diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 564cbae..99422a8 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ kobweb-libs = "0.17.1"
 kotter = "1.1.2"
 kotlin = "1.8.10"
 kotlinx-coroutines = "1.6.0"
-okhttp = "4.10.0"
+okhttp = "4.12.0"
 shadow = "7.0.0"
+proguard = "7.5.0"
 
 [libraries]
 clikt = { module = "com.github.ajalt.clikt:clikt", version.ref = "clikt" }
@@ -25,3 +26,4 @@ jreleaser = { id = "org.jreleaser", version.ref = "jreleaser" }
 kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 kotlinx-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version.ref = "shadow" }
+proguard = { id = "com.guardsquare:proguard-gradle", version.ref = "proguard" }
diff --git a/kobweb/build.gradle.kts b/kobweb/build.gradle.kts
index 7cfcaa2..ddf2dc5 100644
--- a/kobweb/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/kobweb/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import org.jreleaser.model.Active
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException
+import java.nio.file.Paths
+import java.util.jar.JarFile
 
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
@@ -71,6 +74,112 @@ tasks.jar {
     archiveFileName.set("kobweb-cli.jar")
 }
 
+// Proguard for minimizing the bundle size
+buildscript {
+    repositories { mavenCentral() }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath(libs.plugins.proguard.get().toString()) {
+            // On older versions of proguard, Android build tools will be included
+            exclude("com.android.tools.build")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.register<proguard.gradle.ProGuardTask>("proguard") {
+    dependsOn(tasks.shadowJar)
+
+    val originalJarFile = tasks.shadowJar.flatMap { it.archiveFile }
+    val originalJarFileNameWithoutExtension = originalJarFile.get().asFile.nameWithoutExtension
+    val originalJarFileDestination = tasks.shadowJar.flatMap { it.destinationDirectory }
+
+    val minimizedJarFile = originalJarFileDestination.get().file("$originalJarFileNameWithoutExtension-min.jar")
+
+    injars(originalJarFile)
+    outjars(minimizedJarFile)
+
+    val javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home")
+
+    // Starting from Java 9, runtime classes are packaged in modular JMOD files.
+    fun includeModuleFromJdk(jModFileNameWithoutExtension: String) {
+        val jModFilePath = Paths.get(javaHome, "jmods", "$jModFileNameWithoutExtension.jmod").toString()
+        val jModFile = File(jModFilePath)
+        if (!jModFile.exists()) {
+            throw FileNotFoundException("The '$jModFileNameWithoutExtension' at '$jModFilePath' doesn't exist.")
+        }
+        libraryjars(
+            mapOf("jarfilter" to "!**.jar", "filter" to "!module-info.class"),
+            jModFilePath,
+        )
+    }
+
+    val javaModules =
+        listOf(
+            "java.base",
+            // Needed to support Java Swing/Desktop (Required by Kotter Virtual Terminal)
+            "java.desktop",
+            // Java Data Transfer is required by Kotter Virtual Terminal
+            "java.datatransfer",
+            // Needed to support Java logging utils (required by Okio)
+            "java.logging",
+            // Java RMI is required by freemarker and some other dependencies
+            "java.rmi",
+            // Java XML is required by freemarker and some other dependencies
+            "java.xml",
+            // Java SQL is required by freemarker and some other dependencies
+            "java.sql",
+        )
+    javaModules.forEach { includeModuleFromJdk(jModFileNameWithoutExtension = it) }
+
+    // Includes the main source set's compile classpath for Proguard.
+    // Notice that Shadow JAR already includes Kotlin standard library and dependencies, yet this
+    // is essential for resolving Kotlin and other library warnings without using '-dontwarn kotlin.**'
+    injars(sourceSets.main.get().compileClasspath)
+
+    printmapping(originalJarFileDestination.get().file("$originalJarFileNameWithoutExtension.map"))
+
+    // Disabling obfuscation makes the JAR file size a bit bigger and makes the debugging process a bit less easy
+    dontobfuscate()
+    // Kotlinx serialization breaks when using optimizations
+    dontoptimize()
+
+    configuration(file("proguard.pro"))
+
+    // Use Proguard rules that provided by dependencies in JAR file
+    doFirst {
+        JarFile(originalJarFile.get().asFile).use { jarFile ->
+            val generatedRulesFiles =
+                jarFile.entries().asSequence()
+                    .filter { it.name.startsWith("META-INF/proguard") && !it.isDirectory }
+                    .map { entry ->
+                        jarFile.getInputStream(entry).bufferedReader().use { reader ->
+                            Pair(reader.readText(), entry)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    .toList()
+
+            val buildProguardDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("proguard").get().asFile
+            if (!buildProguardDirectory.exists()) {
+                buildProguardDirectory.mkdir()
+            }
+            generatedRulesFiles.forEach { (rulesContent, rulesFileEntry) ->
+                val rulesFileNameWithExtension = rulesFileEntry.name.substringAfterLast("/")
+                val generatedProguardFile = File(buildProguardDirectory, "generated-$rulesFileNameWithExtension")
+                if (!generatedProguardFile.exists()) {
+                    generatedProguardFile.createNewFile()
+                }
+                generatedProguardFile.bufferedWriter().use { bufferedWriter ->
+                    bufferedWriter.appendLine("# Generated file from ($rulesFileEntry) - manual changes will be overwritten")
+                    bufferedWriter.appendLine()
+
+                    bufferedWriter.appendLine(rulesContent)
+                }
+
+                configuration(generatedProguardFile)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // These values are specified in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties; otherwise sorry, no jreleasing for you :P
 val (githubUsername, githubToken) = listOf("varabyte.github.username", "varabyte.github.token")
     .map { key -> findProperty(key) as? String }
diff --git a/kobweb/proguard.pro b/kobweb/proguard.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8798fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kobweb/proguard.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# This file contain the rules that's either specific to the project or custom rules that's not from the dependencies
+# and it doesn't contain the required configurations as it's already configured by Gradle task
+
+# Proguard Kotlin Example https://github.com/Guardsquare/proguard/blob/master/examples/application-kotlin/proguard.pro
+
+-keepattributes *Annotation*
+
+# Entry point to the app.
+-keep class MainKt { *; }
+
+# Ignore all the warnings from Kotlinx Coroutines
+-dontwarn kotlinx.coroutines.**
+
+# Leave Jansi deps in place, or else Windows won't work
+-keep class org.fusesource.jansi.** { *; }
+-keep class org.jline.jline-terminal-jansi.** { *; }
+
+# Exclude SLF4J from minimization
+-keep class org.slf4j.** { *; }
+-dontwarn org.slf4j.**
+
+# Suppress warnings coming from Gradle API
+-dontwarn org.gradle.**
+
+# Suppress and fix Freemarker warnings
+-dontwarn freemarker.ext.**
+-dontwarn freemarker.template.utility.JythonRuntime
+-keep class freemarker.template.utility.JythonRuntime
+
+# Suppress warnings about missing classes from 'org.python package'
+# Freemarker relies on Jython, and some Jython classes may not be recognized.
+-dontwarn org.python.**
+
+# Suppress warnings from Javax Servlet as Freemarker depends on it and is already part of the JAR
+-dontwarn javax.servlet.**
+
+# Suppress warnings from Apache Logging as Freemarker depends on it
+-dontwarn org.apache.log4j.**
+-dontwarn org.apache.commons.logging.**
+-dontwarn org.apache.log.**
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