diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
index 4f10cedac..223ef83cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.js.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Make Executable
-      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/tools
-      run: sudo chmod +x makefsdata
-
     - name: Use Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
diff --git a/tools/linux_compile_makefsdata.sh b/tools/linux_compile_makefsdata.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 352c43ef9..000000000
--- a/tools/linux_compile_makefsdata.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# This compiles makefsdata for Linux statically linking against musl
-# - Make sure that you have the required packages installed (for Ubuntu these are: musl and musl-tools)
-# - Download the latest release ZIP from https://github.com/richgel999/miniz/releases and copy miniz.c and miniz.h to
-#   $PICO_SDK_PATH/lib/lwip/src/apps/http
-
-musl-gcc \
-    $PICO_SDK_PATH/lib/lwip/src/apps/http/makefsdata/makefsdata.c \
-    --no-pie -static \
-    -o makefsdata \
-    -I$PICO_SDK_PATH/lib/lwip/src/include \
-    -I$PICO_SDK_PATH/lib/lwip/contrib/ports/unix/lib \
-    -I$PICO_SDK_PATH/lib/lwip/contrib/ports/unix/port/include \
-    -DMAKEFS_SUPPORT_DEFLATE=1
diff --git a/tools/makefsdata b/tools/makefsdata
deleted file mode 100755
index 8bdcc58e7..000000000
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diff --git a/tools/makefsdata.darwin b/tools/makefsdata.darwin
deleted file mode 100755
index 84ac07ab0..000000000
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diff --git a/tools/makefsdata.exe b/tools/makefsdata.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c4ab23e6..000000000
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diff --git a/www/makefsdata.js b/www/makefsdata.js
index fadc10ca1..7b436683e 100644
--- a/www/makefsdata.js
+++ b/www/makefsdata.js
@@ -1,41 +1,261 @@
-import path from "path";
-import fs from "fs";
+import path from 'node:path';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
 
-import { execFile } from "child_process";
-import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+import pako from 'pako';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 
-const root = path.dirname(__filename).replace(path.normalize("www"), "");
+const root = path.dirname(__filename).replace(path.normalize('www'), '');
 const rootwww = path.dirname(__filename);
+const buildPath = path.join(rootwww, 'build');
+
+const fsdataPath = path.normalize(path.join(root, 'lib/httpd/fsdata.c'));
+
+// These are the same content types that are used by the original makefsdata
+const contentTypes = new Map([
+	['html', 'text/html'],
+	['htm', 'text/html'],
+	[
+		'shtml',
+		'text/html\r\nExpires: Fri, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT\r\nPragma: no-cache',
+	],
+	[
+		'shtm',
+		'text/html\r\nExpires: Fri, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT\r\nPragma: no-cache',
+	],
+	[
+		'ssi',
+		'text/html\r\nExpires: Fri, 10 Apr 2008 14:00:00 GMT\r\nPragma: no-cache',
+	],
+	['gif', 'image/gif'],
+	['png', 'image/png'],
+	['jpg', 'image/jpeg'],
+	['bmp', 'image/bmp'],
+	['ico', 'image/x-icon'],
+	['class', 'application/octet-stream'],
+	['cls', 'application/octet-stream'],
+	['js', 'application/javascript'],
+	['ram', 'application/javascript'],
+	['css', 'text/css'],
+	['swf', 'application/x-shockwave-flash'],
+	['xml', 'text/xml'],
+	['xsl', 'text/xml'],
+	['pdf', 'application/pdf'],
+	['json', 'application/json'],
+]);
+
+const defaultContentType = 'text/plain';
+
+const shtmlExtensions = new Set(['shtml', 'shtm', 'ssi', 'xml', 'json']);
+
+const skipCompressionExtensions = new Set(['png', 'json']);
+
+const serverHeader = 'GP2040-CE';
+
+const payloadAlignment = 4;
+const hexBytesPerLine = 16;
+
+function getFiles(dir) {
+	let results = [];
+	const list = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
+	for (const file of list) {
+		file.path = dir + '/' + file.name;
+		if (file.isDirectory()) {
+			results = results.concat(getFiles(file.path));
+		} else if (file.isFile()) {
+			results.push(file.path);
+		}
+	}
+	return results;
+}
+
+function getLowerCaseFileExtension(file) {
+	const ext = file.split('.').pop();
+	return ext ? ext.toLowerCase() : '';
+}
+
+function fixFilenameForC(filename) {
+	let varName = '';
+	for (let i = 0; i < filename.length; i++) {
+		const c = filename[i];
+		if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') {
+			varName += c;
+		} else if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') {
+			varName += c;
+		} else if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
+			varName += c;
+		} else {
+			varName += '_';
+		}
+	}
+	return varName;
+}
+
+function CStringLength(str) {
+	return Buffer.from(str, 'utf8').length;
+}
+
+function createHexString(value, prependComment = false) {
+	let column = 0;
+	let hexString = '';
+	if (typeof value === 'string') {
+		const bytes = Buffer.from(value, 'utf8');
+		if (prependComment) {
+			hexString += `/* "${value}" (${bytes.length} bytes) */\n`;
+		}
+		bytes.forEach((byte) => {
+			hexString += '0x' + byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0') + ',';
+			if (++column >= hexBytesPerLine) {
+				hexString += '\n';
+				column = 0;
+			}
+		});
+	} else if (Buffer.isBuffer(value) || value instanceof Uint8Array) {
+		value.forEach((byte) => {
+			hexString += '0x' + byte.toString(16).padStart(2, '0') + ',';
+			if (++column >= hexBytesPerLine) {
+				hexString += '\n';
+				column = 0;
+			}
+		});
+	} else {
+		throw new Error('Invalid value type');
+	}
 
-const fsdata_filename = path.normalize("/lib/httpd/fsdata.c");
-
-function correctincludes() {
-    fs.readFile(root + fsdata_filename, "utf8", function (error, data) {
-        if (data) {
-            let result = data.replace("#include \"lwip/apps/fs.h\"\r\n#include \"lwip/def.h\"", '#include "fsdata.h"');
-        
-            fs.writeFile(root + fsdata_filename, result, "utf8", function (error) {
-                if (error) {
-                    console.error(error);
-                }
-            });
-        } else {
-            if (error) {
-                console.error(error);
-            }
-        }
-    });
+	return hexString + '\n';
 }
 
 function makefsdata() {
-      execFile(path.normalize(process.platform !== "darwin" ? `${root}/tools/makefsdata` : `${root}/tools/makefsdata.darwin`), [path.normalize(`${rootwww}/build`), '-defl:10', '-xc:png,json', `-f:`+ path.normalize(`${root}/lib/httpd/fsdata.c`)], function(error, data) {
-        if (error) {
-            console.error(error);
-        } else {
-            correctincludes();
-        }
-    });  
+	let fsdata = '';
+	fsdata += '#include "fsdata.h"\n';
+	fsdata += '\n';
+	fsdata += '#define file_NULL (struct fsdata_file *) NULL\n';
+	fsdata += '\n';
+	fsdata += '#ifndef FS_FILE_FLAGS_HEADER_INCLUDED\n';
+	fsdata += '#define FS_FILE_FLAGS_HEADER_INCLUDED 1\n';
+	fsdata += '#endif\n';
+	fsdata += '#ifndef FS_FILE_FLAGS_HEADER_PERSISTENT\n';
+	fsdata += '#define FS_FILE_FLAGS_HEADER_PERSISTENT 0\n';
+	fsdata += '#endif\n';
+	fsdata += '/* FSDATA_FILE_ALIGNMENT: 0=off, 1=by variable, 2=by include */\n';
+	fsdata += '#ifndef FSDATA_FILE_ALIGNMENT\n';
+	fsdata += '#define FSDATA_FILE_ALIGNMENT 0\n';
+	fsdata += '#endif\n';
+	fsdata += '#ifndef FSDATA_ALIGN_PRE\n';
+	fsdata += '#define FSDATA_ALIGN_PRE\n';
+	fsdata += '#endif\n';
+	fsdata += '#ifndef FSDATA_ALIGN_POST\n';
+	fsdata += '#define FSDATA_ALIGN_POST\n';
+	fsdata += '#endif\n';
+	fsdata += '#if FSDATA_FILE_ALIGNMENT==2\n';
+	fsdata += '#include "fsdata_alignment.h"\n';
+	fsdata += '#endif\n';
+	fsdata += '\n';
+
+	let payloadAlignmentDummyCounter = 0;
+
+	const fileInfos = [];
+
+	getFiles(buildPath).forEach((file) => {
+		const ext = getLowerCaseFileExtension(file);
+
+		const qualifiedName = '/' + path.relative(buildPath, file).replace(/\\/g, '/');
+		const varName = fixFilenameForC(qualifiedName);
+
+		fsdata += '#if FSDATA_FILE_ALIGNMENT==1\n';
+		fsdata += `static const unsigned int dummy_align_${varName} = ${payloadAlignmentDummyCounter++};\n`;
+		fsdata += '#endif\n';
+
+		const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(file);
+		let compressed = fileContent.buffer;
+		let isCompressed = false;
+		if (!skipCompressionExtensions.has(ext)) {
+			compressed = pako.deflate(fileContent, {
+				level: 9,
+				windowBits: 15,
+				memLevel: 9,
