diff --git a/assets/js/autocomplete.js b/assets/js/autocomplete.js
index ff68ead1..4bb3f4a9 100644
--- a/assets/js/autocomplete.js
+++ b/assets/js/autocomplete.js
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
  * Autocomplete.
  */
 
+import { LocalAutocompleter } from 'utils/local-autocompleter';
+import { handleError } from 'utils/requests';
+
 const cache = {};
 let inputField, originalTerm;
 
@@ -122,8 +125,23 @@ function getSuggestions(term) {
 function listenAutocomplete() {
   let timeout;
 
+  /** @type {LocalAutocompleter} */
+  let localAc = null;
+  let localFetched = false;
+
+  document.addEventListener('focusin', fetchLocalAutocomplete);
+
   document.addEventListener('input', event => {
     removeParent();
+    fetchLocalAutocomplete(event);
+
+    if (localAc !== null && 'ac' in event.target.dataset) {
+      inputField = event.target;
+      originalTerm = inputField.value;
+
+      const suggestions = localAc.topK(inputField.value, 5).map(({ name, imageCount }) => ({ label: `${name} (${imageCount})`, value: name }));
+      return showAutocomplete(suggestions, originalTerm, event.target);
+    }
 
     window.clearTimeout(timeout);
     // Use a timeout to delay requests until the user has stopped typing
@@ -150,6 +168,16 @@ function listenAutocomplete() {
   document.addEventListener('click', event => {
     if (event.target && event.target !== inputField) removeParent();
   });
+
+  function fetchLocalAutocomplete(event) {
+    if (!localFetched && event.target.dataset && 'ac' in event.target.dataset) {
+      localFetched = true;
+      fetch('/autocomplete/compiled', { credentials: 'omit', cache: 'force-cache' })
+        .then(handleError)
+        .then(resp => resp.arrayBuffer())
+        .then(buf => localAc = new LocalAutocompleter(buf));
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export { listenAutocomplete };
diff --git a/assets/js/utils/local-autocompleter.js b/assets/js/utils/local-autocompleter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbf290fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/js/utils/local-autocompleter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+//@ts-check
+/*
+ * Client-side tag completion.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {object} Result
+ * @property {string} name
+ * @property {number} imageCount
+ * @property {number[]} associations
+ */
+
+/**
+ * See lib/philomena/autocomplete.ex for binary structure details.
+ *
+ * A binary blob is used to avoid the creation of large amounts of garbage on
+ * the JS heap and speed up the execution of the search.
+ */
+export class LocalAutocompleter {
+  /**
+   * Build a new local autocompleter.
+   *
+   * @param {ArrayBuffer} backingStore
+   */
+  constructor(backingStore) {
+    /** @type {Uint8Array} */
+    this.data = new Uint8Array(backingStore);
+    /** @type {DataView} */
+    this.view = new DataView(backingStore);
+    /** @type {TextDecoder} */
+    this.decoder = new TextDecoder();
+    /** @type {number} */
+    this.numTags = this.view.getUint32(backingStore.byteLength - 4, true);
+    /** @type {number} */
+    this.referenceStart = this.view.getUint32(backingStore.byteLength - 8, true);
+    /** @type {number} */
+    this.formatVersion = this.view.getUint32(backingStore.byteLength - 12, true);
+
+    if (this.formatVersion !== 1) {
+      throw new Error('Incompatible autocomplete format version');
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a tag's name and its associations given a byte location inside the file.
+   *
+   * @param {number} location
+   * @returns {[string, number[]]}
+   */
+  getTagFromLocation(location) {
+    const nameLength = this.view.getUint8(location);
+    const assnLength = this.view.getUint8(location + 1 + nameLength);
+
+    /** @type {number[]} */
+    const associations = [];
+    const name = this.decoder.decode(this.data.slice(location + 1, location + nameLength + 1));
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < assnLength; i++) {
+      associations.push(this.view.getUint32(location + 1 + nameLength + i * 4, true));
+    }
+
+    return [ name, associations ];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a Result object as the ith tag inside the file.
+   *
+   * @param {number} i
+   * @returns {Result}
+   */
+  getResultAt(i) {
+    const nameLocation = this.view.getUint32(this.referenceStart + i * 8, true);
+    const imageCount = this.view.getUint32(this.referenceStart + i * 8 + 4, true);
+    const [ name, associations ] = this.getTagFromLocation(nameLocation);
+
+    return { name, imageCount, associations };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Find the top k results by image count which match the given string prefix.
+   *
+   * @param {string} prefix
+   * @param {number} k
+   * @returns {Result[]}
+   */
+  topK(prefix, k) {
+    /** @type {Result[]} */
+    const results = [];
+
+    /** @type {number[]} */
+    //@ts-expect-error No type for window.booru yet
+    const hiddenTags = window.booru.hiddenTagList;
+
+    if (prefix === '') {
+      return results;
+    }
+
+    // Binary search to find last smaller prefix
+    let l = 0;
+    let r = this.numTags;
+
+    while (l < r - 1) {
+      const m = (l + (r - l) / 2) | 0;
+      const { name } = this.getResultAt(m);
+
+      if (name.slice(0, prefix.length) >= prefix) {
+        // too large, go left
+        r = m;
+      }
+      else {
+        // too small, go right
+        l = m;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Scan forward until no more matches occur
+    while (l < this.numTags - 1) {
+      const result = this.getResultAt(++l);
+      if (!result.name.startsWith(prefix)) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      // Add if no associations are filtered
+      if (hiddenTags.findIndex(ht => result.associations.includes(ht)) === -1) {
+        results.push(result);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Sort results by image count
+    results.sort((a, b) => b.imageCount - a.imageCount);
+
+    return results.slice(0, k);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/docker/app/run-development b/docker/app/run-development
index 8f1440cd..dc3e7009 100755
--- a/docker/app/run-development
+++ b/docker/app/run-development
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ background() {
     mix run -e 'Philomena.Release.verify_artist_links()'
     mix run -e 'Philomena.Release.update_stats()'
     mix run -e 'Philomena.Release.clean_moderation_logs()'
+    mix run -e 'Philomena.Release.generate_autocomplete()'
 
