Choose a version:
31% The original file has 282618 bytes (276.0k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 86411 bytes (84.4k, 31%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:
Boot
  36096 bytes (35.3k)
 CDN
cdnjs
  31753 bytes (31.0k)
 CDN
gzip -6 (default)
  31570 bytes (30.8k)
 local copy
unpkg
  31532 bytes (30.8k)
 CDN
gzip -9
  31515 bytes (30.8k)
 local copy
libdeflate -12
  30542 bytes (29.8k)
 local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip
  30497 bytes (29.8k)
 local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b0
  30489 bytes (29.8k)
 local copy
zultra
  30448 bytes (29.7k)
 local copy
pigz -11 -n
  30444 bytes (29.7k)
 local copy
Zopfli
  30391 bytes (29.7k)
 local copy
Zopfli (defluff)
  30390 bytes (29.7k)
 local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-2.5.5.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest Vue 2.5.5 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 1141 bytes by using my Vue 2.5.5 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (3.75% smaller than unpkg, 30391 vs. 31532 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 --i1000000 --mb8 --mls2 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh

(found November 22, 2017)
Description Value Parameter
iterations 1000000  --i1000000
maximum blocks 8  --mb8
maximum length score 2  --mls2
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

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 (30390 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-2.5.5.min.js --location | md5sum
0e34a44ed37bd7ea4901313a268f5892  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-2.5.5.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
0e34a44ed37bd7ea4901313a268f5892  -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vuejs/vue/vue-2.5.5.min.js --location | sha1sum
6c062f99ffd421841dc42a975f5969f779ffd853  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/vue/vue-2.5.5.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
6c062f99ffd421841dc42a975f5969f779ffd853  -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:
CDN Size (compressed) MD5 (uncompressed) Timestamp
Boot 36096 bytes 0e34a44ed37bd7ea4901313a268f5892 November 22, 2017 @ 09:14
cdnjs 31753 bytes 0e34a44ed37bd7ea4901313a268f5892 (invalid)
unpkg 31532 bytes 0e34a44ed37bd7ea4901313a268f5892 (invalid)

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
30391 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i1000000 --mls2 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh November 22, 2017 @ 05:19
30392 bytes -3 bytes zopfli --i100000 --mls2 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh November 21, 2017 @ 16:14
30395 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i10000 --mls2 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh November 21, 2017 @ 15:27
30396 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i10000 --mls2 --bsr21 --lazy --ohh November 21, 2017 @ 15:24
30397 bytes -3 bytes zopfli --i1000 --mls2 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh November 21, 2017 @ 13:49
30400 bytes -5 bytes zopfli --i1000 --mls2 --bsr21 --lazy --ohh November 21, 2017 @ 13:47
30405 bytes – zopfli --i100 --mls2 --bsr11 --lazy --ohh November 21, 2017 @ 13:38

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 @ 12:47.

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 30449 30449 30436 30445 30442 30436 30436 30435 30438 30419 30430 30435 30416 30427 30431
4 30419 30416 30419 30421 30420 30434 30436 30436 30439 30418 30422 30435 30417 30425 30421
6 30418 30414 30418 30415 30415 30416 30415 30417 30414 30415 30415 30437 30417 30425 30429
7 30433 30431 30432 30415 30414 30417 30416 30417 30418 30414 30417 30434 30439 30417 30427
8 30415 30421 30436 30427 30431 30417 30417 30418 30435 30421 30416 30434 30418 30436 30425
9 30439 30432 30438 30433 30436 30417 30420 30417 30414 30422 30417 30435 30438 30436 30425
10 30441 30444 30415 30439 30415 30418 30413 30416 30414 30416 30415 30434 30443 30426 30424
11 30391 30421 30416 30414 30415 30419 30417 30441 30435 30414 30414 30432 30418 30425 30427
12 30414 30421 30418 30419 30415 30417 30418 30443 30414 30419 30416 30435 30437 30418 30425
13 30420 30421 30414 30415 30415 30417 30420 30412 30414 30418 30416 30432 30435 30427 30426
14 30423 30420 30421 30430 30433 30418 30415 30415 30415 30416 30417 30432 30440 30425 30425
15 30420 30411 30431 30415 30413 30416 30420 30418 30415 30414 30416 30438 30440 30429 30428
16 30414 30417 30416 30415 30417 30417 30414 30417 30414 30418 30420 30430 30418 30424 30427
17 30414 30437 30412 30414 30423 30419 30420 30418 30414 30416 30415 30433 30417 30425 30428
18 30433 30433 30431 30437 30435 30417 30416 30433 30416 30418 30420 30434 30440 30426 30423
19 30433 30436 30433 30435 30435 30417 30417 30417 30415 30422 30416 30432 30418 30445 30428
20 30411 30423 30422 30423 30417 30420 30418 30418 30414 30416 30415 30432 30439 30424 30425
21 30396 30409 30414 30432 30419 30417 30416 30416 30415 30418 30415 30433 30438 30428 30430
22 30433 30433 30431 30431 30416 30417 30417 30419 30416 30416 30417 30432 30438 30428 30426
23 30415 30421 30429 30415 30415 30417 30418 30417 30414 30417 30413 30432 30440 30422 30426
25 30433 30432 30420 30415 30416 30414 30420 30417 30414 30417 30416 30432 30440 30425 30426
30 30416 30421 30418 30414 30417 30417 30417 30440 30415 30423 30415 30433 30439 30416 30426
40 30420 30414 30412 30415 30415 30417 30416 30416 30416 30416 30414 30432 30418 30424 30418

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 30405 bytes – 100%
1,000 30397 bytes -8 bytes 100%
10,000 30395 bytes -2 bytes 100%
100,000 30392 bytes -3 bytes 0.58%
1,000,000 30391 bytes -1 byte 0.29%
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) 30489 bytes +98 bytes (+0.32%) –
1 30493 bytes +102 bytes (+0.34%) +4 bytes
2 30516 bytes +125 bytes (+0.41%) +27 bytes
3 30496 bytes +105 bytes (+0.35%) +7 bytes
4 30511 bytes +120 bytes (+0.39%) +22 bytes
5 30536 bytes +145 bytes (+0.48%) +47 bytes
6 30569 bytes +178 bytes (+0.59%) +80 bytes
7 30602 bytes +211 bytes (+0.69%) +113 bytes
8 30626 bytes +235 bytes (+0.77%) +137 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 24885 bytes -5506 bytes (-18.12%)
RAR (proprietary) RAR rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1 25748 bytes -4643 bytes (-15.28%)
PPMd (Wikipedia) 7zip 7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd 26826 bytes -3565 bytes (-11.73%)
Brotli (Wikipedia) brotli brotli -q 11 28282 bytes -2109 bytes (-6.94%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia) bzip2 bzip2 -9 28853 bytes -1538 bytes (-5.06%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia) xz xz -9 29056 bytes -1335 bytes (-4.39%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia) zstd zstd -19 29833 bytes -558 bytes (-1.84%)

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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