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Put Your Website in the Fast Lane with django-http-compression

Boost Django speed & SEO: django-http-compression cuts 60-80% payload in 1-line setup.

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Meng Li
Oct 22, 2025
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In today’s era of pursuing ultimate user experience, every second of slower website loading can lead to user loss and missed business opportunities. As a Django developer, have you ever been frustrated by oversized static files and slow page transmission? Have you ever thought that with just a simple configuration, your website performance could see immediate, dramatic improvements?

Today, I’m introducing you to a “performance powerhouse” in Django development—django-http-compression.

django-http-compression is a lightweight, non-invasive Django middleware. Its core mission is singular: to automatically and efficiently compress HTTP responses sent from your Django application.

Simply put, it acts like a “super packer” standing between your website server and users’ browsers. When the server needs to send text content such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or JSON, this “packer” quickly compresses them into smaller sizes (such as Gzip or Brotli formats), then sends them over the network. Upon receipt, browsers automatically decompress and render the content normally. The entire process is completely transparent to both developers and users.

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