Vue 1.0.17 - as small as it gets (near-perfect GZIP compression)

Choose a version:

The original file has 260776 bytes (254.7k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 73651 bytes (71.9k, 28%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:

Boot	29575 bytes (28.9k)	CDN
cdnjs	25571 bytes (25.0k)	CDN
gzip -6 (default)	25381 bytes (24.8k)	local copy
jsdelivr	25302 bytes (24.7k)	CDN
unpkg	25297 bytes (24.7k)	CDN
gzip -9	25285 bytes (24.7k)	local copy
libdeflate -12	24494 bytes (23.9k)	local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip	24482 bytes (23.9k)	local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b4	24444 bytes (23.9k)	local copy
pigz -11 -n	24416 bytes (23.8k)	local copy
zultra	24414 bytes (23.8k)	local copy
Zopfli	24378 bytes (23.8k)	local copy
Zopfli (defluff)	24377 bytes (23.8k)	local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.17.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest Vue 1.0.17 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 919 bytes by using my Vue 1.0.17 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (3.77% smaller than unpkg, 24378 vs. 25297 bytes):

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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 --i100000 --mb8 --mls8192 --bsr20 --lazy --ohh

(found April 9, 2017)

Description	Value	Parameter
iterations	100000	--i100000
maximum blocks	8	--mb8
maximum length score	8192	--mls8192
block splitting recursion	20	--bsr20
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 (24377 bytes).

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Verify file integrity

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

MD5:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuejs/vue/vue-1.0.17.min.js --location | md5sum
fc512ede9a4ab1bee5eaedd4fdeea1dd -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.17.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
fc512ede9a4ab1bee5eaedd4fdeea1dd -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuejs/vue/vue-1.0.17.min.js --location | sha1sum
30d1de33a550ce0384308c4589779dcdd80b3b0d -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.17.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
30d1de33a550ce0384308c4589779dcdd80b3b0d -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:

CDN	Size (compressed)	MD5 (uncompressed)	Timestamp
Boot	29575 bytes	fc512ede9a4ab1bee5eaedd4fdeea1dd	(invalid)
cdnjs	25571 bytes	fc512ede9a4ab1bee5eaedd4fdeea1dd	(invalid)
jsdelivr	25302 bytes	fc512ede9a4ab1bee5eaedd4fdeea1dd	(invalid)
unpkg	25297 bytes	fc512ede9a4ab1bee5eaedd4fdeea1dd	April 6, 2017 @ 17:25

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

Other Versions

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

2.6.14, 2.6.13, 2.6.12, 2.6.11, 2.6.10, 2.6.9, 2.6.8, 2.6.7, 2.6.6, 2.6.5, 2.6.4, 2.6.3, 2.6.2, 2.6.1, 2.6.0, 2.5.22, 2.5.21, 2.5.20, 2.5.19, 2.5.18, 2.5.17, 2.5.16, 2.5.15, 2.5.14, 2.5.13, 2.5.12, 2.5.11, 2.5.10, 2.5.9, 2.5.8, 2.5.7, 2.5.6, 2.5.5, 2.5.4, 2.5.3, 2.5.2, 2.5.1, 2.5.0, 2.4.4, 2.4.3, 2.4.2, 2.4.1, 2.4.0, 2.3.4, 2.3.3, 2.3.2, 2.3.1, 2.3.0, 2.2.6, 2.2.5, 2.2.4, 2.2.3, 2.2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.0, 2.1.10, 2.1.9, 2.1.8, 2.1.7, 2.1.6, 2.1.5, 2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.0, 2.0.8, 2.0.7, 2.0.6, 2.0.5, 2.0.4, 2.0.3, 2.0.2, 2.0.1, 2.0.0,
1.0.28, 1.0.27, 1.0.26, 1.0.25, 1.0.24, 1.0.23, 1.0.22, 1.0.21, 1.0.20, 1.0.19, 1.0.18, 1.0.17, 1.0.16, 1.0.15, 1.0.14, 1.0.13, 1.0.12, 1.0.11, 1.0.10, 1.0.9,
0.10.6, 0.10.5, 0.10.4, 0.10.3, 0.10.2, 0.10.1, 0.10.0,
0.9.3, 0.9.2, 0.9.1, 0.9.0

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

Changelog

Best Zopfli parameters so far:

