minifier-cli

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A CLI tool to recursively minify JavaScript, CSS, and HTML files. v1.2.3 (stable). Uses Terser, cssnano, and html-minifier-terser. Offers --ignore flag, .minifierignore file support, and custom ignore paths. Simple file/directory input.

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npm install minifier-cli

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SIG · MINIFIER-CLI

minifier-cli

devopsjavascriptv1.2.3

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Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

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Code

Verified usage

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

cli (default)

✓ import { minifier } from 'minifier-cli'

✗ const minifier = require('minifier-cli')

ESM-only since v1.0.

minifier

✓ import { minifier } from 'minifier-cli'

✗ import minifier from 'minifier-cli'

Named export, not default.

MinifierOptions

✓ import type { MinifierOptions } from 'minifier-cli'

✗ import { MinifierOptions } from 'minifier-cli'

Type import for TypeScript users.

Shows programmatic usage with ignore patterns and verbose mode.

// Minify all .js, .css, .html files in current directory import { minifier } from 'minifier-cli'; await minifier('.', { ignore: ['node_modules', '*.map'], verbose: true }); // Or via CLI: minifier . --ignore node_modules,**/*.map --verbose

Debug

Known issues

gotchaMinify overwrites original files in-place. No backup created by default.

fix

Use --backup flag or manually backup files.

affects: <2.0

breakingWidely-used --no-rename option removed.

fix

Use --rename=preserve instead (if supported) or rename manually.

affects: >=1.2

deprecated.minifierignore file in project root is ignored if --ignore path specified.

fix

Use --ignore-path to combine with .minifierignore.

affects: >=1.0

gotchaIgnoring all .js files (--ignore '**/*.js') will also ignore your entry file.

fix

Use more specific patterns or exclude top-level files.

affects: >=1.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

Error: You must provide a path to minify.

Running 'minifier' without any arguments.

fix

Add path: minifier . or minifier myfile.js

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'path/to/file'

Provided path does not exist.

fix

Check path is correct and file/directory exists.

Error: Cannot find module 'terser'

Required dependency missing.

fix

Run npm install in project directory or install globally: npm install -g minifier-cli

Error: 'terser' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Probably running with NODE_ENV=production missing optional deps.

fix

Install minifier-cli normally (not with --production flag).

Upgrade

Version history

1.2.3latest on npm

Audit

Dependencies

commanderrequiredCLI argument parsing

terserrequiredJavaScript minification

cssnanorequiredCSS minification

html-minifier-terserrequiredHTML minification

ignorerequiredPattern-based file exclusion

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