     sleep 300
   done
diff --git a/lib/philomena/autocomplete.ex b/lib/philomena/autocomplete.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd6f26f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena/autocomplete.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Autocomplete do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Pregenerated autocomplete files.
+  """
+
+  import Ecto.Query, warn: false
+  alias Philomena.Repo
+
+  alias Philomena.Tags.Tag
+  alias Philomena.Images.Tagging
+  alias Philomena.Autocomplete.Autocomplete
+
+  @type tags_list() :: [{String.t(), number(), number()}]
+  @type assoc_map() :: %{String.t() => [number()]}
+
+  @spec get_autocomplete() :: Autocomplete.t() | nil
+  def get_autocomplete do
+    Autocomplete
+    |> order_by(desc: :created_at)
+    |> limit(1)
+    |> Repo.one()
+  end
+
+  def generate_autocomplete! do
+    tags = get_tags()
+    associations = get_associations(tags)
+
+    # Tags are already sorted, so just add them to the file directly
+    #
+    #     struct tag {
+    #       uint8_t key_length;
+    #       uint8_t key[];
+    #       uint8_t association_length;
+    #       uint32_t associations[];
+    #     };
+    #
+    #     struct tag_reference {
+    #       uint32_t tag_location;
+    #       uint32_t num_uses;
+    #     };
+    #
+
+    {ac_file, references} =
+      Enum.reduce(tags, {<<>>, <<>>}, fn {name, images_count, _}, {file, references} ->
+        pos = byte_size(file)
+        assn = Map.get(associations, name, [])
+        assn_bin = for id <- assn, into: <<>>, do: <<id::32-little>>
+
+        {
+          <<file::binary, byte_size(name)::8, name::binary, length(assn)::8, assn_bin::binary>>,
+          <<references::binary, pos::32-little, images_count::32-little>>
+        }
+      end)
+
+    ac_file = int32_align(ac_file)
+    reference_start = byte_size(ac_file)
+
+    # Finally add the reference start and number of tags in the footer
+    #
+    #     struct autocomplete_file {
+    #       struct tag tags[];
+    #       struct tag_reference references[];
+    #       uint32_t format_version;
+    #       uint32_t reference_start;
+    #       uint32_t num_tags;
+    #     };
+    #
+
+    ac_file =
+      <<ac_file::binary, references::binary, 1::32-little, reference_start::32-little,
+        length(tags)::32-little>>
+
+    # Insert the autocomplete binary
+    new_ac =
+      %Autocomplete{}
+      |> Autocomplete.changeset(%{content: ac_file})
+      |> Repo.insert!()
+
+    # Remove anything older
+    Autocomplete
+    |> where([ac], ac.created_at < ^new_ac.created_at)
+    |> Repo.delete_all()
+  end
+
+  #
+  # Get the names of tags and their number of uses as a map.
+  # Sort is done in the application to avoid collation.
+  #
+  @spec get_tags() :: tags_list()
+  defp get_tags do
+    Tag
+    |> select([t], {t.name, t.images_count, t.id})
+    |> where([t], t.images_count > 0)
+    |> order_by(desc: :images_count)
+    |> limit(65_535)
+    |> Repo.all()
+    |> Enum.filter(fn {name, _, _} -> byte_size(name) < 255 end)
+    |> Enum.sort()
+  end
+
+  #
+  # Get up to eight associated tag ids for each returned tag.
+  #
+  @spec get_associations(tags_list()) :: assoc_map()
+  defp get_associations(tags) do
+    tags
+    |> Enum.map(fn {name, images_count, id} ->
+      # Randomly sample 100 images with this tag
+      image_sample =
+        Tagging
+        |> where(tag_id: ^id)
+        |> select([it], it.image_id)
+        |> order_by(asc: fragment("random()"))
+        |> limit(100)
+
+      # Select the tags from those images which have more uses than
+      # the current one being considered, and overlap more than 50%
+      assoc_ids =
+        Tagging
+        |> join(:inner, [it], _ in assoc(it, :tag))
+        |> where([_, t], t.images_count > ^images_count)
+        |> where([it, _], it.image_id in subquery(image_sample))
+        |> group_by([_, t], t.id)
+        |> order_by(desc: fragment("count(*)"))
+        |> having([_, t], fragment("(100 * count(*)::float / LEAST(?, 100)) > 50", ^images_count))
+        |> select([_, t], t.id)
+        |> limit(8)
+        |> Repo.all()
+
+      {name, assoc_ids}
+    end)
+    |> Map.new()
+  end
+
+  #
+  # Right-pad a binary to be a multiple of 4 bytes.
+  #
+  @spec int32_align(binary()) :: binary()
+  defp int32_align(bin) do
+    pad_bits = 8 * (4 - rem(byte_size(bin), 4))
+
+    <<bin::binary, 0::size(pad_bits)>>
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena/autocomplete/autocomplete.ex b/lib/philomena/autocomplete/autocomplete.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed7dc5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena/autocomplete/autocomplete.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Autocomplete.Autocomplete do
+  use Ecto.Schema
+  import Ecto.Changeset
+
+  @primary_key false
+  schema "autocomplete" do
+    field :content, :binary
+    timestamps(inserted_at: :created_at, updated_at: false, type: :utc_datetime)
+  end
+
+  @doc false
+  def changeset(autocomplete, attrs) do
+    autocomplete
+    |> cast(attrs, [:content])
+    |> validate_required([:content])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena/release.ex b/lib/philomena/release.ex
index 8963bff2..32e24263 100644
--- a/lib/philomena/release.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena/release.ex
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ defmodule Philomena.Release do
     Philomena.ModerationLogs.cleanup!()
   end
 
