Choose a version:
44% The original file has 126044 bytes (123.1k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 55775 bytes (54.5k, 44%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:
gzip -6 (default)
  14572 bytes (14.2k)
 local copy
MaxCDN
  14549 bytes (14.2k)
 CDN
jsdelivr
  14549 bytes (14.2k)
 CDN
gzip -9
  14508 bytes (14.2k)
 local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip
  14038 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy
libdeflate -12
  14030 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b2
  14024 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy
zultra
  14010 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy
pigz -11 -n
  13991 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy
Zopfli
  13983 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy
Zopfli (defluff)
  13982 bytes (13.7k)
 local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/bootstrap/bootstrap-4.2.0.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest Bootstrap 4.2.0 file, ETag caching is available and
if your browser doesn't support GZIP decompression then the uncompressed version will be sent.

Currently best Zopfli settings

Save 566 bytes by using my Bootstrap 4.2.0 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (4.05% smaller than jsdelivr, 13983 vs. 14549 bytes):
Download
You can use my super-compressed files for whatever purpose you like as long as you respect the library's original license agreement.
There are no restrictions from my side - but please avoid hot-linking if you run a high-traffic website.

These command-line settings yielded the best compression ratio so far (Linux version of zopfli-krzymod):
zopfli --i10000 --mb8 --mls2048 --bsr14 --lazy --ohh

(found February 13, 2019)
Description Value Parameter
iterations 10000  --i10000
maximum blocks 8  --mb8
maximum length score 2048  --mls2048
block splitting recursion 14  --bsr14
lazy matching in LZ77 yes  --lazy
optimized Huffman headers yes  --ohh
initial random W for iterations 1  --rw1
initial random Z for iterations 2  --rz2

Even Smaller Files Thanks To Defluff

Zopfli's output can be further optimized by the defluff tool.
In this particular case, defluff saves 1 more byte (13982 bytes).
Download

Verify file integrity

After decompression, my uncompressed files are identical to the original ones:

MD5:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twbs/bootstrap/v4.2.0/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js --location | md5sum
8c95751756457fdb6b4557eb4b3f698b  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/bootstrap/bootstrap-4.2.0.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
8c95751756457fdb6b4557eb4b3f698b  -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/twbs/bootstrap/v4.2.0/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js --location | sha1sum
1127eb5fc7e406711057a22a345ed0ecc56bfa19  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/bootstrap/bootstrap-4.2.0.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
1127eb5fc7e406711057a22a345ed0ecc56bfa19  -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:
CDN Size (compressed) MD5 (uncompressed) Timestamp
MaxCDN 14549 bytes 8c95751756457fdb6b4557eb4b3f698b (invalid)
jsdelivr 14549 bytes 8c95751756457fdb6b4557eb4b3f698b December 1, 2019 @ 05:24

Note: only the MD5 hashes are shown to keep things simple.

Other Versions

Available Bootstrap versions at minime.stephan-brumme.com:

5.2.3, 5.2.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.0,
5.1.3, 5.1.2, 5.1.1, 5.1.0,
5.0.2, 5.0.1, 5.0.0,
4.6.0,
4.5.3, 4.5.2, 4.5.1, 4.5.0,
4.4.1, 4.4.0,
4.3.1, 4.3.0,
4.2.1, 4.2.0,
4.1.3, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1.0, 4.0.0,
3.4.1, 3.4.0,
3.3.7, 3.3.6, 3.3.5, 3.3.4, 3.3.2, 3.3.1, 3.3.0,
3.2.0,
3.1.1, 3.1.0,
3.0.3, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0

The project site contains an overview how well these versions were compressed.
Other interesting projects are AngularJS, BackboneJS, D3, Dojo, Ember, jQuery, Knockout, lodash, React, Socket.IO, ThreeJS, UnderscoreJS and Vue.

Changelog

Best Zopfli parameters so far:
Size Improvement Parameters Found
13983 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i10000 --mls2048 --bsr14 --lazy --ohh February 13, 2019 @ 20:59
13984 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i10000 --mls16 --bsr21 --lazy --ohh February 13, 2019 @ 20:32
13985 bytes -3 bytes zopfli --i1000 --mls256 --bsr19 --lazy --ohh February 13, 2019 @ 14:29
13988 bytes – zopfli --i100 --mls32 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh February 13, 2019 @ 13:32

If there are multiple parameter sets yielding the same compressed size, only the first one found is shown.

Most recent activity on July 20, 2020 @ 12:49.

Heatmaps

This Zopfli heatmap visualizes how compression changes when modifying the --bsr and --mls parameter.
Cell's contents is the best filesize achieved (in bytes, hover with mouse over cells to see number of iterations).

