diff --git a/src/app.html b/src/app.html
index c265455..e310fd7 100644
--- a/src/app.html
+++ b/src/app.html
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover" />
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#2b6a3d" />
+    <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.webmanifest" />
+    <link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/icon.svg" />
+    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/icon.svg" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="default" />
+    <meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Kochwas" />
     <title>Kochwas</title>
     %sveltekit.head%
   </head>
diff --git a/src/service-worker.ts b/src/service-worker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76b14da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/service-worker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/// <reference types="@sveltejs/kit" />
+/// <reference no-default-lib="true"/>
+/// <reference lib="esnext" />
+/// <reference lib="webworker" />
+
+import { build, files, version } from '$service-worker';
+
+const sw = self as unknown as ServiceWorkerGlobalScope;
+
+const APP_CACHE = `kochwas-app-${version}`;
+const IMAGE_CACHE = `kochwas-images-v1`;
+const APP_ASSETS = [...build, ...files];
+
+sw.addEventListener('install', (event) => {
+  event.waitUntil(
+    caches.open(APP_CACHE).then((cache) => cache.addAll(APP_ASSETS))
+  );
+  // Activate new worker without waiting for old clients to close.
+  void sw.skipWaiting();
+});
+
+sw.addEventListener('activate', (event) => {
+  event.waitUntil(
+    (async () => {
+      const keys = await caches.keys();
+      await Promise.all(
+        keys
+          .filter((k) => k.startsWith('kochwas-app-') && k !== APP_CACHE)
+          .map((k) => caches.delete(k))
+      );
+      await sw.clients.claim();
+    })()
+  );
+});
+
+sw.addEventListener('fetch', (event) => {
+  const req = event.request;
+  if (req.method !== 'GET') return;
+
+  const url = new URL(req.url);
+  if (url.origin !== location.origin) return;
+
+  // Images served from /images/* — cache-first with background update
+  if (url.pathname.startsWith('/images/')) {
+    event.respondWith(
+      (async () => {
+        const cache = await caches.open(IMAGE_CACHE);
+        const cached = await cache.match(req);
+        const network = fetch(req)
+          .then((res) => {
+            if (res.ok) void cache.put(req, res.clone());
+            return res;
+          })
+          .catch(() => undefined);
+        return cached ?? (await network) ?? new Response('Offline', { status: 503 });
+      })()
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // App shell assets (build/* and static files) — cache-first
+  if (APP_ASSETS.includes(url.pathname)) {
+    event.respondWith(
+      (async () => {
+        const cache = await caches.open(APP_CACHE);
+        const cached = await cache.match(req);
+        return cached ?? fetch(req);
+      })()
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // API and HTML pages — network-first, fall back to cache for HTML
+  if (req.destination === 'document') {
+    event.respondWith(
+      (async () => {
+        try {
+          const res = await fetch(req);
+          const cache = await caches.open(APP_CACHE);
+          if (res.ok) void cache.put(req, res.clone());
+          return res;
+        } catch {
+          const cached = await caches.match(req);
+          return cached ?? new Response('Offline', { status: 503 });
+        }
+      })()
+    );
+  }
+});
diff --git a/static/icon.svg b/static/icon.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31652d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/icon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512">
+  <rect width="512" height="512" rx="96" fill="#2b6a3d"/>
+  <g fill="none" stroke="#ffffff" stroke-width="16" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
+    <path d="M128 192 L256 320 L384 192" />
+    <circle cx="256" cy="256" r="128" />
+  </g>
+  <text x="256" y="460" font-family="system-ui,sans-serif" font-size="80" font-weight="700" fill="#ffffff" text-anchor="middle">Koch</text>
+</svg>
diff --git a/static/manifest.webmanifest b/static/manifest.webmanifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..563d18f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/manifest.webmanifest
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "name": "Kochwas",
+  "short_name": "Kochwas",
+  "description": "Persönliches Rezeptbuch — lokal, einheitlich, küchentauglich",
+  "start_url": "/",
+  "display": "standalone",
+  "background_color": "#f8faf8",
+  "theme_color": "#2b6a3d",
+  "lang": "de",
+  "orientation": "portrait",
+  "icons": [
+    {
+      "src": "/icon.svg",
+      "sizes": "any",
+      "type": "image/svg+xml",
+      "purpose": "any"
+    }
+  ]
+}