minify-js
Extremely fast JavaScript minifier, written in Rust.
Goals
- Fully written in Rust for maximum compatibility with Rust programs and derivatives (FFI, WASM, embedded, etc.).
- Maximises performance on a single CPU core for simple efficient scaling and easy compatible integration.
- Minification of individual inputs/files only; no bundling or transforming.
- Prefer minimal complexity and faster performance over maximum configurability and minimal extra compression.
Performance
Comparison with esbuild, run on common libraries.
Features
- Fast parsing powered by SIMD instructions and lookup tables.
- Data is backed by a fast reusable bump allocation arena.
- Supports JSX.
- Analyses scopes and variable visibilities.
- Minification of identifiers.
- Omits semicolons, spaces, parentheses, and braces where possible.
- Transforms functions to arrow functions when
new
,this
,arguments
, andprototype
aren't used. - Moves repeated usages of constants to one shared variable.
- Transforms
if
statements to expressions.
Usage
CLI
Precompiled binaries are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Linux x64 | macOS x64 | Windows x64
Use the --help
argument for more details.
minify-js --output /path/to/output.min.js /path/to/src.js
Rust
Add the dependency:
[dependencies]
minify-js = "0.5.6"
Call the method:
use minify_js::{Session, TopLevelMode, minify};
let mut code: &[u8] = b"const main = () => { let my_first_variable = 1; };";
let session = Session::new();
let mut out = Vec::new();
minify(&session, TopLevelMode::Global, code, &mut out).unwrap();
assert_eq!(out.as_slice(), b"const main=()=>{let a=1}");
Node.js
Install the dependency:
npm i @minify-js/node
Call the method:
import {minify} from "@minify-js/node";
const src = Buffer.from("let x = 1;", "utf-8");
const min = minify(src);
In progress
- Combine and reorder declarations.
- Evaluation and folding of constant expressions.
- Parse and erase TypeScript syntax.
- Removal of unreachable, unused, and redundant code.
- Inlining single-use declarations.
- Replacing if statements with conditional and logical expressions.
- Returning an explicit error on illegal code e.g. multiple declarations/exports with identical names.
- Much more inline, high level, and usage documentation.
- Support import and export string names e.g.
import { "a-b" as "c-d" } from "x"
. - Simplify pattern parsing and minification.
- Micro-optimisations:
- Unwrap string literal computed members, then identifier or number string members.
- Replace
x === null || x === undefined
withx == null
, wherex
is side-effect free. - Replace
typeof x === "undefined"
withx === undefined
. - Using shorthand properties.
- Replace
void x
withx, undefined
. - Replace
return undefined
withreturn
. - Replace
const
withlet
. - Hoist
let
andconst
. - Unwrapping blocks.
- Unwrapping paretheses, altering expressions as necessary.
if (...) return a; else if (...) return b; else return c
=>return (...) ? a : (...) ? b : c
.