diff --git a/astrbot/dashboard/api/static_files.py b/astrbot/dashboard/api/static_files.py
index 2a7e5d84d..0329cfeab 100644
--- a/astrbot/dashboard/api/static_files.py
+++ b/astrbot/dashboard/api/static_files.py
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import asyncio
+import mimetypes
+from pathlib import Path
+
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException, Request
-from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse
+from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse, Response
 
 from astrbot.core.desktop_runtime import is_desktop_managed_backend
 from astrbot.dashboard.services.static_file_service import StaticFileService
+from astrbot.dashboard.static_encoding import (
+    accepts_gzip,
+    gzip_static_body,
+    is_compressible_media_type,
+    with_gzip_headers,
+)
 
 router = APIRouter(include_in_schema=False)
 service = StaticFileService()
@@ -14,6 +24,42 @@ def _static_folder(request: Request) -> str | None:
     return getattr(request.app.state, "dashboard_static_folder", None)
 
 
+def _media_type(file_path: Path) -> str | None:
+    guessed, _encoding = mimetypes.guess_type(file_path.name)
+    return guessed
+
+
+def _read_gzip_body(file_path: Path) -> bytes | None:
+    return gzip_static_body(file_path.read_bytes())
+
+
+async def _file_response(request: Request, file_path: Path, headers: dict[str, str]):
+    """Return a static file, gzip-encoded when the client and type allow it.
+
+    Range requests stay on FileResponse. A gzip body cannot satisfy a byte range
+    of the original file. Reading and compression run off the event loop.
+    """
+    media_type = _media_type(file_path)
+    accept_encoding = request.headers.get("accept-encoding")
+    if request.headers.get("range") or not accepts_gzip(accept_encoding):
+        return FileResponse(file_path, headers=headers)
+    if not is_compressible_media_type(media_type):
+        return FileResponse(file_path, headers=headers)
+
+    compressed = await asyncio.to_thread(_read_gzip_body, file_path)
+    if compressed is None:
+        return FileResponse(file_path, headers=headers)
+
+    content_type = media_type or "application/octet-stream"
+    if content_type.startswith("text/") and "charset=" not in content_type:
+        content_type += "; charset=utf-8"
+    return Response(
+        content=compressed,
+        media_type=content_type,
+        headers=with_gzip_headers(headers),
+    )
+
+
 def _not_found_response() -> HTMLResponse:
     return HTMLResponse(
         service.get_not_found_message(),
@@ -32,7 +78,7 @@ async def serve_index(request: Request):
         # resources change. That makes this request bypass an old URL cache
         # entry and evicts legacy subresources without clearing cookies or storage.
         headers["Clear-Site-Data"] = '"cache"'
-    return FileResponse(index_file, headers=headers)
+    return await _file_response(request, index_file, headers)
 
 
 async def serve_static_file(request: Request, static_path: str):
@@ -58,7 +104,7 @@ async def serve_static_file(request: Request, static_path: str):
         and request.query_params.get("astrbot_bundle")
     ):
         headers["Clear-Site-Data"] = '"cache"'
-    return FileResponse(file_path, headers=headers)
+    return await _file_response(request, file_path, headers)
 
