Choose a version:
11% The original file has 120826 bytes (118.0k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 12703 bytes (12.4k, 11%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:
gzip -6 (default)
  5018 bytes (4.9k)
local copy
gzip -9
  5018 bytes (4.9k)
local copy
Boot
  5002 bytes (4.9k)
CDN
cdnjs
  5002 bytes (4.9k)
CDN
jsdelivr
  4997 bytes (4.9k)
CDN
zultra
  4922 bytes (4.8k)
local copy
libdeflate -12
  4919 bytes (4.8k)
local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b1
  4917 bytes (4.8k)
local copy
pigz -11 -n
  4917 bytes (4.8k)
local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip
  4915 bytes (4.8k)
local copy
Zopfli
  4908 bytes (4.8k)
local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.10.0.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest React 16.10.0 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 89 bytes by using my React 16.10.0 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (1.81% smaller than jsdelivr, 4908 vs. 4997 bytes):
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 --mls32 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh

(found October 4, 2019)
Description Value Parameter
iterations 100000  --i100000
maximum blocks 8  --mb8
maximum length score 32  --mls32
block splitting recursion 18  --bsr18
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://fb.me/react-16.10.0.min.js --location | md5sum
25fc3d28866609505498f34ea017ad0e  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.10.0.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
25fc3d28866609505498f34ea017ad0e  -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://fb.me/react-16.10.0.min.js --location | sha1sum
87119825e2f5d0a578cfbe59f1c5e8710bffed4c  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.10.0.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
87119825e2f5d0a578cfbe59f1c5e8710bffed4c  -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:
CDN Size (compressed) MD5 (uncompressed) Timestamp
Boot 5002 bytes 25fc3d28866609505498f34ea017ad0e September 27, 2019 @ 22:46
cdnjs 5002 bytes 25fc3d28866609505498f34ea017ad0e September 27, 2019 @ 22:46
jsdelivr 4997 bytes 25fc3d28866609505498f34ea017ad0e October 4, 2019 @ 12:59

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

Other Versions

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

18.2.0,
18.1.0, 18.0.0,
17.0.2, 17.0.1, 17.0.0,
16.14.0,
16.13.1, 16.13.0,
16.12.0,
16.11.0,
16.10.2, 16.10.1, 16.10.0,
16.9.0,
16.8.6, 16.8.5, 16.8.4, 16.8.3, 16.8.2, 16.8.1, 16.8.0,
16.7.0,
16.6.3, 16.6.1, 16.6.0,
16.5.2, 16.5.1, 16.5.0,
16.4.2, 16.4.1, 16.4.0,
16.3.2, 16.3.1, 16.3.0,
16.2.0,
16.1.1, 16.1.0, 16.0.0,
15.6.2, 15.6.1, 15.6.0,
15.5.2, 15.5.1, 15.5.0,
15.4.2, 15.4.1, 15.4.0,
15.3.2, 15.3.1, 15.3.0,
15.2.1, 15.2.0,
15.1.0,
15.0.2, 15.0.1, 15.0.0,
0.14.8, 0.14.7, 0.14.6, 0.14.5, 0.14.4, 0.14.3, 0.14.2, 0.14.1, 0.14.0,
0.13.3, 0.13.2, 0.13.1, 0.13.0,
0.12.2, 0.12.1, 0.12.0,
0.11.2, 0.11.1, 0.11.0,
0.10.0

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, Socket.IO, ThreeJS, UnderscoreJS and Vue.

Changelog

Best Zopfli parameters so far:
Size Improvement Parameters Found
4908 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i100000 --mls32 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh October 4, 2019 @ 17:07
4909 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i10000 --mls32 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh October 4, 2019 @ 14:07
4910 bytes -2 bytes zopfli --i10000 --mls8192 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh October 4, 2019 @ 13:59
4912 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i1000 --mls32 --bsr30 --lazy --ohh October 4, 2019 @ 13:42
4913 bytes zopfli --i100 --mls128 --bsr30 --lazy --ohh October 4, 2019 @ 13:04

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, 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
4915 4915 4914 4915 4915 4915 4913 4914 4914 4914 4914 4914 4910 4909 4909
4912 4912 4915 4913 4913 4913 4913 4914 4914 4914 4914 4912 4913 4914 4914
4913 4913 4913 4915 4913 4912 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4914 4912 4912
4913 4913 4914 4916 4913 4913 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4911 4913 4913 4913
4914 4914 4915 4915 4914 4915 4911 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4914 4912 4912
4915 4915 4914 4913 4912 4912 4911 4914 4914 4914 4914 4912 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4914 4913 4913 4911 4912 4912 4914 4914 4914 4916 4914 4913 4913
4913 4913 4915 4915 4913 4912 4912 4912 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4913 4916 4913 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4913 4915 4913 4913
4913 4913 4912 4914 4914 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4915 4913 4913
4912 4912 4913 4915 4914 4912 4913 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4914 4913 4913 4912 4912 4913 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4912 4912
4913 4913 4913 4913 4912 4912 4913 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4913 4913
4915 4915 4914 4914 4913 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4912 4914 4908 4912 4912 4912 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4914 4914
4913 4913 4915 4915 4913 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4912 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4915 4914 4914 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4914 4915 4913 4917 4913 4913 4914 4914 4914 4914 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4915 4913 4913 4912 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4913 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4914 4914 4912 4913 4911 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4913 4913 4913
4913 4913 4914 4913 4913 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4916 4914 4913 4913
4913 4913 4915 4915 4911 4911 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4915 4913 4913 4913
4912 4912 4914 4913 4912 4912 4912 4912 4914 4914 4914 4914 4915 4913 4913

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 4913 bytes 100%
1,000 4912 bytes -1 byte 100%
10,000 4909 bytes -3 bytes 100%
100,000 4908 bytes -1 byte 1.16%
1,000,000 4908 bytes 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
4918 bytes +10 bytes (+0.20%) +1 byte
4917 bytes +9 bytes (+0.18%)
4933 bytes +25 bytes (+0.51%) +16 bytes
4954 bytes +46 bytes (+0.94%) +37 bytes
4983 bytes +75 bytes (+1.53%) +66 bytes
4995 bytes +87 bytes (+1.77%) +78 bytes
5027 bytes +119 bytes (+2.42%) +110 bytes
5058 bytes +150 bytes (+3.06%) +141 bytes
5099 bytes +191 bytes (+3.89%) +182 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 - but your browser doesn't support it.
Algorithm Program Parameters Size Compared To Best Zopfli
Brotli (Wikipedia) brotli brotli -q 11 4419 bytes -489 bytes (-9.96%)
RAR (proprietary) RAR rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1 4500 bytes -408 bytes (-8.31%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia) zstd zstd -19 4909 bytes +1 byte (+0.02%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia) xz xz -9 4940 bytes +32 bytes (+0.65%)
PPMd (Wikipedia) 7zip 7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd 5005 bytes +97 bytes (+1.98%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia) bzip2 bzip2 -9 5037 bytes +129 bytes (+2.63%)
ZPAQ (Wikipedia) zpaq zpaq -method 69 5257 bytes +349 bytes (+7.11%)

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):


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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