csso

What is csso?

CSSO (CSS Optimizer) is a CSS minifier. It performs three kinds of optimizations: structural optimizations, reducing CSS size by merging blocks with identical properties, removing overridden properties, etc.; cleaning (removing unused @media rules, cutting out the comments, etc.); and compressing (transforming values to shorter forms, merging identical selectors, etc.). It can be used as a command-line tool or as a library.

What are csso's main functionalities?

Minification

Minifies CSS by removing whitespace, comments, and making other optimizations to reduce file size.

const csso = require('csso');
const minifiedCss = csso.minify('.test { color: #ff0000; }').css;

Structural Optimization

Optimizes CSS structure by merging blocks with identical properties and removing overridden properties.

const csso = require('csso');
const optimizedCss = csso.minify('.test { color: red; } .test { font-size: 16px; }', { restructure: true }).css;

Source Map Generation

Generates a source map that can be used to debug the minified CSS by mapping it back to the original sources.

const csso = require('csso');
const result = csso.minify('.test { color: red; }', { sourceMap: true });
const minifiedCss = result.css;
const map = result.map.toString();

Other packages similar to csso

clean-css

clean-css is a fast and efficient CSS optimizer for Node.js and the Web. It provides similar minification capabilities as CSSO but also offers advanced optimizations like restructuring.

uglifycss

uglifycss is a CSS minifier that aims to be fast and simple. It doesn't have as many features as CSSO, focusing mainly on removing whitespace and comments to compress CSS files.

purifycss

purifycss is a tool to remove unused CSS. Unlike CSSO, which focuses on optimizing existing CSS, purifycss analyzes your content and CSS files to remove unused selectors.

README

English

CSSO (CSS Optimizer) is a CSS minimizer unlike others. In addition to usual minification techniques it can perform structural optimization of CSS files, resulting in smaller file size compared to other minifiers.

See detailed information on bem.info/tools/csso.

日本語

CSSO (CSSオプティマイザー)は、他とは違ったCSS縮小化ツールです。 一般的な縮小化テクニックに加えてCSSファイルの構造的な最適化も行うので、 他の縮小化ツールと比べてより軽量にすることが可能です。

詳細な情報はbem.info/tools/cssoを参照してください。

Русский

CSSO (CSS Optimizer) является минимизатором CSS, выполняющим как минимизацию без изменения структуры, так и структурную минимизацию с целью получить как можно меньший текст.

Детальное описание смотри на ru.bem.info/tools/csso.

Changelog

1.3.7 (February 11, 2013)

• Gonzales 1.0.7.