diff --git a/src/browser/Robots.zig b/src/browser/Robots.zig
index cb565ac8..7c4eb5c8 100644
--- a/src/browser/Robots.zig
+++ b/src/browser/Robots.zig
@@ -16,12 +16,54 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 // along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("std");
 const log = @import("../log.zig");
 
+pub const CompiledPattern = struct {
+    pattern: []const u8,
+    ty: enum {
+        prefix, // "/admin/" - prefix match
+        exact, // "/admin$" - exact match
+        wildcard, // any pattern that contains *
+    },
+
+    fn compile(pattern: []const u8) CompiledPattern {
+        if (pattern.len == 0) {
+            return .{
+                .pattern = pattern,
+                .ty = .prefix,
+            };
+        }
+
+        const is_wildcard = std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, pattern, '*') != null;
+
+        if (is_wildcard) {
+            return .{
+                .pattern = pattern,
+                .ty = .wildcard,
+            };
+        }
+
+        const has_end_anchor = pattern[pattern.len - 1] == '$';
+        return .{
+            .pattern = pattern,
+            .ty = if (has_end_anchor) .exact else .prefix,
+        };
+    }
+};
+
 pub const Rule = union(enum) {
-    allow: []const u8,
-    disallow: []const u8,
+    allow: CompiledPattern,
+    disallow: CompiledPattern,
+
+    fn allowRule(pattern: []const u8) Rule {
+        return .{ .allow = CompiledPattern.compile(pattern) };
+    }
+
+    fn disallowRule(pattern: []const u8) Rule {
+        return .{ .disallow = CompiledPattern.compile(pattern) };
+    }
 };
 
 pub const Key = enum {
@@ -112,8 +154,8 @@ const State = struct {
 fn freeRulesInList(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, rules: []const Rule) void {
     for (rules) |rule| {
         switch (rule) {
-            .allow => |value| allocator.free(value),
-            .disallow => |value| allocator.free(value),
+            .allow => |compiled| allocator.free(compiled.pattern),
+            .disallow => |compiled| allocator.free(compiled.pattern),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -201,13 +243,13 @@ fn parseRulesWithUserAgent(
                     .in_our_entry => {
                         const duped_value = try allocator.dupe(u8, value);
                         errdefer allocator.free(duped_value);
-                        try rules.append(allocator, .{ .allow = duped_value });
+                        try rules.append(allocator, Rule.allowRule(duped_value));
                     },
                     .in_other_entry => {},
                     .in_wildcard_entry => {
                         const duped_value = try allocator.dupe(u8, value);
                         errdefer allocator.free(duped_value);
-                        try wildcard_rules.append(allocator, .{ .allow = duped_value });
+                        try wildcard_rules.append(allocator, Rule.allowRule(duped_value));
                     },
                     .not_in_entry => {
                         log.warn(.browser, "robots unexpected rule", .{ .rule = "allow" });
@@ -224,7 +266,7 @@ fn parseRulesWithUserAgent(
 
                         const duped_value = try allocator.dupe(u8, value);
                         errdefer allocator.free(duped_value);
-                        try rules.append(allocator, .{ .disallow = duped_value });
+                        try rules.append(allocator, Rule.disallowRule(duped_value));
                     },
                     .in_other_entry => {},
                     .in_wildcard_entry => {
@@ -232,7 +274,7 @@ fn parseRulesWithUserAgent(
 
                         const duped_value = try allocator.dupe(u8, value);
                         errdefer allocator.free(duped_value);
-                        try wildcard_rules.append(allocator, .{ .disallow = duped_value });
+                        try wildcard_rules.append(allocator, Rule.disallowRule(duped_value));
                     },
                     .not_in_entry => {
                         log.warn(.browser, "robots unexpected rule", .{ .rule = "disallow" });
@@ -261,13 +303,13 @@ pub fn fromBytes(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, user_agent: []const u8, bytes: []
     std.mem.sort(Rule, rules, {}, struct {
         fn lessThan(_: void, a: Rule, b: Rule) bool {
             const a_len = switch (a) {
-                .allow => |p| p.len,
-                .disallow => |p| p.len,
+                .allow => |p| p.pattern.len,
+                .disallow => |p| p.pattern.len,
             };
 
             const b_len = switch (b) {
-                .allow => |p| p.len,
-                .disallow => |p| p.len,
+                .allow => |p| p.pattern.len,
+                .disallow => |p| p.pattern.len,
             };
 
             // Sort by length first.
@@ -297,6 +339,27 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Robots, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
     allocator.free(self.rules);
 }
 
+/// There are rules for how the pattern in robots.txt should be matched.
+///
+/// * should match 0 or more of any character.
+/// $ should signify the end of a path, making it exact.
+/// otherwise, it is a prefix path.
+fn matchPattern(compiled: CompiledPattern, path: []const u8) bool {
+    switch (compiled.ty) {
+        .prefix => return std.mem.startsWith(u8, path, compiled.pattern),
+        .exact => {
+            const pattern = compiled.pattern;
+            return std.mem.eql(u8, path, pattern[0 .. pattern.len - 1]);
+        },
+        .wildcard => {
+            const pattern = compiled.pattern;
+            const exact_match = pattern[pattern.len - 1] == '$';
+            const inner_pattern = if (exact_match) pattern[0 .. pattern.len - 1] else pattern;
+            return matchPatternRecursive(inner_pattern, path, exact_match);
+        },
+    }
+}
+
 fn matchPatternRecursive(pattern: []const u8, path: []const u8, exact_match: bool) bool {
     if (pattern.len == 0) return true;
 
