diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 47b3478..50a6a39 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,3 +32,11 @@ toml = "0.8"
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "macos")'.dependencies]
 objc2 = "0.5"
 objc2-app-kit = { version = "0.2", features = ["NSColor"] }
+
+# Optimize release binary size to help reduce AppImage footprint
+[profile.release]
+codegen-units = 1
+lto = "thin"
+opt-level = "s"
+panic = "abort"
+strip = "symbols"