Size	Improvement	Parameters	Found
24378 bytes	-4 bytes	zopfli --i100000 --mls8192 --bsr20 --lazy --ohh	April 9, 2017 @ 07:59
24382 bytes	-2 bytes	zopfli --i10000 --mls8192 --bsr20 --lazy --ohh	April 7, 2017 @ 01:40
24384 bytes	-8 bytes	zopfli --i1000 --mls8192 --bsr20 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:59
24392 bytes	-3 bytes	zopfli --i1000 --mls64 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:57
24395 bytes	–	zopfli --i100 --mls8192 --bsr20 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:12

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 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	24412	24391	24391	24406	24389	24389	24391	24391	24404	24401	24403	24390	24391	24410	24410
4	24405	24406	24403	24403	24404	24401	24403	24404	24403	24404	24402	24403	24399	24412	24405
6	24405	24405	24403	24405	24403	24387	24403	24388	24404	24403	24401	24400	24403	24406	24403
7	24406	24406	24407	24403	24401	24389	24407	24404	24405	24405	24402	24406	24406	24406	24407
8	24405	24405	24403	24403	24403	24401	24403	24385	24404	24406	24403	24403	24388	24404	24405
9	24403	24402	24403	24402	24401	24401	24403	24403	24403	24403	24401	24402	24403	24405	24403
10	24403	24405	24403	24403	24400	24403	24403	24403	24404	24402	24391	24402	24402	24405	24406
11	24403	24405	24402	24403	24402	24403	24403	24388	24402	24405	24402	24395	24388	24404	24406
12	24403	24407	24402	24402	24403	24403	24403	24404	24403	24403	24401	24402	24402	24406	24406
13	24405	24405	24402	24405	24403	24403	24404	24402	24406	24406	24404	24402	24392	24405	24406
14	24405	24405	24403	24403	24401	24403	24402	24404	24402	24407	24402	24402	24381	24402	24400
15	24405	24405	24404	24402	24401	24403	24403	24402	24405	24405	24402	24402	24402	24408	24413
16	24405	24405	24401	24403	24402	24403	24400	24400	24405	24401	24402	24402	24402	24405	24406
17	24403	24405	24402	24403	24402	24401	24403	24404	24403	24406	24387	24394	24384	24405	24405
18	24405	24405	24403	24403	24402	24403	24403	24404	24406	24402	24403	24401	24403	24406	24406
19	24405	24406	24402	24405	24405	24401	24403	24402	24406	24405	24402	24402	24403	24406	24401
20	24403	24403	24404	24403	24403	24403	24402	24388	24402	24403	24401	24404	24378	24405	24406
21	24401	24406	24403	24402	24406	24403	24403	24386	24403	24403	24402	24402	24403	24406	24404
22	24405	24405	24405	24405	24403	24403	24403	24384	24402	24402	24401	24402	24403	24405	24406
23	24403	24405	24402	24403	24402	24401	24402	24404	24406	24401	24402	24402	24388	24402	24406
25	24405	24405	24402	24402	24402	24403	24403	24403	24402	24403	24404	24403	24402	24408	24405
30	24405	24405	24402	24403	24402	24403	24402	24403	24402	24407	24403	24402	24397	24404	24406
40	24405	24405	24402	24403	24402	24401	24403	24402	24406	24402	24407	24394	24395	24405	24406

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	24395 bytes	–	100%
1,000	24384 bytes	-11 bytes	100%
10,000	24382 bytes	-2 bytes	100%
100,000	24378 bytes	-4 bytes	3.48%
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)	24460 bytes	+82 bytes (+0.34%)	+16 bytes
1	24460 bytes	+82 bytes (+0.34%)	+16 bytes
2	24453 bytes	+75 bytes (+0.31%)	+9 bytes
3	24461 bytes	+83 bytes (+0.34%)	+17 bytes
4	24444 bytes	+66 bytes (+0.27%)	–
5	24485 bytes	+107 bytes (+0.44%)	+41 bytes
6	24512 bytes	+134 bytes (+0.55%)	+68 bytes
7	24538 bytes	+160 bytes (+0.66%)	+94 bytes
8	24565 bytes	+187 bytes (+0.77%)	+121 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	20252 bytes	-4126 bytes (-16.93%)
RAR (proprietary)	RAR	rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1	20581 bytes	-3797 bytes (-15.58%)
PPMd (Wikipedia)	7zip	7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd	21422 bytes	-2956 bytes (-12.13%)
Brotli (Wikipedia)	brotli	brotli -q 11	22807 bytes	-1571 bytes (-6.44%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia)	bzip2	bzip2 -9	23086 bytes	-1292 bytes (-5.30%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia)	xz	xz -9	23596 bytes	-782 bytes (-3.21%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia)	zstd	zstd -19	24109 bytes	-269 bytes (-1.10%)

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):

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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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