diff --git a/src/config/configSchema.ts b/src/config/configSchema.ts
index dbc713d63..0cead3e74 100644
--- a/src/config/configSchema.ts
+++ b/src/config/configSchema.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken';
+import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 
 // Output style enum
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/TokenCounter.ts b/src/core/metrics/TokenCounter.ts
index 7ae1dcb46..06cb6a76b 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics/TokenCounter.ts
+++ b/src/core/metrics/TokenCounter.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,26 @@
-import { get_encoding, type Tiktoken, type TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken';
+import { get_encoding, init, type Tiktoken, type TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { logger } from '../../shared/logger.js';
 
+/**
+ * Initialize tiktoken with a pre-compiled WebAssembly module.
+ *
+ * When called with a module, tiktoken skips the expensive WASM compilation step
+ * and only performs instantiation (~6ms vs ~250ms).
+ * When called without a module, falls back to reading and compiling from disk.
+ */
+export const initTiktokenWasm = async (wasmModule?: WebAssembly.Module): Promise<void> => {
+  if (wasmModule) {
+    await init((imports) => WebAssembly.instantiate(wasmModule, imports));
+  } else {
+    const fs = await import('node:fs/promises');
+    const { createRequire } = await import('node:module');
+    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+    const wasmPath = require.resolve('tiktoken/tiktoken_bg.wasm');
+    const wasmBinary = await fs.readFile(wasmPath);
+    await init((imports) => WebAssembly.instantiate(wasmBinary, imports));
+  }
+};
+
 export class TokenCounter {
   private encoding: Tiktoken;
 
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/calculateMetrics.ts b/src/core/metrics/calculateMetrics.ts
index 6ec76a3e4..26fd086ed 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics/calculateMetrics.ts
+++ b/src/core/metrics/calculateMetrics.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { calculateGitDiffMetrics } from './calculateGitDiffMetrics.js';
 import { calculateGitLogMetrics } from './calculateGitLogMetrics.js';
 import { calculateOutputMetrics } from './calculateOutputMetrics.js';
 import { calculateSelectiveFileMetrics } from './calculateSelectiveFileMetrics.js';
+import { getCompiledTiktokenWasmModule } from './wasmModuleCache.js';
 import type { TokenCountTask } from './workers/calculateMetricsWorker.js';
 
 export interface CalculateMetricsResult {
@@ -38,6 +39,19 @@ export const calculateMetrics = async (
 ): Promise<CalculateMetricsResult> => {
   progressCallback('Calculating metrics...');
 
+  // Pre-compile tiktoken WASM module once in the main thread and pass it to workers.
+  // This avoids each worker independently compiling the ~5.3MB WASM binary (~250ms each).
+  // Only compile when we will create our own task runner; skip if deps.taskRunner is provided.
+  let tiktokenWasmModule: WebAssembly.Module | undefined;
+  if (!deps.taskRunner) {
+    try {
+      tiktokenWasmModule = await getCompiledTiktokenWasmModule();
+    } catch {
+      // Fall back to per-worker compilation if main thread precompile fails
+      tiktokenWasmModule = undefined;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Initialize a single task runner for all metrics calculations
   const taskRunner =
     deps.taskRunner ??
@@ -45,6 +59,7 @@ export const calculateMetrics = async (
       numOfTasks: processedFiles.length,
       workerType: 'calculateMetrics',
       runtime: 'worker_threads',
+      extraWorkerData: tiktokenWasmModule ? { tiktokenWasmModule } : undefined,
     });
 
