Brotli Compression

What is Brotli?

Brotli is a modern compression algorithm by Google, better than gzip.

20% smaller files than gzip!

Install Brotli Module

sudo apt install nginx-module-brotli -y

Configure

http {
    brotli on;
    brotli_comp_level 6;
    brotli_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript;
}

Browser Support

• Chrome: ✅
• Firefox: ✅
• Safari: ✅
• Edge: ✅
• IE: ❌

Fallback to gzip for old browsers!

Modern compression!