Vue 1.0.22 - as small as it gets (near-perfect GZIP compression)

Choose a version:

The original file has 270711 bytes (264.4k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 76262 bytes (74.5k, 28%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:

Boot	30758 bytes (30.0k)	CDN
cdnjs	26573 bytes (26.0k)	CDN
gzip -6 (default)	26395 bytes (25.8k)	local copy
jsdelivr	26316 bytes (25.7k)	CDN
gzip -9	26296 bytes (25.7k)	local copy
unpkg	26259 bytes (25.6k)	CDN
libdeflate -12	25410 bytes (24.8k)	local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip	25402 bytes (24.8k)	local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b3	25374 bytes (24.8k)	local copy
zultra	25349 bytes (24.8k)	local copy
pigz -11 -n	25345 bytes (24.8k)	local copy
Zopfli	25310 bytes (24.7k)	local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.22.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest Vue 1.0.22 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 949 bytes by using my Vue 1.0.22 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (3.75% smaller than unpkg, 25310 vs. 26259 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 --i100000 --mb8 --mls512 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh

(found April 10, 2017)

Description	Value	Parameter
iterations	100000	--i100000
maximum blocks	8	--mb8
maximum length score	512	--mls512
block splitting recursion	11	--bsr11
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://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuejs/vue/vue-1.0.22.min.js --location | md5sum
19b5ab0a3271bc5928f375510306a901 -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.22.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
19b5ab0a3271bc5928f375510306a901 -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuejs/vue/vue-1.0.22.min.js --location | sha1sum
bbcc63248c2ec3799d2a256a45ca949d7a61af3b -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.22.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
bbcc63248c2ec3799d2a256a45ca949d7a61af3b -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:

CDN	Size (compressed)	MD5 (uncompressed)	Timestamp
Boot	30758 bytes	19b5ab0a3271bc5928f375510306a901	(invalid)
cdnjs	26573 bytes	19b5ab0a3271bc5928f375510306a901	(invalid)
jsdelivr	26316 bytes	19b5ab0a3271bc5928f375510306a901	(invalid)
unpkg	26259 bytes	19b5ab0a3271bc5928f375510306a901	April 6, 2017 @ 17:24

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
25310 bytes	-2 bytes	zopfli --i100000 --mls512 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh	April 10, 2017 @ 15:19
25312 bytes	-1 byte	zopfli --i10000 --mls512 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh	April 7, 2017 @ 01:27
25313 bytes	-4 bytes	zopfli --i10000 --mls256 --bsr14 --lazy --ohh	April 7, 2017 @ 01:16
25317 bytes	-1 byte	zopfli --i1000 --mls512 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 19:12
25318 bytes	-2 bytes	zopfli --i1000 --mls256 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:57
25320 bytes	-4 bytes	zopfli --i1000 --mls512 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:56
25324 bytes	–	zopfli --i100 --mls256 --bsr14 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:07

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 @ 12:52.

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	25327	25327	25328	25313	25326	25325	25325	25310	25315	25319	25322	25322	25319	25338	25331
4	25326	25329	25326	25327	25328	25326	25325	25327	25327	25326	25326	25326	25325	25327	25333
6	25327	25326	25328	25326	25327	25325	25318	25329	25329	25328	25325	25329	25325	25325	25325
7	25327	25326	25327	25326	25327	25325	25325	25327	25327	25325	25331	25329	25324	25325	25325
8	25325	25323	25326	25326	25325	25326	25325	25326	25326	25326	25325	25328	25324	25331	25324
9	25323	25326	25323	25326	25326	25326	25325	25326	25326	25326	25328	25328	25324	25324	25325
10	25326	25325	25326	25325	25325	25325	25325	25326	25326	25325	25328	25329	25324	25324	25324
11	25326	25326	25327	25325	25325	25326	25326	25326	25310	25325	25326	25324	25325	25324	25324
12	25326	25325	25326	25325	25325	25325	25325	25326	25325	25327	25329	25328	25327	25327	25324
13	25326	25326	25326	25326	25325	25325	25325	25326	25326	25327	25326	25324	25325	25324	25325
14	25326	25326	25326	25326	25325	25325	25326	25313	25329	25327	25325	25324	25323	25326	25329
15	25325	25326	25326	25326	25325	25325	25325	25326	25326	25325	25325	25328	25325	25324	25324
16	25325	25325	25324	25326	25325	25325	25325	25324	25326	25325	25328	25329	25324	25329	25325
17	25326	25325	25327	25326	25325	25325	25325	25313	25328	25325	25326	25324	25325	25324	25328
18	25326	25326	25326	25326	25325	25325	25325	25326	25326	25326	25328	25329	25327	25330	25325
19	25326	25326	25326	25326	25326	25326	25325	25326	25327	25326	25325	25329	25324	25324	25325
20	25326	25326	25326	25327	25325	25325	25325	25326	25327	25326	25328	25328	25326	25325	25324
21	25326	25325	25326	25327	25325	25325	25325	25326	25326	25327	25328	25328	25324	25325	25325
22	25326	25326	25318	25326	25326	25326	25325	25326	25326	25326	25328	25329	25324	25324	25324
23	25326	25326	25327	25326	25325	25325	25326	25326	25314	25326	25326	25328	25324	25325	25324
25	25326	25325	25321	25326	25325	25326	25325	25326	25325	25325	25326	25328	25324	25327	25325
30	25324	25326	25327	25326	25325	25325	25326	25325	25326	25329	25324	25328	25325	25330	25324
40	25326	25326	25327	25326	25325	25325	25325	25326	25325	25326	25325	25328	25324	25326	25324

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	25324 bytes	–	100%
1,000	25317 bytes	-7 bytes	100%
10,000	25312 bytes	-5 bytes	100%
100,000	25310 bytes	-2 bytes	2.03%
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)	25386 bytes	+76 bytes (+0.30%)	+12 bytes
1	25383 bytes	+73 bytes (+0.29%)	+9 bytes
2	25374 bytes	+64 bytes (+0.25%)	–
3	25374 bytes	+64 bytes (+0.25%)	–
4	25412 bytes	+102 bytes (+0.40%)	+38 bytes
5	25406 bytes	+96 bytes (+0.38%)	+32 bytes
6	25433 bytes	+123 bytes (+0.49%)	+59 bytes
7	25458 bytes	+148 bytes (+0.58%)	+84 bytes
8	25485 bytes	+175 bytes (+0.69%)	+111 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	20931 bytes	-4379 bytes (-17.30%)
RAR (proprietary)	RAR	rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1	21353 bytes	-3957 bytes (-15.63%)
PPMd (Wikipedia)	7zip	7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd	22281 bytes	-3029 bytes (-11.97%)
Brotli (Wikipedia)	brotli	brotli -q 11	23652 bytes	-1658 bytes (-6.55%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia)	bzip2	bzip2 -9	23956 bytes	-1354 bytes (-5.35%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia)	xz	xz -9	24476 bytes	-834 bytes (-3.30%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia)	zstd	zstd -19	24992 bytes	-318 bytes (-1.26%)

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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