Vue 1.0.28 - as small as it gets (near-perfect GZIP compression)

Choose a version:

The original file has 258195 bytes (252.1k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 77475 bytes (75.7k, 30%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:

Boot	31274 bytes (30.5k)	CDN
gzip -6 (default)	26839 bytes (26.2k)	local copy
jsdelivr	26760 bytes (26.1k)	CDN
gzip -9	26743 bytes (26.1k)	local copy
cdnjs	26713 bytes (26.1k)	CDN
unpkg	26713 bytes (26.1k)	CDN
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip	25848 bytes (25.2k)	local copy
libdeflate -12	25836 bytes (25.2k)	local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b2	25824 bytes (25.2k)	local copy
zultra	25799 bytes (25.2k)	local copy
pigz -11 -n	25790 bytes (25.2k)	local copy
Zopfli	25763 bytes (25.2k)	local copy
Zopfli (defluff)	25762 bytes (25.2k)	local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.28.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest Vue 1.0.28 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 950 bytes by using my Vue 1.0.28 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (3.69% smaller than unpkg, 25763 vs. 26713 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 --bsr13 --lazy --ohh

(found April 10, 2017)

Description	Value	Parameter
iterations	100000	--i100000
maximum blocks	8	--mb8
maximum length score	8192	--mls8192
block splitting recursion	13	--bsr13
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 (25762 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-1.0.28.min.js --location | md5sum
ee25329d234c2e34703165557ad55760 -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.28.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
ee25329d234c2e34703165557ad55760 -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuejs/vue/vue-1.0.28.min.js --location | sha1sum
ff38dc1bcdb494e62f8e9bcd368220a4baf3691d -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-1.0.28.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
ff38dc1bcdb494e62f8e9bcd368220a4baf3691d -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:

CDN	Size (compressed)	MD5 (uncompressed)	Timestamp
Boot	31274 bytes	ee25329d234c2e34703165557ad55760	(invalid)
jsdelivr	26760 bytes	ee25329d234c2e34703165557ad55760	(invalid)
cdnjs	26713 bytes	ee25329d234c2e34703165557ad55760	(invalid)
unpkg	26713 bytes	ee25329d234c2e34703165557ad55760	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
25763 bytes	-1 byte	zopfli --i100000 --mls8192 --bsr13 --lazy --ohh	April 10, 2017 @ 13:32
25764 bytes	-3 bytes	zopfli --i100000 --mls8192 --bsr17 --lazy --ohh	April 10, 2017 @ 12:34
25767 bytes	-2 bytes	zopfli --i10000 --mls8192 --bsr17 --lazy --ohh	April 7, 2017 @ 05:00
25769 bytes	-10 bytes	zopfli --i1000 --mls8192 --bsr13 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:56
25779 bytes	–	zopfli --i100 --mls1024 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh	April 6, 2017 @ 18:17

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	25773	25772	25777	25780	25768	25771	25768	25770	25766	25766	25778	25775	25771	25790	25782
4	25778	25777	25775	25771	25771	25771	25770	25776	25775	25773	25772	25780	25778	25778	25783
6	25777	25775	25777	25777	25776	25775	25777	25778	25771	25778	25779	25781	25777	25778	25777
7	25772	25771	25771	25775	25772	25771	25771	25776	25776	25774	25772	25779	25776	25777	25778
8	25777	25771	25775	25772	25772	25771	25771	25776	25775	25772	25775	25777	25777	25776	25775
9	25773	25771	25776	25772	25771	25771	25772	25777	25771	25776	25772	25777	25777	25777	25777
10	25771	25771	25771	25771	25770	25771	25771	25779	25771	25776	25776	25780	25777	25777	25778
11	25772	25771	25771	25774	25771	25771	25771	25777	25774	25775	25776	25781	25768	25777	25777
12	25771	25771	25776	25772	25771	25771	25771	25776	25774	25775	25772	25777	25778	25777	25776
13	25776	25775	25775	25772	25778	25771	25776	25771	25774	25771	25772	25780	25763	25781	25777
14	25776	25771	25776	25771	25776	25771	25771	25776	25774	25772	25772	25781	25768	25777	25778
15	25772	25771	25772	25773	25772	25771	25772	25776	25774	25772	25772	25783	25776	25777	25777
16	25776	25771	25770	25776	25771	25771	25774	25778	25774	25772	25772	25777	25777	25777	25781
17	25777	25771	25777	25772	25772	25771	25771	25777	25774	25772	25772	25780	25764	25775	25775
18	25777	25771	25771	25771	25771	25771	25771	25776	25774	25772	25772	25781	25777	25776	25776
19	25771	25772	25771	25774	25771	25771	25771	25777	25772	25772	25772	25781	25777	25777	25777
20	25777	25775	25777	25772	25772	25771	25772	25775	25772	25772	25772	25777	25777	25777	25780
21	25772	25771	25771	25774	25772	25771	25772	25775	25771	25772	25771	25777	25777	25777	25777
22	25771	25771	25772	25773	25772	25771	25772	25776	25772	25772	25772	25777	25777	25777	25778
23	25771	25771	25775	25773	25771	25771	25772	25775	25773	25772	25772	25783	25777	25777	25777
25	25777	25771	25771	25771	25771	25771	25772	25777	25772	25772	25772	25780	25776	25778	25778
30	25776	25771	25776	25772	25771	25771	25772	25777	25774	25772	25776	25777	25769	25777	25777
40	25772	25771	25777	25776	25771	25771	25771	25771	25774	25771	25772	25780	25777	25778	25778

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	25779 bytes	–	100%
1,000	25769 bytes	-10 bytes	100%
10,000	25767 bytes	-2 bytes	100%
100,000	25763 bytes	-4 bytes	2.90%
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)	25825 bytes	+62 bytes (+0.24%)	+1 byte
1	25825 bytes	+62 bytes (+0.24%)	+1 byte
2	25824 bytes	+61 bytes (+0.24%)	–
3	25828 bytes	+65 bytes (+0.25%)	+4 bytes
4	25859 bytes	+96 bytes (+0.37%)	+35 bytes
5	25848 bytes	+85 bytes (+0.33%)	+24 bytes
6	25875 bytes	+112 bytes (+0.43%)	+51 bytes
7	25902 bytes	+139 bytes (+0.54%)	+78 bytes
8	25944 bytes	+181 bytes (+0.70%)	+120 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	21278 bytes	-4485 bytes (-17.41%)
RAR (proprietary)	RAR	rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1	21734 bytes	-4029 bytes (-15.64%)
PPMd (Wikipedia)	7zip	7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd	22647 bytes	-3116 bytes (-12.09%)
Brotli (Wikipedia)	brotli	brotli -q 11	24034 bytes	-1729 bytes (-6.71%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia)	bzip2	bzip2 -9	24329 bytes	-1434 bytes (-5.57%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia)	xz	xz -9	24868 bytes	-895 bytes (-3.47%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia)	zstd	zstd -19	25409 bytes	-354 bytes (-1.37%)

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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