   try {
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/calculateOutputMetrics.ts b/src/core/metrics/calculateOutputMetrics.ts
index ad41ae918..240930b2b 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics/calculateOutputMetrics.ts
+++ b/src/core/metrics/calculateOutputMetrics.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken';
+import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { logger } from '../../shared/logger.js';
 import type { TaskRunner } from '../../shared/processConcurrency.js';
 import type { TokenCountTask } from './workers/calculateMetricsWorker.js';
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/calculateSelectiveFileMetrics.ts b/src/core/metrics/calculateSelectiveFileMetrics.ts
index 02f52726a..356e04887 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics/calculateSelectiveFileMetrics.ts
+++ b/src/core/metrics/calculateSelectiveFileMetrics.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import pc from 'picocolors';
-import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken';
+import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { logger } from '../../shared/logger.js';
 import type { TaskRunner } from '../../shared/processConcurrency.js';
 import type { RepomixProgressCallback } from '../../shared/types.js';
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/tokenCounterFactory.ts b/src/core/metrics/tokenCounterFactory.ts
index 8f51f0ba5..6fca53c05 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics/tokenCounterFactory.ts
+++ b/src/core/metrics/tokenCounterFactory.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken';
+import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { logger } from '../../shared/logger.js';
 import { TokenCounter } from './TokenCounter.js';
 
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/wasmModuleCache.ts b/src/core/metrics/wasmModuleCache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d98aeee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/metrics/wasmModuleCache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import fs from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { logger } from '../../shared/logger.js';
+
+let compiledModule: WebAssembly.Module | null = null;
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the file path to the tiktoken WASM binary.
+ */
+const getTiktokenWasmPath = (): string => {
+  const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+  return require.resolve('tiktoken/tiktoken_bg.wasm');
+};
+
+/**
+ * Compile the tiktoken WASM binary once and cache the resulting WebAssembly.Module.
+ *
+ * The compiled module can be transferred to worker threads via structured clone
+ * (WebAssembly.Module is transferable), avoiding the ~250ms per-worker compile cost.
+ */
+export const getCompiledTiktokenWasmModule = async (): Promise<WebAssembly.Module> => {
+  if (compiledModule) {
+    return compiledModule;
+  }
+
+  const startTime = process.hrtime.bigint();
+
+  const wasmPath = getTiktokenWasmPath();
+  const wasmBinary = await fs.readFile(wasmPath);
+  compiledModule = await WebAssembly.compile(wasmBinary);
+
+  const endTime = process.hrtime.bigint();
+  const compileTime = Number(endTime - startTime) / 1e6;
+  logger.debug(`Tiktoken WASM compilation took ${compileTime.toFixed(2)}ms`);
+
+  return compiledModule;
+};
diff --git a/src/core/metrics/workers/calculateMetricsWorker.ts b/src/core/metrics/workers/calculateMetricsWorker.ts
index 241af02e0..b9593819a 100644
--- a/src/core/metrics/workers/calculateMetricsWorker.ts
+++ b/src/core/metrics/workers/calculateMetricsWorker.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken';
+import { workerData } from 'node:worker_threads';
+import type { TiktokenEncoding } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { logger, setLogLevelByWorkerData } from '../../../shared/logger.js';
+import { initTiktokenWasm } from '../TokenCounter.js';
 import { freeTokenCounters, getTokenCounter } from '../tokenCounterFactory.js';
 
 /**
@@ -14,6 +16,16 @@ import { freeTokenCounters, getTokenCounter } from '../tokenCounterFactory.js';
 // This must be called before any logging operations in the worker
 setLogLevelByWorkerData();
 
+// Extract the pre-compiled WASM module from workerData.
+// Tinypool wraps workerData as [tinypoolPrivateData, userWorkerData], so we access index [1].
+const userWorkerData = Array.isArray(workerData) ? workerData[1] : workerData;
+const wasmModule = userWorkerData?.tiktokenWasmModule;
+
+// Initialize tiktoken WASM with the pre-compiled module from the main thread.
+// If a valid WebAssembly.Module is present, this avoids re-compiling the ~5.3MB
+// WASM binary in each worker thread (~6ms instantiation vs ~250ms compile+instantiate).
+const wasmInitPromise = initTiktokenWasm(wasmModule instanceof WebAssembly.Module ? wasmModule : undefined);
+
 export interface TokenCountTask {
   content: string;
   encoding: TiktokenEncoding;
@@ -21,6 +33,9 @@ export interface TokenCountTask {
 }
 
 export const countTokens = async (task: TokenCountTask): Promise<number> => {
+  // Ensure WASM is initialized before first token count
+  await wasmInitPromise;
+
   const processStartAt = process.hrtime.bigint();
 
   try {
diff --git a/src/shared/processConcurrency.ts b/src/shared/processConcurrency.ts
index 0507131a2..d6c428132 100644
--- a/src/shared/processConcurrency.ts
+++ b/src/shared/processConcurrency.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface WorkerOptions {
   numOfTasks: number;
   workerType: WorkerType;
   runtime: WorkerRuntime;
+  extraWorkerData?: Record<string, unknown>;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ export const getWorkerThreadCount = (numOfTasks: number): { minThreads: number;
 };
 
 export const createWorkerPool = (options: WorkerOptions): Tinypool => {
-  const { numOfTasks, workerType, runtime = 'child_process' } = options;
+  const { numOfTasks, workerType, runtime = 'child_process', extraWorkerData } = options;
   const { minThreads, maxThreads } = getWorkerThreadCount(numOfTasks);
 
   // Get worker path - uses unified worker in bundled env, individual files otherwise
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export const createWorkerPool = (options: WorkerOptions): Tinypool => {
     workerData: {
       workerType,
       logLevel: logger.getLogLevel(),
+      ...extraWorkerData,
     },
     // Only add env for child_process workers
     ...(runtime === 'child_process' && {
diff --git a/src/types/webassembly.d.ts b/src/types/webassembly.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc190e44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/types/webassembly.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/**
+ * Minimal WebAssembly type declarations.
+ *
+ * The project targets es2022 which does not include WebAssembly types.
+ * These declarations cover only the subset used by the tiktoken WASM module sharing.
+ */
+
+declare namespace WebAssembly {
+  class Module {
+    constructor(bytes: BufferSource);
+  }
+
+  class Instance {
+    readonly exports: Record<string, unknown>;
+    constructor(module: Module, importObject?: Imports);
+  }
+
+  interface WebAssemblyInstantiatedSource {
+    instance: Instance;
+    module: Module;
+  }
+
+  // biome-ignore lint/complexity/noBannedTypes: WebAssembly spec defines ImportValue as accepting any function
+  type ImportValue = Function | Global | Memory | Table | number;
+  type Imports = Record<string, Record<string, ImportValue>>;
+
+  class Global {
+    constructor(descriptor: GlobalDescriptor, value?: number);
+    value: number;
+  }
+
+  interface GlobalDescriptor {
+    mutable?: boolean;
+    value: string;
+  }
+
+  class Memory {
+    constructor(descriptor: MemoryDescriptor);
+    readonly buffer: ArrayBuffer;
+  }
+
+  interface MemoryDescriptor {
+    initial: number;
+    maximum?: number;
+    shared?: boolean;
+  }
+
+  class Table {
+    constructor(descriptor: TableDescriptor);
+    readonly length: number;
+  }
+
+  interface TableDescriptor {
+    element: string;
+    initial: number;
+    maximum?: number;
+  }
+
+  function compile(bytes: BufferSource): Promise<Module>;
+  function instantiate(moduleObject: Module, importObject?: Imports): Promise<Instance>;
+  function instantiate(bytes: BufferSource, importObject?: Imports): Promise<WebAssemblyInstantiatedSource>;
+}
diff --git a/tests/core/metrics/TokenCounter.test.ts b/tests/core/metrics/TokenCounter.test.ts
index dedc8dbcf..9cc907f08 100644
--- a/tests/core/metrics/TokenCounter.test.ts
+++ b/tests/core/metrics/TokenCounter.test.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { get_encoding, type Tiktoken } from 'tiktoken';
+import { get_encoding, type Tiktoken } from 'tiktoken/init';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, type Mock, test, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { TokenCounter } from '../../../src/core/metrics/TokenCounter.js';
 import { logger } from '../../../src/shared/logger.js';
 
-vi.mock('tiktoken', () => ({
+vi.mock('tiktoken/init', () => ({
   get_encoding: vi.fn(),
+  init: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
 vi.mock('../../../src/shared/logger');