@@ -328,31 +391,14 @@ fn matchPatternRecursive(pattern: []const u8, path: []const u8, exact_match: boo
     return false;
 }
 
-/// There are rules for how the pattern in robots.txt should be matched.
-///
-/// * should match 0 or more of any character.
-/// $ should signify the end of a path, making it exact.
-/// otherwise, it is a prefix path.
-fn matchPattern(pattern: []const u8, path: []const u8) ?usize {
-    if (pattern.len == 0) return 0;
-    const exact_match = pattern[pattern.len - 1] == '$';
-    const inner_pattern = if (exact_match) pattern[0 .. pattern.len - 1] else pattern;
-
-    if (matchPatternRecursive(
-        inner_pattern,
-        path,
-        exact_match,
-    )) return pattern.len else return null;
-}
-
 pub fn isAllowed(self: *const Robots, path: []const u8) bool {
     for (self.rules) |rule| {
         switch (rule) {
-            .allow => |pattern| {
-                if (matchPattern(pattern, path) != null) return true;
+            .allow => |compiled| {
+                if (matchPattern(compiled, path)) return true;
             },
-            .disallow => |pattern| {
-                if (matchPattern(pattern, path) != null) return false;
+            .disallow => |compiled| {
+                if (matchPattern(compiled, path)) return false;
             },
         }
     }
@@ -360,6 +406,12 @@ pub fn isAllowed(self: *const Robots, path: []const u8) bool {
     return true;
 }
 
+fn testMatch(pattern: []const u8, path: []const u8) bool {
+    comptime if (!builtin.is_test) unreachable;
+
+    return matchPattern(CompiledPattern.compile(pattern), path);
+}
+
 test "Robots: simple robots.txt" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
 
@@ -380,77 +432,77 @@ test "Robots: simple robots.txt" {
     }
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(1, rules.len);
-    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("/admin/", rules[0].disallow);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings("/admin/", rules[0].disallow.pattern);
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - simple prefix" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin", "/admin/page") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin", "/admin") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin", "/other") == null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/page", "/admin") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin", "/admin/page"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin", "/admin"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/admin", "/other"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/admin/page", "/admin"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - single wildcard" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/*", "/admin/") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/*", "/admin/page") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/*", "/admin/page/subpage") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/*", "/other/page") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin/*", "/admin/"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin/*", "/admin/page"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin/*", "/admin/page/subpage"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/admin/*", "/other/page"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - wildcard in middle" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/abc/*/xyz", "/abc/def/xyz") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/abc/*/xyz", "/abc/def/ghi/xyz") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/abc/*/xyz", "/abc/def") == null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/abc/*/xyz", "/other/def/xyz") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/abc/*/xyz", "/abc/def/xyz"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/abc/*/xyz", "/abc/def/ghi/xyz"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/abc/*/xyz", "/abc/def"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/abc/*/xyz", "/other/def/xyz"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - complex wildcard case" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/abc/*/def/xyz", "/abc/def/def/xyz") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/abc/*/def/xyz", "/abc/ANYTHING/def/xyz") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/abc/*/def/xyz", "/abc/def/def/xyz"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/abc/*/def/xyz", "/abc/ANYTHING/def/xyz"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - multiple wildcards" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/a/*/b/*/c", "/a/x/b/y/c") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/a/*/b/*/c", "/a/x/y/b/z/w/c") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*.php", "/index.php") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*.php", "/admin/index.php") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/a/*/b/*/c", "/a/x/b/y/c"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/a/*/b/*/c", "/a/x/y/b/z/w/c"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/*.php", "/index.php"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/*.php", "/admin/index.php"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - end anchor" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*.php$", "/index.php") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*.php$", "/index.php?param=value") == null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin$", "/admin") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin$", "/admin/") == null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/fish$", "/fish") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/fish$", "/fishheads") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/*.php$", "/index.php"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/*.php$", "/index.php?param=value"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin$", "/admin"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/admin$", "/admin/"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/fish$", "/fish"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/fish$", "/fishheads"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - wildcard with extension" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/fish*.php", "/fish.php") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/fish*.php", "/fishheads.php") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/fish*.php", "/fish/salmon.php") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/fish*.php", "/fish.asp") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/fish*.php", "/fish.php"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/fish*.php", "/fishheads.php"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/fish*.php", "/fish/salmon.php"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/fish*.php", "/fish.asp"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - empty and edge cases" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("", "/anything") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/", "/") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("*", "/anything") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*", "/anything") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("$", "") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("", "/anything"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/", "/"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("*", "/anything"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/*", "/anything"));
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("$", ""));
 }
 
 test "Robots: matchPattern - real world examples" {
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/", "/anything") != null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/", "/anything"));
 
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/", "/admin/page") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/admin/", "/public/page") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/admin/", "/admin/page"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/admin/", "/public/page"));
 
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*.pdf$", "/document.pdf") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*.pdf$", "/document.pdf.bak") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/*.pdf$", "/document.pdf"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/*.pdf$", "/document.pdf.bak"));
 
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*?", "/page?param=value") != null);
-    try std.testing.expect(matchPattern("/*?", "/page") == null);
+    try std.testing.expect(testMatch("/*?", "/page?param=value"));
+    try std.testing.expect(!testMatch("/*?", "/page"));
 }
 
 test "Robots: isAllowed - basic allow/disallow" {