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html-minifier-cli

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Command-line interface for html-minifier (version 0.1.0), a tool that minifies HTML files to reduce size. Provides a CLI wrapper around the html-minifier library, offering options to customize minification behavior. Supports output file specification and usage help. Lightweight wrapper with no active updates since 2018; useful for simple minification tasks but lacks advanced features like streaming or bundle integration.

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npm install html-minifier-cli

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · HTML-MINIFIER-CLI

html-minifier-cli

devopsjavascriptv0.1.0

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Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

No compatibility data collected yet for this library.

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

cli

✓ import { execSync } from 'child_process'; execSync('htmlmin -o output.html input.html', { stdio: 'inherit' })

✗ const htmlmin = require('html-minifier-cli'); htmlmin.minifyFile(...)

There is no programmatic API; the package only exposes a CLI binary. Use child_process to invoke it.

htmlmin binary

✓ npm install -g html-minifier-cli htmlmin -h

✗ npx html-minifier-cli

This package does not support npx due to missing bin entry configuration. Use global install or full path.

html-minifier library

✓ import { minify } from 'html-minifier'; minify(html, options)

✗ import htmlmin from 'html-minifier-cli'

If you need a programmatic API, use the core package html-minifier directly.

Installs the CLI tool globally and minifies an HTML file, showing output and help commands.

npm install -g html-minifier-cli htmlmin -o minified.html input.html # For help: htmlmin -h

Debug

Known issues

deprecatedPackage is unmaintained since 2018 and may have security vulnerabilities in dependencies.

fix

Consider alternatives like html-minifier-terser, html-minifier-watch, or using html-minifier programmatically.

affects: >=0.0.0

gotchaThe package does not support npx execution because it lacks a bin script in package.json.

fix

Install globally with npm install -g html-minifier-cli, then run htmlmin.

affects: =0.1.0

gotchaNo programmatic API; the package only provides a CLI binary.

fix

Use child_process to invoke the binary, or switch to the html-minifier package for a JavaScript API.

affects: =0.1.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Error: Cannot find module 'html-minifier-cli'

Package not installed globally or locally when using npx.

fix

Run npm install -g html-minifier-cli to install globally.

htmlmin: command not found

Global installation path not in PATH after npm install -g.

fix

Check npm global bin path (npm bin -g) and add to PATH, or reinstall with npm install -g html-minifier-cli.

TypeError: htmlmin.minify is not a function

Trying to import the package programmatically when it only exports a CLI binary.

fix

Use child_process to invoke the CLI or import the html-minifier package directly.

Upgrade

Version history

0.1.0latest on npm

Audit

Dependencies

html-minifierrequiredCore library providing the actual minification logic.

commanderrequiredUsed for CLI argument parsing.

Agent activity

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/curvedmark/html-minifier-cli ↗

packagehtml-minifier-cli ↗

homepagehttps://github.com/curvedmark/html-minifier-cli ↗