diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5d89661..1679487 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 dist/
 # generated types
 .astro/
+# cached webmention avatars (populated at build time)
+public/images/webmention/
 
 # dependencies
 node_modules/
diff --git a/src/components/Webmentions.astro b/src/components/Webmentions.astro
index 5d0f588..d5ade8a 100644
--- a/src/components/Webmentions.astro
+++ b/src/components/Webmentions.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 import { DEFAULT_LOCALE, type Locale } from '~/consts';
 import { getLocaleFromUrl, t } from '~/i18n/ui';
+import { cacheAvatar } from '~/lib/avatar-cache';
 
 declare global {
 	// eslint-disable-next-line no-var
@@ -61,6 +62,16 @@ async function fetchMentions(target: string): Promise<WMEntry[]> {
 const targetStr = target.toString();
 const all = await fetchMentions(targetStr);
 
+await Promise.all(
+	all.map(async (m) => {
+		if (m.author?.photo) {
+			const local = await cacheAvatar(m.author.photo);
+			if (local) m.author.photo = local;
+			else delete m.author.photo;
+		}
+	}),
+);
+
 const likes = all.filter((m) => m['wm-property'] === 'like-of');
 const reposts = all.filter((m) => m['wm-property'] === 'repost-of');
 const replies = all.filter((m) => m['wm-property'] === 'in-reply-to');
diff --git a/src/lib/avatar-cache.ts b/src/lib/avatar-cache.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f133ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/avatar-cache.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { copyFile, mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+const PUBLIC_DIR = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'public', 'images', 'webmention');
+const DIST_DIR = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'dist', 'images', 'webmention');
+const URL_PATH = '/images/webmention';
+
+const EXT_BY_MIME: Record<string, string> = {
+	'image/jpeg': 'jpg',
+	'image/jpg': 'jpg',
+	'image/png': 'png',
+	'image/webp': 'webp',
+	'image/gif': 'gif',
+	'image/avif': 'avif',
+	'image/svg+xml': 'svg',
+};
+
+const memo = new Map<string, Promise<string | null>>();
+
+function extFromUrl(url: string): string | null {
+	const m = url.match(/\.(jpe?g|png|webp|gif|avif|svg)(?:\?|#|$)/i);
+	return m ? m[1].toLowerCase().replace('jpeg', 'jpg') : null;
+}
+
+async function mirrorToDist(filename: string, srcPath: string) {
+	try {
+		await mkdir(DIST_DIR, { recursive: true });
+		const dest = path.join(DIST_DIR, filename);
+		if (!existsSync(dest)) await copyFile(srcPath, dest);
+	} catch {
+		// dist/ may not exist in `astro dev` — ignore
+	}
+}
+
+async function download(url: string): Promise<string | null> {
+	const hash = createHash('sha1').update(url).digest('hex').slice(0, 16);
+	const urlExt = extFromUrl(url);
+
+	await mkdir(PUBLIC_DIR, { recursive: true });
+
+	if (urlExt) {
+		const cached = path.join(PUBLIC_DIR, `${hash}.${urlExt}`);
+		if (existsSync(cached)) {
+			await mirrorToDist(`${hash}.${urlExt}`, cached);
+			return `${URL_PATH}/${hash}.${urlExt}`;
+		}
+	}
+
+	try {
+		const res = await fetch(url, { signal: AbortSignal.timeout(10_000) });
+		if (!res.ok) return null;
+		const mime = (res.headers.get('content-type') ?? '').split(';')[0].trim().toLowerCase();
+		const ext = EXT_BY_MIME[mime] ?? urlExt ?? 'jpg';
+		const filename = `${hash}.${ext}`;
+		const filepath = path.join(PUBLIC_DIR, filename);
+		if (!existsSync(filepath)) {
+			const buf = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer());
+			await writeFile(filepath, buf);
+		}
+		await mirrorToDist(filename, filepath);
+		return `${URL_PATH}/${filename}`;
+	} catch {
+		return null;
+	}
+}
+
+export function cacheAvatar(url: string | undefined): Promise<string | null> {
+	if (!url) return Promise.resolve(null);
+	if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(url)) return Promise.resolve(url);
+	let pending = memo.get(url);
+	if (!pending) {
+		pending = download(url);
+		memo.set(url, pending);
+	}
+	return pending;
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/en/contact.astro b/src/pages/en/contact.astro
index 63d0bd8..229ff82 100644
--- a/src/pages/en/contact.astro
+++ b/src/pages/en/contact.astro
@@ -45,14 +45,7 @@ import BaseLayout from '~/layouts/BaseLayout.astro';
 </BaseLayout>
 
 <script>
-	function decode() {
-		document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-obf]').forEach((el) => {
-			el.textContent = atob(el.dataset.obf!);
-			el.removeAttribute('data-obf');
-		});
-	}
-	decode();
-	document.addEventListener('astro:page-load', decode);
+	import '~/scripts/decode-obf';
 </script>
 
 <style>
diff --git a/src/pages/kontakt.astro b/src/pages/kontakt.astro
index 9efb1f7..b6f435c 100644
--- a/src/pages/kontakt.astro
+++ b/src/pages/kontakt.astro
@@ -45,14 +45,7 @@ import BaseLayout from '~/layouts/BaseLayout.astro';
 </BaseLayout>
 
 <script>
-	function decode() {
-		document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-obf]').forEach((el) => {
-			el.textContent = atob(el.dataset.obf!);
-			el.removeAttribute('data-obf');
-		});
-	}
-	decode();
-	document.addEventListener('astro:page-load', decode);
+	import '~/scripts/decode-obf';
 </script>
 
 <style>
diff --git a/src/scripts/decode-obf.ts b/src/scripts/decode-obf.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ade1073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/decode-obf.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+function decode() {
+	document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-obf]').forEach((el) => {
+		el.textContent = atob(el.dataset.obf!);
+		el.removeAttribute('data-obf');
+	});
+}
+decode();
+document.addEventListener('astro:page-load', decode);