Choose a version:
32% The original file has 267194 bytes (260.9k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 86709 bytes (84.7k, 32%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:
Microsoft
  38719 bytes (37.8k)
 CDN
cdnjs
  30332 bytes (29.6k)
 CDN
gzip -6 (default)
  30140 bytes (29.4k)
 local copy
unpkg
  30118 bytes (29.4k)
 CDN
gzip -9
  30090 bytes (29.4k)
 local copy
jsdelivr
  30082 bytes (29.4k)
 CDN
Google
  30080 bytes (29.4k)
 CDN
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip
  29141 bytes (28.5k)
 local copy
libdeflate -12
  29073 bytes (28.4k)
 local copy
zultra
  29050 bytes (28.4k)
 local copy
pigz -11 -n
  29045 bytes (28.4k)
 local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b2
  29043 bytes (28.4k)
 local copy
Zopfli
  29027 bytes (28.3k)
 local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/jquery/jquery-3.1.1.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest jQuery 3.1.1 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 1053 bytes by using my jQuery 3.1.1 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (3.63% smaller than Google, 29027 vs. 30080 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 --i1000000 --mb8 --mls512 --bsr40 --lazy --ohh

(found September 23, 2016)
Description Value Parameter
iterations 1000000  --i1000000
maximum blocks 8  --mb8
maximum length score 512  --mls512
block splitting recursion 40  --bsr40
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

Verify file integrity

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

MD5:
curl --silent --compressed https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js --location | md5sum
e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/jquery/jquery-3.1.1.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104  -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js --location | sha1sum
f647a6d37dc4ca055ced3cf64bbc1f490070acba  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/jquery/jquery-3.1.1.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
f647a6d37dc4ca055ced3cf64bbc1f490070acba  -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:
CDN Size (compressed) MD5 (uncompressed) Timestamp
Microsoft 38719 bytes e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104 September 27, 2016 @ 20:43
cdnjs 30332 bytes e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104 September 23, 2016 @ 01:01
unpkg 30118 bytes e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104 September 23, 2016 @ 15:09
jsdelivr 30082 bytes e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104 September 23, 2016 @ 01:05
Google 30080 bytes e071abda8fe61194711cfc2ab99fe104 September 28, 2016 @ 17:02

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

Other Versions

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

3.6.1, 3.6.0,
3.5.1, 3.5.0,
3.4.1, 3.4.0,
3.3.1, 3.3.0,
3.2.1, 3.2.0,
3.1.1, 3.1.0, 3.0.0,
2.2.4, 2.2.3, 2.2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.0,
2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.0,
2.0.3, 2.0.2, 2.0.1, 2.0.0,
1.12.4, 1.12.3, 1.12.2, 1.12.1, 1.12.0,
1.11.3, 1.11.2, 1.11.1, 1.11.0,
1.10.2, 1.10.1, 1.10.0,
1.9.1, 1.9.0,
1.8.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.1, 1.8.0,
1.7.2, 1.7.1, 1.7.0,
1.6.4, 1.6.3, 1.6.2, 1.6.1, 1.6,
1.5.2, 1.5.1, 1.5,
1.4.4, 1.4.3, 1.4.2, 1.4.1, 1.4,
1.3.2, 1.3.1, 1.3,
1.2.6, 1.2.5, 1.2.4, 1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2,
1.1.4, 1.1.3, 1.1.2, 1.1.1, 1.1,
1.0.4, 1.0.3, 1.0.2, 1.0.1, 1.0

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

Changelog

Best Zopfli parameters so far:
Size Improvement Parameters Found
29027 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i1000000 --mls512 --bsr40 --lazy --ohh September 23, 2016 @ 21:43
29028 bytes -2 bytes zopfli --i100000 --mls512 --bsr10 --lazy --ohh September 23, 2016 @ 16:04
29030 bytes -2 bytes zopfli --i10000 --mls512 --bsr40 --lazy --ohh September 23, 2016 @ 15:22
29032 bytes -4 bytes zopfli --i10000 --mls32768 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh September 23, 2016 @ 15:19
29036 bytes – zopfli --i100 --mls32768 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh September 23, 2016 @ 15:13

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 @ 12:54.