+			});
+			console.log(
+				`Compressed ${qualifiedName} from ${fileContent.byteLength} to ${
+					compressed.byteLength
+				} bytes (${Math.round(
+					(compressed.byteLength / fileContent.byteLength) * 100,
+				)}%)`,
+			);
+			if (compressed.byteLength >= fileContent.byteLength) {
+				console.log(
+					`Skipping compression of ${qualifiedName}, compressed size is larger than original`,
+				);
+			} else {
+				isCompressed = true;
+			}
+		} else {
+			console.log(`Skipping compression of ${qualifiedName} by file extension`);
+		}
+
+		const qualifiedNameLength = CStringLength(qualifiedName) + 1;
+		const paddedQualifiedNameLength =
+			Math.ceil(qualifiedNameLength / payloadAlignment) * payloadAlignment;
+		// Zero terminate the qualified name and pad it to the next multiple of payloadAlignment
+		const paddedQualifiedName =
+			qualifiedName +
+			'\0'.repeat(1 + paddedQualifiedNameLength - qualifiedNameLength);
+		fsdata += `static const unsigned char data_${varName}[] FSDATA_ALIGN_PRE = {\n`;
+		fsdata += `/* ${qualifiedName} (${qualifiedNameLength} chars) */\n`;
+		fsdata += createHexString(paddedQualifiedName, false);
+		fsdata += '\n';
+		fsdata += '/* HTTP header */\n';
+		fsdata += createHexString('HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n', true);
+		fsdata += createHexString(`Server: ${serverHeader}\r\n`, true);
+		fsdata += createHexString(
+			`Content-Length: ${
+				isCompressed ? compressed.byteLength : fileContent.byteLength
+			}\r\n`,
+			true,
+		);
+		if (isCompressed) {
+			fsdata += createHexString('Content-Encoding: deflate\r\n', true);
+		}
+		fsdata += createHexString(
+			`Content-Type: ${contentTypes.get(ext) ?? defaultContentType}\r\n\r\n`,
+			true,
+		);
+		fsdata += `/* raw file data (${
+			isCompressed ? compressed.byteLength : fileContent.byteLength
+		} bytes) */\n`;
+		fsdata += createHexString(isCompressed ? compressed : fileContent);
+		fsdata += '};\n\n';
+
+		fileInfos.push({
+			varName,
+			paddedQualifiedNameLength,
+			isSsiFile: shtmlExtensions.has(ext),
+		});
+	});
+
+	let prevFile = 'NULL';
+	fileInfos.forEach((fileInfo) => {
+		fsdata += `const struct fsdata_file file_${fileInfo.varName}[] = {{\n`;
+		fsdata += `file_${prevFile},\n`;
+		fsdata += `data_${fileInfo.varName},\n`;
+		fsdata += `data_${fileInfo.varName} + ${fileInfo.paddedQualifiedNameLength},\n`;
+		fsdata += `sizeof(data_${fileInfo.varName}) - ${fileInfo.paddedQualifiedNameLength},\n`;
+		fsdata += `FS_FILE_FLAGS_HEADER_INCLUDED | ${
+			fileInfo.isSsiFile
+				? 'FS_FILE_FLAGS_SSI'
+				: 'FS_FILE_FLAGS_HEADER_PERSISTENT'
+		}\n`;
+		fsdata += '}};\n\n';
+
+		prevFile = fileInfo.varName;
+	});
+
+	fsdata += `#define FS_ROOT file_${prevFile}\n`;
+	fsdata += `#define FS_NUMFILES ${fileInfos.length}\n`;
+
+	fs.writeFileSync(fsdataPath, fsdata, 'utf8');
 }
-makefsdata();
\ No newline at end of file
+
+makefsdata();
diff --git a/www/package-lock.json b/www/package-lock.json
index a8f549bac..30d044bbe 100644
--- a/www/package-lock.json
+++ b/www/package-lock.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 				"eslint-plugin-react-refresh": "^0.4.1",
 				"express": "^4.18.2",
 				"nodemon": "^2.0.22",
+				"pako": "^2.1.0",
 				"prettier": "^3.0.1",
 				"sass": "^1.62.1",
 				"source-map-explorer": "^2.5.3",
@@ -4282,6 +4283,12 @@
 				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
 			}
 		},
+		"node_modules/pako": {
+			"version": "2.1.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pako/-/pako-2.1.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-w+eufiZ1WuJYgPXbV/PO3NCMEc3xqylkKHzp8bxp1uW4qaSNQUkwmLLEc3kKsfz8lpV1F8Ht3U1Cm+9Srog2ug==",
+			"dev": true
+		},
 		"node_modules/parent-module": {
 			"version": "1.0.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parent-module/-/parent-module-1.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/www/package.json b/www/package.json
index dd1b851f7..b93e6b101 100644
--- a/www/package.json
+++ b/www/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 		"eslint-plugin-react-refresh": "^0.4.1",
 		"express": "^4.18.2",
 		"nodemon": "^2.0.22",
+		"pako": "^2.1.0",
 		"prettier": "^3.0.1",
 		"sass": "^1.62.1",
 		"source-map-explorer": "^2.5.3",