Good parameters are green, bad are red. The best and worst are bold as well.
The brightness of the blue background color indicates how many iterations were processed:
10,000 or 100,000.
bsr \ mls
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768
bsr \ mls
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768
2 13988 13986 13986 13986 13987 13986 13984 13986 13989 13986 13988 13989 13987 13985 13985
4 13987 13987 13987 13985 13987 13987 13986 13985 13985 13985 13984 13986 13999 13986 13985
6 13986 13986 13986 13987 13986 13985 13987 13986 13987 13986 13985 13984 13989 13984 13987
7 13986 13986 13986 13987 13985 13985 13984 13985 13985 13985 13987 13985 13997 13987 13986
8 13986 13986 13986 13986 13985 13986 13985 13986 13985 13985 13985 13985 13989 13985 13986
9 13986 13986 13986 13984 13986 13986 13984 13985 13987 13986 13987 13986 13986 13985 13985
10 13985 13985 13988 13987 13986 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13986 13987 13986 13986 13986
11 13986 13986 13986 13984 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13985 13987 13985 13986 13987 13996
12 13986 13986 13986 13984 13985 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13987 13985 13990 13986 13986
13 13986 13986 13985 13987 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13984 13990 13986 13987
14 13986 13986 13986 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13985 13985 13983 13985 13986 13987 13986
15 13986 13986 13986 13988 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13986 13985 13986
16 13986 13986 13988 13984 13986 13985 13985 13986 13985 13986 13987 13987 13989 13986 13996
17 13984 13984 13986 13985 13985 13985 13984 13985 13985 13985 13987 13987 13986 13986 13996
18 13986 13986 13988 13984 13985 13985 13986 13985 13986 13985 13987 13989 13989 13986 13986
19 13986 13986 13986 13985 13985 13987 13986 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13999 13986 13996
20 13985 13985 13988 13986 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13984 13985 13990 13986 13987
21 13986 13986 13986 13984 13985 13985 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13984 13986 13986 13986
22 13986 13986 13986 13986 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13985 13986 13986 13986 13986 13986
23 13986 13986 13988 13986 13985 13985 13986 13985 13986 13985 13987 13986 13986 13986 13986
25 13986 13986 13988 13986 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13987 13985 13990 13986 13986
30 13986 13986 13986 13984 13985 13985 13985 13985 13985 13986 13985 13985 13986 13986 13986
40 13986 13986 13986 13986 13985 13986 13985 13986 13985 13985 13989 13989 13986 13985 13987

Due to the Monte Carlo design of my search algorithm, not all parameters have reached the same number of iterations yet:
Iterations Min. Bytes Reduction Coverage
100 13988 bytes – 100%
1,000 13985 bytes -3 bytes 100%
10,000 13983 bytes -2 bytes 100%
100,000 13983 bytes – 0.29%
1,000,000 – – –
10,000,000 – – –

KZIP has far less options available for tuning/optimization. I only played around with the number of blocks (parameter -n):
Blocks Min. Bytes Compared To Best Zopfli Compared To Best KZIP
(any) 14054 bytes +71 bytes (+0.51%) +30 bytes
1 14056 bytes +73 bytes (+0.52%) +32 bytes
2 14024 bytes +41 bytes (+0.29%) –
3 14047 bytes +64 bytes (+0.46%) +23 bytes
4 14056 bytes +73 bytes (+0.52%) +32 bytes
5 14089 bytes +106 bytes (+0.76%) +65 bytes
6 14119 bytes +136 bytes (+0.97%) +95 bytes
7 14162 bytes +179 bytes (+1.28%) +138 bytes
8 14167 bytes +184 bytes (+1.32%) +143 bytes

Non-DEFLATE Algorithms

Archivers based on completely different compression algorithms often produce superior results.
Unfortunately, browsers only support gzip compression at the moment.
However, support for Brotli is constantly growing - for example, your browser actually supports it !
Algorithm Program Parameters Size Compared To Best Zopfli
RAR (proprietary) RAR rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1 11643 bytes -2340 bytes (-16.73%)
ZPAQ (Wikipedia) zpaq zpaq -method 69 12036 bytes -1947 bytes (-13.92%)
Brotli (Wikipedia) brotli brotli -q 11 12740 bytes -1243 bytes (-8.89%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia) bzip2 bzip2 -9 13494 bytes -489 bytes (-3.50%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia) xz xz -9 13520 bytes -463 bytes (-3.31%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia) zstd zstd -19 13699 bytes -284 bytes (-2.03%)
PPMd (Wikipedia) 7zip 7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd 13881 bytes -102 bytes (-0.73%)

Detailled Analysis

I wrote a DEFLATE decoder in Javascript. Click the button below to start a client-side analysis of the smallest gzipped files (may take a second):
Load and Parse Data


Notes: pigz is a fast open source multi-threaded implementation of gzip written by one of the original authors of gzip.
However, when using compression level 11, pigz actually switches to the slower Zopfli algorithm and isn't multi-threaded anymore.
KrzyMOD's extensions to Zopfli offer the highest level of configuration and is therefore used for my brute-force search.
Ken Silverman wrote the closed-source KZIP compression program and Jonathon Fowler ported it to Linux.
Defluff was created by Joachim Henke; DeflOpt is a tool by Ben Jos Walbeehm.

website made by Stephan Brumme in 2015 and still improving in 2026.
all timestamps are displayed in central european time. see my changelog.
no flash, not even images or external css files - and everything squeezed into a single html file.
which was handsomely compressed before releasing it into the wild internet - obviously.

please visit my homepage and my blog, too.
email: minime (at) stephan-brumme.com

All trademarks are property of their respective owners. You know, the boring legal stuff.