diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d3fd29d..5a2ce63 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
         "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.2",
         "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.3.3",
         "autoprefixer": "^10.4.20",
+        "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "^1.0.0",
         "concurrently": "^9.1.0",
         "eslint": "^9.39.4",
         "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^5.2.0",
@@ -6488,6 +6489,16 @@
         "@babel/core": "^7.4.0 || ^8.0.0-0 <8.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/babel-plugin-react-compiler": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/babel-plugin-react-compiler/-/babel-plugin-react-compiler-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Ixm8tFfoKKIPYdCCKYTsqv+Fd4IJ0DQqMyEimo+pxUOMUR9cVPlwTrFt9Avu+3cb6Zp3mAzl+t1MrG2fxxKsxw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@babel/types": "^7.26.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/balanced-match": {
       "version": "4.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-4.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8dc7c5..f410c6b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     "@testing-library/react": "^16.3.2",
     "@vitejs/plugin-react": "^4.3.3",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.20",
+    "babel-plugin-react-compiler": "^1.0.0",
     "concurrently": "^9.1.0",
     "eslint": "^9.39.4",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/vite.config.mjs b/vite.config.mjs
index 0625f39..b72ea64 100644
--- a/vite.config.mjs
+++ b/vite.config.mjs
@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ const apiPort   = process.env.API_PORT || process.env.PORT || 3000;
 
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [
-    react(),
+    // React Compiler (React 19): auto-memoizes components/hooks at build time, so
+    // manual useMemo/useCallback become largely unnecessary. Safe here because the
+    // codebase is rules-of-hooks clean (enforced by eslint-plugin-react-hooks).
+    react({
+      babel: {
+        plugins: [['babel-plugin-react-compiler', {}]],
+      },
+    }),
     VitePWA({
       registerType: 'autoUpdate',
       includeAssets: ['img/logo.png', 'img/pwa-192.png', 'img/pwa-512.png'],