diff --git a/lib/workerClient.ts b/lib/workerClient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d55edb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/workerClient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+export type {
+  WorkerTask,
+  WorkerResponse,
+} from '@/lib/workers/dataWorker';
+
+type PendingRequest = {
+  resolve: (value: unknown) => void;
+  reject: (reason: unknown) => void;
+  timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
+};
+
+const IDLE_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
+
+let workerInstance: Worker | null = null;
+let requestId = 0;
+const pending = new Map<number, PendingRequest>();
+let idleTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+
+function clearIdleTimer() {
+  if (idleTimer !== null) {
+    clearTimeout(idleTimer);
+    idleTimer = null;
+  }
+}
+
+function setIdleTimer() {
+  clearIdleTimer();
+  if (pending.size === 0) {
+    idleTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+      terminateWorker();
+    }, IDLE_TIMEOUT);
+  }
+}
+
+function getWorker(): Worker | null {
+  if (typeof Worker === 'undefined') return null;
+  if (workerInstance) return workerInstance;
+  try {
+    workerInstance = new Worker(
+      new URL('@/lib/workers/dataWorker', import.meta.url),
+      { type: 'module' }
+    );
+    workerInstance.onmessage = (e: MessageEvent) => {
+      const { id, response } = e.data as { id?: number; response: unknown };
+      if (id !== undefined) {
+        const req = pending.get(id);
+        if (req) {
+          clearIdleTimer();
+          pending.delete(id);
+          req.resolve(response);
+          setIdleTimer();
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    workerInstance.onerror = (err) => {
+      for (const [id, req] of pending) {
+        clearIdleTimer();
+        pending.delete(id);
+        req.reject(new Error(err.message || 'Worker error'));
+      }
+    };
+    return workerInstance;
+  } catch {
+    workerInstance = null;
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+function terminateWorker() {
+  if (workerInstance) {
+    workerInstance.terminate();
+    workerInstance = null;
+  }
+}
+
+function sendToWorker<T>(task: import('@/lib/workers/dataWorker').WorkerTask): Promise<T> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const id = ++requestId;
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      pending.delete(id);
+      reject(new Error('Worker request timed out'));
+    }, 10_000);
+
+    const worker = getWorker();
+
+    if (!worker) {
+      clearTimeout(timer);
+      fallbackExecute<T>(task).then(resolve).catch(reject);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    pending.set(id, { resolve: resolve as (value: unknown) => void, reject, timer });
+    worker.postMessage({ id, ...task });
+  });
+}
+
+function fallbackExecute<T>(task: import('@/lib/workers/dataWorker').WorkerTask): Promise<T> {
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    try {
+      let result: unknown;
+      switch (task.type) {
+        case 'sort': {
+          const sorted = [...task.data].sort((a: unknown, b: unknown) => {
+            const aVal = (a as Record<string, unknown>)[task.key];
+            const bVal = (b as Record<string, unknown>)[task.key];
+            if (aVal < bVal) return task.order === 'asc' ? -1 : 1;
+            if (aVal > bVal) return task.order === 'asc' ? 1 : -1;
+            return 0;
+          });
+          result = sorted;
+          break;
+        }
+        case 'filter': {
+          const lower = task.query.toLowerCase();
+          result = task.data.filter((item: unknown) => {
+            const record = item as Record<string, unknown>;
+            return task.fields.some((field) => {
+              const val = record[field];
+              return typeof val === 'string' && val.toLowerCase().includes(lower);
+            });
+          });
+          break;
+        }
+        case 'waveform': {
+          const count = Math.max(64, Math.min(4096, task.samples));
+          if (task.peaks && task.peaks.length > 0) {
+            const out: number[] = [];
+            const step = Math.max(1, Math.floor(task.peaks.length / count));
+            for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+              const start = i * step;
+              const end = Math.min(start + step, task.peaks.length);
+              let sum = 0;
+              for (let j = start; j < end; j++) {
+                sum += Math.abs(task.peaks[j]);
+              }
+              out.push(end > start ? sum / (end - start) : 0);
+            }
+            result = out;
+          } else {
+            const out: number[] = [];
+            for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+              const t = (i / count) * task.duration;
+              const val =
+                0.3 +
+                0.4 * Math.abs(Math.sin(t * 2 * Math.PI * 3)) +
+                0.3 * Math.abs(Math.cos(t * 2 * Math.PI * 7));
+              out.push(Math.min(1, val));
+            }
+            result = out;
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+        case 'ping':
+          result = 'pong';
+          break;
+      }
+      resolve(result as T);
+    } catch (err) {
