diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 45bbe6db1a..7f3a472365 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
         "sinon": "^21.0.1",
         "sinon-chai": "^4.0.0",
         "tailwindcss": "^4.1.18",
+        "terser": "^5.46.0",
         "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
         "typescript": "^5.7.2",
         "typescript-eslint": "^8.26.0",
@@ -11494,14 +11495,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/terser": {
-      "version": "5.42.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/terser/-/terser-5.42.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-UYCvU9YQW2f/Vwl+P0GfhxJxbUGLwd+5QrrGgLajzWAtC/23AX0vcise32kkP7Eu0Wu9VlzzHAXkLObgjQfFlQ==",
+      "version": "5.46.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/terser/-/terser-5.46.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jTwoImyr/QbOWFFso3YoU3ik0jBBDJ6JTOQiy/J2YxVJdZCc+5u7skhNwiOR3FQIygFqVUPHl7qbbxtjW2K3Qg==",
       "dev": true,
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "@jridgewell/source-map": "^0.3.3",
-        "acorn": "^8.14.0",
+        "acorn": "^8.15.0",
         "commander": "^2.20.0",
         "source-map-support": "~0.5.20"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b99fe1fef9..81580b29b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "sinon": "^21.0.1",
     "sinon-chai": "^4.0.0",
     "tailwindcss": "^4.1.18",
+    "terser": "^5.46.0",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^4.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.7.2",
     "typescript-eslint": "^8.26.0",
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 4b7af9f862..0cde50dd43 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,18 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
       outDir: "static", // Webpack outputs to 'static', assuming we want to keep this.
       emptyOutDir: true,
       assetsDir: "assets", // Sub-directory for assets
+      sourcemap: !isProduction, // Source maps for dev builds only
+      minify: isProduction ? "terser" : false,
+      ...(isProduction && {
+        terserOptions: {
+          toplevel: true, // Mangle top-level names and drop unused top-level vars/functions
+          compress: { passes: 3 },
+          mangle: { toplevel: true }, // Shorten top-level function/variable names
+          format: {
+            comments: false,
+          },
+        },
+      }),
       rollupOptions: {
         output: {
           manualChunks: {