How to Minify Godot's Build Size (93MB –> 6.4MB EXE)
Published on: 2025-06-23 13:21:05
How to Minify Godot's Build Size (93MB --> 6.4MB exe)
11 Mar, 2025
Intro
This was an article I wanted to do for ages. Godot's default file size for web exports is quite massive, and there weren't a lot of guides on how to reduce it aside from the official documentation - which gives general information without any numbers or details, leaving people to figure out how effective any of the solutions really are. It also doesn't mention some more advanced tricks we can use which I'll mention here. Hopefully this guide can save you the hassle of discovering all this nonsense yourself!
In order to reduce the build size of our Godot project, we have to compile the export templates ourselves, so this guide is a bit more advanced than what most people are used to. tibaverus made an excellent tutorial on how to compile Godot's export templates on Windows, so I recommend checking that out if you're a beginner. Just ignore the parts about using encryption.
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