What is purgecss?
PurgeCSS is a tool to remove unused CSS. It can be used as part of your development workflow to reduce the size of your CSS files by removing unused selectors.
What are purgecss's main functionalities?
Basic Usage
This code demonstrates the basic usage of PurgeCSS. It scans HTML files and CSS files to remove unused CSS selectors.
const PurgeCSS = require('purgecss');
const purgeCSSResults = new PurgeCSS().purge({
content: ['**/*.html'],
css: ['**/*.css']
});
console.log(purgeCSSResults);
Using with PostCSS
This code shows how to integrate PurgeCSS with PostCSS. It processes CSS files and removes unused selectors based on the content of HTML files.
const postcss = require('postcss');
const purgecss = require('@fullhuman/postcss-purgecss');
postcss([
purgecss({
content: ['./src/**/*.html']
})
]).process(css, { from: 'src/app.css', to: 'dist/app.css' })
.then(result => {
console.log(result.css);
});
Using with Webpack
This code demonstrates how to use PurgeCSS as a Webpack plugin. It scans the specified paths for content and removes unused CSS selectors during the Webpack build process.
const PurgeCSSPlugin = require('purgecss-webpack-plugin');
const glob = require('glob');
const path = require('path');
module.exports = {
// other webpack config
plugins: [
new PurgeCSSPlugin({
paths: glob.sync(`${path.join(__dirname, 'src')}/**/*`, { nodir: true }),
}),
],
};
Other packages similar to purgecss
uncss
UnCSS is a tool that removes unused CSS from your stylesheets. It works similarly to PurgeCSS by scanning your HTML files to determine which CSS selectors are not used. However, UnCSS is generally considered to be less flexible and slower compared to PurgeCSS.
purify-css
PurifyCSS is another tool for removing unused CSS. It scans your HTML and JavaScript files to find which CSS selectors are used. While it is similar to PurgeCSS, it is not as actively maintained and may lack some of the advanced features and integrations that PurgeCSS offers.
csso
CSSO (CSS Optimizer) is a CSS minifier that also has the capability to remove unused CSS. It is primarily focused on minification and optimization, but it can also be used to remove unused CSS selectors. CSSO is generally faster but may not be as thorough in removing unused CSS as PurgeCSS.
PurgeCSS
What is PurgeCSS?
When you are building a website, chances are that you are using a css framework like Bootstrap, Materializecss, Foundation, etc... But you will only use a small set of the framework and a lot of unused css styles will be included.
This is where PurgeCSS comes into play. PurgeCSS analyzes your content and your css files. Then it matches the selectors used in your files with the one in your content files. It removes unused selectors from your css, resulting in smaller css files.
Documentation
You can find the PurgeCSS documentation on this website.
Table of Contents
PurgeCSS
Plugins
Guides
Getting Started
Installation
npm i --save-dev purgecss
Usage
import PurgeCSS from "purgecss";
const purgeCSSResults = await new PurgeCSS().purge({
content: ["**/*.html"],
css: ["**/*.css"],
});
Contributing
Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of
conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.
Versioning
PurgeCSS use SemVer for versioning.
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file
for details.