Gzip / Brotli compression check

Verifies your server compresses HTML, CSS, JS, and JSON responses — up to 80% payload reduction that costs nothing to enable.

Quick answer

We send Accept-Encoding: br, gzip, deflate and check which encoding your server picks. Uncompressed text responses fail.

What it checks

Where to find it in Lemwatch

Site details → Performance → Compression.

How to fix

  1. Enable gzip in your web server config.
  2. Add Brotli for another 15-20% savings.
  3. Set compression on text/* and application/json, javascript, xml.
  4. Re-run the check.

FAQ

Should I compress at the CDN or origin?

CDN — cached compressed variants are cheapest.

Is Brotli safe?

Yes — supported by every modern browser since 2017.

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