Compress with Brotli and Gzip

Compress static files with Brotli and Gzip using maximum compression. This greatly reduces file size. Which means files can download much faster. For more background read our blog post on static site implosion with Brotli and Gzip.

Functionality

Usage

Install dependencies

All dependencies needed to run the tests are pre-configured in package.json. You just need to install these:

npm install

Note: it's smart to update to the latest versions of these dependencies.

Configure in- and output directory

Adjust the inputDir and outputDir in scripts/compress.js (both default to dist/).

Run compress script

Compress all files in inputDir and write to outputDir:

npm run compress

Note: This setup contains an example file in dist/examples/. As this setup uses the inputDir as the outputDir the compressed files are placed right next to the original.

Configure server to use precompressed files

You'll need to configure your server to serve the precompressed files when available. In addition you can enable on-the-fly compression of dynamic assets.

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