count += 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Sort by quality (descending)
+        std.mem.sort(Preference, preferences[0..pref_count], {}, struct {
+            fn lessThan(_: void, a: Preference, b: Preference) bool {
+                return a.quality > b.quality;
+            }
+        }.lessThan);
+
+        // Select first available encoding that's enabled
+        for (preferences[0..pref_count]) |pref| {
+            switch (pref.encoding) {
+                .brotli => if (this.brotli != null) return .brotli,
+                .zstd => if (this.zstd != null) return .zstd,
+                .gzip => if (this.gzip != null) return .gzip,
+                .deflate => if (this.deflate != null) return .deflate,
+                .identity => return null, // Client wants no compression
+                else => continue,
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Fallback: use server preference if no quality specified or all equal
+        if (pref_count == 0 or allQualitiesEqual(preferences[0..pref_count])) {
+            if (this.brotli != null) return .brotli;
+            if (this.zstd != null) return .zstd;
+            if (this.gzip != null) return .gzip;
+            if (this.deflate != null) return .deflate;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    fn allQualitiesEqual(prefs: []const Preference) bool {
+        if (prefs.len == 0) return true;
+        const first = prefs[0].quality;
+        for (prefs[1..]) |p| {
+            if (p.quality != first) return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(this: *CompressionConfig) void {
+        bun.default_allocator.destroy(this);
+    }
+};

