#htmlminifier
Heads-up: The original HTML Minifier, last updated 8 years ago, will live on!

Juriy “kangax” Zaytsev and I discussed the future of the project for some time, and we’re now moving towards rebasing HTML Minifier (HM) on HTML Minifier Next (HMN).

More updates soon!

#html #htmlminifier #minification
October 29, 2026 at 2:44 PM
HTML Minifier Next: Exempt CSS, JS, and SVG From Minification, Collapse No-Break Spaces and Empty Attributes, Higher Correctness, by @meiert.com [@frontenddogma.com]:

https://meiert.com/blog/html-minifier-next-updates-7/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#releasenotes #htmlminifier
HTML Minifier Next: Exempt CSS, JS, and SVG From Minification, Collapse No-Break Spaces and Empty Attributes, Higher Correctness · Jens Oliver Meiert
On the latest changes to the super-configurable web page minifier.
meiert.com
October 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
HTML Minifier Next has surpassed SWC/HTML in minification speed 🚀

Data based on a 63-page corpus open to scrutiny and suggestions:

github.com/j9t/minifier...

#html #minification #performance #htmlminifier #swc
GitHub - j9t/minifier-benchmarks: Regularly updated benchmarks for web page minification
Regularly updated benchmarks for web page minification - j9t/minifier-benchmarks
github.com
October 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
HTML minification and compression:

There’s new guidance on what settings help Gzip and Brotli compression in HTML Minifier Next: github.com/j9t/html-min...

Overall, with the “comprehensive" preset you should already get strong results.

#html #htmlminifier #minification #compression #performance
GitHub - j9t/html-minifier-next: Highly effective, super-configurable, well-tested web page minifier (enhanced successor to HTML Minifier)
Highly effective, super-configurable, well-tested web page minifier (enhanced successor to HTML Minifier) - j9t/html-minifier-next
github.com
September 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
HTML Minifier Next: Unused-CSS Removal, Improved Web Demo, and Greater Versatility, Security, and Performance, by @meiert.com [@frontenddogma.com]:

https://meiert.com/blog/html-minifier-next-updates-6/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#releasenotes #htmlminifier
HTML Minifier Next: Unused-CSS Removal, Improved Web Demo, and Greater Versatility, Security, and Performance · Jens Oliver Meiert
A few notes on the latest updates to HMN.
meiert.com
September 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“What is the best web page minifier in 2026?”

—resharing not because HTML Minifier Next does well (that’s my infinite free time right there), but because it’s one of the few analyses that calls out actual gaps in current minifiers:

webdevbelgium.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/w...

#html #htmlminifier
What is the best web page minifier in 2026?
Summary: You want HTML Minifier Next or SWC/HTML. You probably use a web page minifier for your development work – a tool that removes superfluous characters and code from HTML (and usually i…
webdevbelgium.wordpress.com
September 1, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Suddenly, there’s HTML Minifier Next 8 🤷‍♂️

* New feature: Remove unused CSS! 🧹
* Improved security 🔒
* Improved performance 🚀

Try it out:

www.npmjs.com/package/html...

For updated benchmarks across minifiers, see:

github.com/j9t/minifier...

#htmlminifier #hmn #html #css #optimization
www.npmjs.com
August 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Web page minification:

If you’re using HTML Minifier or HTML Minifier Terser, I’d at this point strongly recommend to update to the maintained and significantly improved successor/alternative, HTML Minifier Next.

Why and how? mas.to/@j9t/1165171...

#html #htmlminifier #minification
Jens Oliver Meiert (@j9t@mas.to)
Web page minification: HTML Minifier Next is almost a year old now, coming with security updates, bug fixes, new features, and *significantly* better performance than its predecessors. Now I strongl...
mas.to
May 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Web page minification:

HTML Minifier Next now comes with a zero-config mode, to enable quick, comprehensive in-place minification.

🖥️ Run `npx html-minifier-next --zero` in any folder, to compress HTML pages and inline CSS, JS, and SVG.

#html #htmlminifier #minification #performance
March 9, 2026 at 8:32 AM
www.npmjs.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
HTML Minifier Next (maintained and enhanced successor of HTML Minifier) now allows to save and bookmark settings and (small) samples.

See e.g. is.gd/yXn4EX (too long to share without shortening) for a quick example.

#html #minification #htmlminifier #optimization
HTML Minifier Next
is.gd
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Is your website loading slowly? 🚀 Boost your page speed & SEO instantly! This free HTML Minifier compresses code without compromise, ensuring 100% client-side privacy.
Try it here → www.webtoolskit.org/p/html-minif...

#HTMLMinifier #WebPerformance #SEOTools
March 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
📦 ctw/ctw-middleware-htmlminifier 5.0.1

This PSR-15 middleware formats, fixes and beautifies the HTML in the Response body using a variety of adapters.

🔗 https://github.com/jonathanmaron/ctw-middleware-htmlminifier
July 24, 2026 at 10:36 AM
📦 wikizeit/html-minifier 0.1.0

Lightweight HTML minifier using wikimedia/minify for inline JS/CSS

🔗 https://github.com/WikiZEIT/HTMLMinifier
May 14, 2026 at 1:28 PM
📦 ctw/ctw-middleware-htmlminifier 4.0.2

This PSR-15 middleware formats, fixes and beautifies the HTML in the Response body using a variety of adapters.

🔗 https://github.com/jonathanmaron/ctw-middleware-htmlminifier
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
📦 dorsetdigital/silverstripe-htmlminifier v1.1.0

HTML minifier for Silverstripe

🔗 https://github.com/DorsetDigital/silverstripe-htmlminifer
April 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM