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Performance and Scaling

Gatsby's architecture is tailored to make your performance fast out of the box. This section covers how to audit your site performance and implement features to improve performance, as well as how to ensure your builds remain fast and consistent as your site grows.

Site performance→

A thorough guide to improve your Gatsby site's performance

Using Slices→

Using Slices to further improve your build speed

Using Partial Hydration→

Use Partial Hydration to ship less JavaScript to the client

Build performance→

Low-hanging fruit; architectural best practices; advanced configuration.

Out-of-memory errors→

CLI and hardware options; profiling tips; build configuration

Lighthouse→

Auditing for page performance

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