Minifier

A Python tool for minifying website assets by removing unnecessary whitespace, comments, and other redundant content while preserving functionality. Ideal for web developers looking to optimize site performance.

Features

• Minifies common web file formats: HTML, CSS, JSON, and XML
• Preserves full functionality while reducing file size
• Simple command-line interface
• Can be used as a Python library
• Fast and lightweight, with minimal dependencies

Supported Formats

• HTML (.html, .htm, .xhtml)
• CSS (.css)
• JSON (.json, .webmanifest)
• XML (.xml, .rss, .atom, .svg)

Installation

Install directly from GitHub:

pip install git+https://github.com/milesbarr/minifier@main

Or clone the repository and install locally:

git clone https://github.com/milesbarr/minifier.git
cd minifier
pip install .

Usage

Command-Line Interface

Minify a file:

python -m minifier page.html minified.html

Python API

Minify a file:

from minifier import minify_file

minify_file("page.html", "minified.html")

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.