 
 for index_route in service.list_index_routes():
diff --git a/astrbot/dashboard/static_encoding.py b/astrbot/dashboard/static_encoding.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cccf4a970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/astrbot/dashboard/static_encoding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+"""Gzip encoding for dashboard static files.
+
+Only JS, CSS, and HTML are compressed, and only when the client accepts gzip.
+Images, fonts, and event streams are not handled here. Cache-Control is left
+to the caller.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import gzip
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+
+# text/javascript is what the stdlib reports for .js on current CPython.
+# application/javascript is kept for older mimetypes maps.
+COMPRESSIBLE_MEDIA_TYPES = frozenset(
+    {
+        "text/html",
+        "text/css",
+        "text/javascript",
+        "application/javascript",
+        "application/x-javascript",
+    }
+)
+
+# Gzip of a few hundred bytes is often larger than the original.
+MIN_GZIP_BYTES = 1024
+
+
+def accepts_gzip(header: str | None) -> bool:
+    """Return whether Accept-Encoding explicitly allows gzip with q > 0."""
+    if not header:
+        return False
+    for part in header.split(","):
+        bits = [item.strip() for item in part.split(";") if item.strip()]
+        if not bits or bits[0].lower() != "gzip":
+            continue
+        quality = 1.0
+        for param in bits[1:]:
+            if not param.lower().startswith("q="):
+                continue
+            try:
+                quality = float(param[2:])
+            except ValueError:
+                quality = 0.0
+        return quality > 0
+    return False
+
+
+def is_compressible_media_type(media_type: str | None) -> bool:
+    """Return whether this Content-Type is JS, CSS, or HTML."""
+    if not media_type:
+        return False
+    base = media_type.split(";", 1)[0].strip().lower()
+    return base in COMPRESSIBLE_MEDIA_TYPES
+
+
+def gzip_static_body(data: bytes) -> bytes | None:
+    """Return a smaller gzip body, or None when compression should be skipped."""
+    if len(data) < MIN_GZIP_BYTES:
+        return None
+    compressed = gzip.compress(data, compresslevel=6)
+    if len(compressed) >= len(data):
+        return None
+    return compressed
+
+
+def with_gzip_headers(headers: Mapping[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
+    """Add gzip headers without changing Cache-Control."""
+    merged = dict(headers)
+    merged["Content-Encoding"] = "gzip"
+    vary = merged.get("Vary", "")
+    parts = [part.strip() for part in vary.split(",") if part.strip()]
+    if not any(part.lower() == "accept-encoding" for part in parts):
+        parts.append("Accept-Encoding")
+    merged["Vary"] = ", ".join(parts)
+    return merged
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_dashboard_static_encoding.py b/tests/unit/test_dashboard_static_encoding.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b443acc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_dashboard_static_encoding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+"""Tests for dashboard static gzip encoding."""
+
+import gzip
+
+from astrbot.dashboard.static_encoding import (
+    accepts_gzip,
+    gzip_static_body,
+    is_compressible_media_type,
+    with_gzip_headers,
+)
+
+
+def test_accepts_gzip_only_when_explicitly_allowed():
+    assert accepts_gzip("gzip")
+    assert accepts_gzip("br, gzip, deflate")
+    assert accepts_gzip("gzip;q=0.8")
+    assert not accepts_gzip(None)
+    assert not accepts_gzip("")
+    assert not accepts_gzip("br")
+    assert not accepts_gzip("gzip;q=0")
+    assert not accepts_gzip("identity")
+
+
+def test_only_js_css_and_html_are_compressible():
+    assert is_compressible_media_type("text/javascript")
+    assert is_compressible_media_type("text/javascript; charset=utf-8")
+    assert is_compressible_media_type("application/javascript")
+    assert is_compressible_media_type("text/css")
+    assert is_compressible_media_type("text/html")
+    assert not is_compressible_media_type("font/woff2")
+    assert not is_compressible_media_type("image/png")
+    assert not is_compressible_media_type("image/svg+xml")
+    assert not is_compressible_media_type("text/event-stream")
+    assert not is_compressible_media_type("application/json")
+    assert not is_compressible_media_type(None)
+
+
+def test_gzip_static_body_shrinks_text_and_skips_tiny_payloads():
+    raw = b"function boot(){return 'dashboard';}" * 80
+    compressed = gzip_static_body(raw)
+    assert compressed is not None
+    assert len(compressed) < len(raw)
+    assert gzip.decompress(compressed) == raw
+    assert gzip_static_body(b"tiny") is None
+
+
+def test_gzip_headers_keep_cache_control():
+    headers = with_gzip_headers({"Cache-Control": "no-cache", "Vary": "Origin"})
+    assert headers["Cache-Control"] == "no-cache"
+    assert headers["Content-Encoding"] == "gzip"
+    assert headers["Vary"] == "Origin, Accept-Encoding"