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, 100,000 or 1,000,000.
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 29053 29052 29052 29053 29052 29048 29032 29055 29036 29040 29037 29034 29037 29036 29032
4 29053 29051 29052 29051 29053 29055 29047 29047 29050 29050 29037 29035 29037 29038 29038
6 29047 29049 29050 29049 29059 29051 29040 29033 29046 29043 29037 29036 29034 29038 29047
7 29068 29065 29051 29046 29066 29057 29057 29045 29045 29049 29046 29035 29036 29037 29036
8 29049 29049 29050 29052 29057 29043 29058 29033 29043 29040 29037 29036 29037 29038 29048
9 29046 29046 29049 29046 29050 29051 29057 29040 29027 29038 29036 29037 29037 29038 29048
10 29045 29047 29050 29050 29051 29056 29056 29047 29027 29043 29034 29036 29037 29038 29048
11 29047 29046 29049 29048 29058 29048 29047 29047 29046 29044 29047 29037 29037 29037 29048
12 29047 29046 29050 29050 29044 29047 29055 29047 29036 29038 29036 29036 29037 29037 29051
13 29048 29048 29051 29050 29057 29047 29056 29047 29046 29044 29037 29036 29037 29038 29036
14 29047 29048 29046 29050 29051 29047 29056 29047 29040 29049 29036 29035 29035 29038 29047
15 29047 29046 29050 29049 29056 29056 29047 29048 29045 29050 29037 29036 29036 29038 29048
16 29050 29047 29050 29049 29058 29048 29056 29033 29046 29043 29034 29037 29037 29037 29047
17 29047 29046 29050 29045 29057 29043 29058 29033 29046 29043 29037 29036 29037 29037 29051
18 29047 29046 29051 29049 29055 29048 29045 29047 29046 29043 29037 29037 29037 29037 29050
19 29049 29048 29049 29050 29058 29050 29056 29048 29027 29047 29037 29036 29037 29037 29048
20 29047 29047 29050 29051 29057 29043 29058 29047 29034 29049 29037 29036 29036 29038 29048
21 29047 29057 29051 29048 29059 29048 29046 29038 29046 29046 29036 29036 29035 29038 29033
22 29046 29050 29050 29055 29057 29057 29058 29047 29046 29045 29037 29037 29037 29038 29050
23 29047 29047 29050 29050 29051 29045 29057 29048 29047 29044 29045 29033 29037 29038 29047
25 29047 29047 29050 29048 29056 29048 29056 29047 29046 29045 29037 29036 29037 29037 29051
30 29047 29043 29050 29051 29056 29051 29056 29048 29046 29047 29037 29036 29037 29038 29048
40 29048 29046 29051 29047 29056 29050 29056 29040 29027 29049 29037 29037 29037 29037 29051

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 29036 bytes – 100%
1,000 29035 bytes -1 byte 100%
10,000 29030 bytes -5 bytes 100%
100,000 29028 bytes -2 bytes 2.90%
1,000,000 29027 bytes -1 byte 1.16%
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) 29139 bytes +112 bytes (+0.39%) +96 bytes
1 29139 bytes +112 bytes (+0.39%) +96 bytes
2 29043 bytes +16 bytes (+0.06%) –
3 29052 bytes +25 bytes (+0.09%) +9 bytes
4 29061 bytes +34 bytes (+0.12%) +18 bytes
5 29110 bytes +83 bytes (+0.29%) +67 bytes
6 29141 bytes +114 bytes (+0.39%) +98 bytes
7 29185 bytes +158 bytes (+0.54%) +142 bytes
8 29216 bytes +189 bytes (+0.65%) +173 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
ZPAQ (Wikipedia) zpaq zpaq -method 69 24108 bytes -4919 bytes (-16.95%)
RAR (proprietary) RAR rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1 24644 bytes -4383 bytes (-15.10%)
PPMd (Wikipedia) 7zip 7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd 26107 bytes -2920 bytes (-10.06%)
Brotli (Wikipedia) brotli brotli -q 11 27251 bytes -1776 bytes (-6.12%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia) bzip2 bzip2 -9 27530 bytes -1497 bytes (-5.16%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia) xz xz -9 28292 bytes -735 bytes (-2.53%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia) zstd zstd -19 28809 bytes -218 bytes (-0.75%)

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.

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