cssmin

What is cssmin?

The cssmin npm package is a tool used to minify CSS files. Minification is the process of removing all unnecessary characters from source code without changing its functionality. This helps in reducing the file size, which can improve load times and overall performance of web applications.

What are cssmin's main functionalities?

Minify CSS

This feature allows you to minify a CSS string. The example demonstrates how to use the cssmin package to minify a simple CSS string, removing unnecessary spaces and characters.

const cssmin = require('cssmin');
const css = 'body { color: black; }';
const minifiedCss = cssmin(css);
console.log(minifiedCss); // Output: 'body{color:black;}'

Other packages similar to cssmin

clean-css

clean-css is a fast and efficient CSS optimizer for Node.js. It offers more advanced features compared to cssmin, such as restructuring, advanced optimizations, and compatibility options. It is widely used for its comprehensive set of features and performance.

csso

csso (CSS Optimizer) is another tool for minifying and optimizing CSS. It provides aggressive optimizations and can reduce the size of CSS files more than cssmin by merging rules and removing redundancies. It also offers a CLI for easy integration into build processes.

uglifycss

uglifycss is a simple CSS minifier that removes comments and whitespace. It is similar to cssmin in terms of functionality but is known for its simplicity and ease of use. It is a good alternative for those who need basic minification without additional features.

README

h2. Description

This is a node.js module that minimize CSS files (cssmin). It uses a port of YUICompressor made in JavaScript by Stoyan Stefanov based on Isaac Schlueter work. For more informations about YUICompressor -> https://github.com/yui/yuicompressor

h2. Installation

You can either download the plugin and unzip it into to your project folder or you can use npm to install the node-cssmin package.

h2. Usage

The module exports the cssmin function, so you can use it with :

pre. var cssmin = require('cssmin').cssmin;

The function cssmin takes two arguments :

• input : the CSS content you want to minimize.
• linebreakpos : the number of characters before the end of the line. If empty, the output will have only one line.

Example :

pre.. var puts = require('sys').puts, fs = require('fs'), cssmin = require('./cssmin').cssmin; var css = fs.readFileSync("/Any/Random/CSS/File.css", encoding='utf8'); var min = cssmin(css); puts(min);