+  def generate_autocomplete do
+    start_app()
+    Philomena.Autocomplete.generate_autocomplete!()
+  end
+
   defp repos do
     Application.fetch_env!(@app, :ecto_repos)
   end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/controllers/autocomplete/compiled_controller.ex b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/autocomplete/compiled_controller.ex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7571e03e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/controllers/autocomplete/compiled_controller.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Autocomplete.CompiledController do
+  use PhilomenaWeb, :controller
+
+  alias Philomena.Autocomplete
+
+  def show(conn, _params) do
+    autocomplete = Autocomplete.get_autocomplete()
+
+    case autocomplete do
+      nil ->
+        conn
+        |> put_status(:not_found)
+        |> configure_session(drop: true)
+        |> text("")
+
+      %{content: content} ->
+        conn
+        |> put_resp_header("cache-control", "public, max-age=86400")
+        |> configure_session(drop: true)
+        |> resp(200, content)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
index 36cf7efb..ad7f6a24 100644
--- a/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
+++ b/lib/philomena_web/router.ex
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ defmodule PhilomenaWeb.Router do
 
     scope "/autocomplete", Autocomplete, as: :autocomplete do
       resources "/tags", TagController, only: [:show], singleton: true
+      resources "/compiled", CompiledController, only: [:show], singleton: true
     end
 
     scope "/fetch", Fetch, as: :fetch do
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20211219194836_create_autocomplete.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20211219194836_create_autocomplete.exs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9268eb58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20211219194836_create_autocomplete.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule Philomena.Repo.Migrations.CreateAutocomplete do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    create table(:autocomplete, primary_key: false) do
+      add :content, :binary, null: false
+      timestamps(inserted_at: :created_at, updated_at: false, type: :utc_datetime)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/priv/repo/structure.sql b/priv/repo/structure.sql
index 724cee05..0a05672e 100644
--- a/priv/repo/structure.sql
+++ b/priv/repo/structure.sql
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ CREATE SEQUENCE public.artist_links_id_seq
 ALTER SEQUENCE public.artist_links_id_seq OWNED BY public.artist_links.id;
 
 
+--
+-- Name: autocomplete; Type: TABLE; Schema: public; Owner: -
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE public.autocomplete (
+    content bytea NOT NULL,
+    created_at timestamp(0) without time zone NOT NULL
+);
+
+
 --
 -- Name: badge_awards; Type: TABLE; Schema: public; Owner: -
 --
@@ -4959,3 +4969,4 @@ INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20210917190346);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20210921025336);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20210929181319);
 INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20211107130226);
+INSERT INTO public."schema_migrations" (version) VALUES (20211219194836);