Dictionary compression is finally here, and it’s ridiculously good

“Dictionary Compression is finally here, and it’s ridiculously good” title, HTTP and Performance tags, and a close-up of a dictionary page with the “technology” entry.

Tim Perry explains how Compression Dictionary Transport works with Zstandard and Brotli over HTTP, using previous responses as dictionaries to compress data down to near-diffs. YouTube JS bundles shrink up to 90% vs plain Brotli, Google Search HTML nearly 50%. Already deployed by Google, Shopify, Pinterest, and Notion. Chrome 130+, Safari and Firefox on the way.

httptoolkit.com/blog/dictionary-compression-performance-zstd-brotli