src/http/Compressor.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const bun = @import("bun");
+const Encoding = @import("./Encoding.zig").Encoding;
+const Zlib = @import("../zlib.zig");
+const Brotli = bun.brotli;
+const zstd = bun.zstd;
+
+pub const Compressor = struct {
+    /// Compress data using the specified encoding and level
+    /// Returns empty slice on error (caller should check length)
+    pub fn compress(
+        allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+        data: []const u8,
+        encoding: Encoding,
+        level: u8,
+    ) []u8 {
+        return switch (encoding) {
+            .brotli => compressBrotli(allocator, data, level),
+            .gzip => compressGzip(allocator, data, level),
+            .zstd => compressZstd(allocator, data, level),
+            .deflate => compressDeflate(allocator, data, level),
+            else => &[_]u8{}, // Unsupported encoding
+        };
+    }
+
+    fn compressBrotli(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, level: u8) []u8 {
+        // Use brotli encoder
+        const max_output_size = Brotli.c.BrotliEncoderMaxCompressedSize(data.len);
+        const output = allocator.alloc(u8, max_output_size) catch bun.outOfMemory();
+        errdefer allocator.free(output);
+
+        var output_size = max_output_size;
+        const result = Brotli.c.BrotliEncoderCompress(
+            @intCast(level),
+            Brotli.c.BROTLI_DEFAULT_WINDOW,
+            .generic, // BrotliEncoderMode.generic
+            data.len,
+            data.ptr,
+            &output_size,
+            output.ptr,
+        );
+
+        if (result == 0) {
+            allocator.free(output);
+            // Compression failed - return empty slice to signal error
+            return &[_]u8{};
+        }
+
+        // Shrink to actual size
+        return allocator.realloc(output, output_size) catch output[0..output_size];
+    }
+
+    fn compressGzip(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, level: u8) []u8 {
+        // Use zlib with gzip wrapper (windowBits = 15 | 16)
+        return compressZlib(allocator, data, level, Zlib.MAX_WBITS | 16);
+    }
+
+    fn compressDeflate(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, level: u8) []u8 {
+        // Use raw deflate (windowBits = -15)
+        return compressZlib(allocator, data, level, -Zlib.MAX_WBITS);
+    }
+
+    fn compressZlib(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, level: u8, window_bits: c_int) []u8 {
+        var stream: Zlib.z_stream = undefined;
+        @memset(std.mem.asBytes(&stream), 0);
+
+        // Initialize deflate
+        const init_result = deflateInit2_(
+            &stream,
+            @intCast(level),
+            Z_DEFLATED,
+            window_bits,
+            8, // mem level (default)
+            Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY,
+            Zlib.zlibVersion(),
+            @sizeOf(Zlib.z_stream),
+        );
+
+        if (init_result != .Ok) {
+            return &[_]u8{};
+        }
+        defer _ = deflateEnd(&stream);
+
+        // Allocate output buffer (worst case: input size + 0.1% + 12 bytes)
+        const max_output_size = deflateBound(&stream, data.len);
+        const output = allocator.alloc(u8, max_output_size) catch bun.outOfMemory();
+        errdefer allocator.free(output);
+
+        stream.next_in = data.ptr;
+        stream.avail_in = @intCast(data.len);
+        stream.next_out = output.ptr;
+        stream.avail_out = @intCast(max_output_size);
+
+        // Compress
+        const deflate_result = deflate(&stream, .Finish);
+        if (deflate_result != .StreamEnd) {
+            allocator.free(output);
+            return &[_]u8{};
+        }
+
+        const compressed_size = stream.total_out;
+
+        // Shrink to actual size
+        return allocator.realloc(output, compressed_size) catch output[0..compressed_size];
+    }
+
+    fn compressZstd(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, data: []const u8, level: u8) []u8 {
+        const max_output_size = bun.zstd.compressBound(data.len);
+        const output = allocator.alloc(u8, max_output_size) catch bun.outOfMemory();
+        errdefer allocator.free(output);
+
+        const result = bun.zstd.compress(output, data, level);
+        const compressed_size = switch (result) {
+            .success => |size| size,
+            .err => {
+                allocator.free(output);
+                return &[_]u8{};
+            },
+        };
+
+        // Shrink to actual size
+        return allocator.realloc(output, compressed_size) catch output[0..compressed_size];
+    }
+
+    /// Check if a MIME type should be compressed
+    /// Compresses text-based formats, skips already-compressed formats
+    pub fn shouldCompressMIME(content_type: ?[]const u8) bool {
+        const mime = content_type orelse return true; // Default: compress
+
+        // Skip already-compressed formats
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "image/")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "video/")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "audio/")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/zip")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/gzip")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/x-gzip")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/x-bzip")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/x-bzip2")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/x-7z-compressed")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/x-rar-compressed")) return false;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/octet-stream")) return false;
+
+        // Compress text-based formats
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "text/")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/json")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/javascript")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/xml")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/xhtml+xml")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/rss+xml")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/atom+xml")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "application/wasm")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "image/svg+xml")) return true;
+        if (bun.strings.hasPrefixComptime(mime, "font/")) return true;
+
+        // Default: don't compress unknown types
+        return false;
+    }
+};
+
+// Import external deflate function
+extern fn deflateEnd(strm: *Zlib.z_stream) Zlib.ReturnCode;
+extern fn deflateBound(strm: *Zlib.z_stream, sourceLen: c_ulong) c_ulong;
+extern fn deflate(strm: *Zlib.z_stream, flush: Zlib.FlushValue) Zlib.ReturnCode;
+extern fn deflateInit2_(
+    strm: *Zlib.z_stream,
+    level: c_int,
+    method: c_int,
+    windowBits: c_int,
+    memLevel: c_int,
+    strategy: c_int,
+    version: [*:0]const u8,
+    stream_size: c_int,
+) Zlib.ReturnCode;
+
+const Z_DEFLATED = 8;
+const Z_DEFAULT_STRATEGY = 0;
+const Z_OK = 0;
+const Z_STREAM_END = 1;
+const Z_FINISH = 4;

src/http/Encoding.zig

@@ -19,4 +19,16 @@ pub const Encoding = enum {
             else => false,
         };
     }
+
+    /// Convert encoding to Content-Encoding header value
+    pub fn toString(this: Encoding) []const u8 {
+        return switch (this) {
+            .brotli => "br",
+            .gzip => "gzip",
+            .zstd => "zstd",
+            .deflate => "deflate",
+            .identity => "identity",
+            .chunked => unreachable, // chunked is Transfer-Encoding only
+        };
+    }
 };

src/js/node/_http_server.ts

@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ Server.prototype[kRealListen] = function (tls, port, host, socketPath, reusePort
     }
     this[serverSymbol] = Bun.serve<any>({
       idleTimeout: 0, // nodejs dont have a idleTimeout by default
+      compression: false, // node:http doesn't support auto-compression
       tls,
       port,
       hostname: host,