html-minifier-next 1.2.1 → 1.3.3

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- # HTML Minifier Next (HTMLMinifier)
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+ # HTML Minifier Next
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  [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/html-minifier-next.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-minifier-next)
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- <!-- [![Build Status](https://github.com/j9t/html-minifier-next/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/j9t/html-minifier-next/actions?workflow=CI) -->
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+ [![Build Status](https://github.com/j9t/html-minifier-next/workflows/CI/badge.svg)](https://github.com/j9t/html-minifier-next/actions?workflow=CI)
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- (This project has been based on [Terser’s html-minifier-terser](https://github.com/terser/html-minifier-terser), which in turn had been based on [Juriy Zaytsev’s html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier). It was set up because as of 2025, both html-minifier-terser and html-minifier have been unmaintained for some time. As the project seems maintainable to me [[Jens](https://meiert.com/)]—even more so with community support—, it will be updated and documented further in this place. For the time being, the following documentation largely matches the original project.)
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+ HTML Minifier is a highly **configurable, well-tested, JavaScript-based HTML minifier**.
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- HTMLMinifier is a highly **configurable, well-tested, JavaScript-based HTML minifier**.
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+ The project has been based on [Terser’s html-minifier-terser](https://github.com/terser/html-minifier-terser), which in turn had been based on [Juriy Zaytsev’s html-minifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier). It was set up because as of 2025, both html-minifier-terser and html-minifier have been unmaintained for some time. As the project seems maintainable [to me, [Jens](https://meiert.com/)]—even more so with community support—, it will be updated and documented further in this place.
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  ## Installation
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  **Note** that almost all options are disabled by default. Experiment and find what works best for you and your project.
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- For command line usage please see `html-minifier-next --help` for a list of available options.
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  **Sample command line:**
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  ```bash
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  html-minifier-next --collapse-whitespace --remove-comments --minify-js true --input-dir=. --output-dir=example
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  ```
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+ **Process specific file extensions:**
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+ ```bash
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+ # Process only HTML files (CLI method)
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+ html-minifier-next --collapse-whitespace --input-dir=src --output-dir=dist --file-ext=html
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+ # Process multiple file extensions (CLI method)
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+ html-minifier-next --collapse-whitespace --input-dir=src --output-dir=dist --file-ext=html,htm,php
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+ # Using configuration file that sets `fileExt` (e.g., `"fileExt": "html,htm"`)
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+ html-minifier-next --config-file=html-minifier.json --input-dir=src --output-dir=dist
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+ # Process all files (default behavior)
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+ html-minifier-next --collapse-whitespace --input-dir=src --output-dir=dist
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+ # Note: When processing all files, non-HTML files will also be read as UTF‑8 and passed to the minifier.
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+ # Consider restricting with “--file-ext” to avoid touching binaries (e.g., images, archives).
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+ ```
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+ ### CLI options
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+ Use `html-minifier-next --help` to check all available options:
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+ | Option | Description | Example |
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+ | `--input-dir <dir>` | Specify an input directory | `--input-dir=src` |
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+ | `--output-dir <dir>` | Specify an output directory | `--output-dir=dist` |
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+ | `--file-ext <extensions>` | Specify file extension(s) to process (overrides config file setting) | `--file-ext=html` or `--file-ext=html,htm,php` |
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+ | `-o --output <file>` | Specify output file (single file mode) | `-o minified.html` |
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+ | `-c --config-file <file>` | Use a configuration file | `--config-file=html-minifier.json` |
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+ ### Configuration file
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+ You can also use a configuration file to specify options. The file can be either JSON format or a JavaScript module that exports the configuration object:
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+ **JSON configuration example:**
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+ ```json
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+ "collapseWhitespace": true,
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+ "removeComments": true,
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+ "fileExt": "html,htm"
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ **JavaScript module configuration example:**
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+ ```js
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+ module.exports = {
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+ collapseWhitespace: true,
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+ removeComments: true,
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+ };
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+ ```
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+ **Using a configuration file:**
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+ ```bash
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+ # CLI arguments override config file settings
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+ html-minifier-next --config-file=html-minifier.json --file-ext=xml --input-dir=src --output-dir=dist
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+ ```
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  ### Node.js
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+ CommonJS:
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  ```
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  See [the original blog post](http://perfectionkills.com/experimenting-with-html-minifier) for details of [how it works](http://perfectionkills.com/experimenting-with-html-minifier#how_it_works), [description of each option](http://perfectionkills.com/experimenting-with-html-minifier#options), [testing results](http://perfectionkills.com/experimenting-with-html-minifier#field_testing), and [conclusions](http://perfectionkills.com/experimenting-with-html-minifier#cost_and_benefits).
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  ## Minification comparison
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  | Site | Original size (KB) | HTMLMinifier | minimize | htmlcompressor.com |
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  | [A List Apart](https://alistapart.com/) | 64 | **54** | 59 | 57 |
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- | [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/) | 206 | **195** | 203 | 200 |
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- | [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/) | 767 | **703** | 761 | n/a |
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- | [CSS-Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/) | 166 | **124** | 152 | 148 |
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- | [ECMAScript](https://tc39.es/ecma262/) | 7204 | **6361** | 6581 | n/a |
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- | [EFF](https://www.eff.org/) | 57 | **48** | 52 | 52 |
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- | [FAZ](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/) | 1767 | **1641** | 1679 | n/a |
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- | [Frontend Dogma](https://frontenddogma.com/) | 119 | **114** | 128 | 118 |
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- | [Google](https://www.google.com/) | 51 | **46** | 50 | 50 |
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- | [HTMLMinifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier) | 373 | **250** | 349 | n/a |
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- | [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/explore) | 37 | **28** | 36 | 36 |
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- | [NBC](https://www.nbc.com/) | 601 | **549** | 593 | n/a |
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+ | [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/) | 700 | **642** | 694 | n/a |
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+ | [CSS-Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/) | 167 | **124** | 153 | 149 |
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+ | [ECMAScript](https://tc39.es/ecma262/) | 7205 | **6365** | 6585 | n/a |
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+ | [EFF](https://www.eff.org/) | 58 | **49** | 52 | 52 |
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+ | [Eloquent JavaScript](https://eloquentjavascript.net/) | 6 | **5** | 6 | 5 |
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+ | [FAZ](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/) | 1848 | **1727** | 1763 | n/a |
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+ | [Frontend Dogma](https://frontenddogma.com/) | 118 | **113** | 127 | 117 |
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+ | [Google](https://www.google.com/) | 50 | **46** | 50 | 50 |
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+ | [HTMLMinifier](https://github.com/kangax/html-minifier) | 371 | **249** | 347 | n/a |
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+ | [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/explore) | 35 | **26** | 34 | 34 |
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+ | [NBC](https://www.nbc.com/) | 579 | **528** | 572 | n/a |
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+ | [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/) | 733 | **625** | 722 | n/a |
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  | [United Nations](https://www.un.org/) | 9 | **7** | 8 | 8 |
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- | [W3C](https://www.w3.org/) | 50 | **36** | 41 | 39 |
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- | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) | 225 | **204** | 215 | 215 |
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