+      reject(err);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+export const workerClient = {
+  sort<T>(
+    data: T[],
+    key: keyof T,
+    order?: 'asc' | 'desc'
+  ): Promise<T[]> {
+    return sendToWorker<T[]>({
+      type: 'sort',
+      data: data as unknown[],
+      key: key as string,
+      order,
+    });
+  },
+
+  filter<T>(
+    data: T[],
+    query: string,
+    fields: (keyof T)[]
+  ): Promise<T[]> {
+    return sendToWorker<T[]>({
+      type: 'filter',
+      data: data as unknown[],
+      query,
+      fields: fields as string[],
+    });
+  },
+
+  computeWaveform(
+    samples: number,
+    duration: number,
+    peaks?: number[]
+  ): Promise<number[]> {
+    return sendToWorker<number[]>({
+      type: 'waveform',
+      samples,
+      duration,
+      peaks,
+    });
+  },
+
+  terminate(): void {
+    terminateWorker();
+  },
+};
diff --git a/lib/workers/dataWorker.ts b/lib/workers/dataWorker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9792eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/workers/dataWorker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+export type WorkerTask =
+  | { type: 'sort'; data: unknown[]; key: string; order?: 'asc' | 'desc' }
+  | { type: 'filter'; data: unknown[]; query: string; fields: string[] }
+  | { type: 'waveform'; samples: number; duration: number; peaks?: number[] }
+  | { type: 'ping' };
+
+export type WorkerResponse =
+  | { type: 'sort'; result: unknown[] }
+  | { type: 'filter'; result: unknown[] }
+  | { type: 'waveform'; result: number[] }
+  | { type: 'pong' }
+  | { type: 'error'; message: string };
+
+function sortTask(data: unknown[], key: string, order: 'asc' | 'desc'): unknown[] {
+  const sorted = [...data].sort((a: unknown, b: unknown) => {
+    const aVal = (a as Record<string, unknown>)[key];
+    const bVal = (b as Record<string, unknown>)[key];
+    if (aVal < bVal) return order === 'asc' ? -1 : 1;
+    if (aVal > bVal) return order === 'asc' ? 1 : -1;
+    return 0;
+  });
+  return sorted;
+}
+
+function filterTask(data: unknown[], query: string, fields: string[]): unknown[] {
+  const lower = query.toLowerCase();
+  return data.filter((item: unknown) => {
+    const record = item as Record<string, unknown>;
+    return fields.some((field) => {
+      const val = record[field];
+      return typeof val === 'string' && val.toLowerCase().includes(lower);
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+function waveformTask(
+  samples: number,
+  duration: number,
+  peaks?: number[]
+): number[] {
+  const count = Math.max(64, Math.min(4096, samples));
+  if (peaks && peaks.length > 0) {
+    const result: number[] = [];
+    const step = Math.max(1, Math.floor(peaks.length / count));
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      const start = i * step;
+      const end = Math.min(start + step, peaks.length);
+      let sum = 0;
+      for (let j = start; j < end; j++) {
+        sum += Math.abs(peaks[j]);
+      }
+      result.push(end > start ? sum / (end - start) : 0);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+  const result: number[] = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    const t = (i / count) * duration;
+    const synthetic =
+      0.3 +
+      0.4 * Math.abs(Math.sin(t * 2 * Math.PI * 3)) +
+      0.3 * Math.abs(Math.cos(t * 2 * Math.PI * 7));
+    result.push(Math.min(1, synthetic));
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+self.onmessage = (e: MessageEvent<WorkerTask>) => {
+  const task = e.data;
+  try {
+    switch (task.type) {
+      case 'sort': {
+        const result = sortTask(task.data, task.key, task.order ?? 'asc');
+        self.postMessage({ type: 'sort', result } satisfies WorkerResponse);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'filter': {
+        const result = filterTask(task.data, task.query, task.fields);
+        self.postMessage({ type: 'filter', result } satisfies WorkerResponse);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'waveform': {
+        const result = waveformTask(task.samples, task.duration, task.peaks);
+        self.postMessage({ type: 'waveform', result } satisfies WorkerResponse);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'ping':
+        self.postMessage({ type: 'pong' } satisfies WorkerResponse);
+        break;
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    self.postMessage({
+      type: 'error',
+      message: err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Unknown worker error',
+    } satisfies WorkerResponse);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/next.config.ts b/next.config.ts
index c460363..a1f3fac 100644
--- a/next.config.ts
+++ b/next.config.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
       ...config.resolve.alias,
       '@react-native-async-storage/async-storage': false,
     };
+
+    // Web Worker support (#111): output workers as separate static assets
+    // Workers are loaded via `new Worker(new URL('./worker', import.meta.url))`
+    // which webpack 5 handles natively. This config ensures they are placed
+    // in the output static directory for long-term caching.
+    if (config.output && !config.output.webassemblyModuleFilename) {
+      config.output.webassemblyModuleFilename = 'static/chunks/[id].[hash:8].wasm';
+    }
+
     return config;
   },
 };