GZIP Compression Checker

Check if GZIP or Brotli HTTP compression is active on your web server to reduce page load transfer size.

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GZIP & Brotli Detection

Detects `gzip` or `br` content-encoding headers from your web server.

Bandwidth Savings

Calculates exact percentage transfer size savings (up to 70%+).

Page Speed Optimizer

Enabling GZIP significantly accelerates PageSpeed and Core Web Vitals.

Inspecting server Content-Encoding headers...

Compression Status
Encoding Type

None

Uncompressed Payload

0 KB

Bandwidth Savings

0%

Why GZIP Compression Matters for Web Performance

GZIP Compression is a web server technique that compresses HTML, CSS, and JS files before transmitting them over the network. Enabling GZIP reduces bandwidth transfer payload by up to 70-80%, accelerating page load times and improving mobile SEO rankings.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Brotli is a newer compression algorithm developed by Google that provides 15-20% better compression than GZIP.

On Apache, enable `mod_deflate` in `.htaccess`. On Nginx, enable `gzip on;` in `nginx.conf`.

No, images (JPG, PNG, WebP) are already compressed. GZIP should be applied to text formats (HTML, CSS, JS, SVG, JSON).

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