Choose a version:
11% The original file has 85453 bytes (83.5k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 9760 bytes (9.5k, 11%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:
gzip -6 (default)
  4072 bytes (4.0k)
local copy
gzip -9
  4069 bytes (4.0k)
local copy
Boot
  4062 bytes (4.0k)
CDN
cdnjs
  4062 bytes (4.0k)
CDN
jsdelivr
  4052 bytes (4.0k)
CDN
libdeflate -12
  3992 bytes (3.9k)
local copy
zultra
  3992 bytes (3.9k)
local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip
  3990 bytes (3.9k)
local copy
pigz -11 -n
  3989 bytes (3.9k)
local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b1
  3988 bytes (3.9k)
local copy
Zopfli
  3987 bytes (3.9k)
local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.5.0.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest React 16.5.0 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 65 bytes by using my React 16.5.0 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (1.63% smaller than jsdelivr, 3987 vs. 4052 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 --i1000 --mb8 --mls4096 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh

(found September 7, 2018)
Description Value Parameter
iterations 1000  --i1000
maximum blocks 8  --mb8
maximum length score 4096  --mls4096
block splitting recursion 2  --bsr2
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-16.5.0.min.js --location | md5sum
8577daa798d3b6a9e08f90ddd170a3e4  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.5.0.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
8577daa798d3b6a9e08f90ddd170a3e4  -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://fb.me/react-16.5.0.min.js --location | sha1sum
763604d74d153e3ed63bae505b7d497c059187b3  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.5.0.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
763604d74d153e3ed63bae505b7d497c059187b3  -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:
CDN Size (compressed) MD5 (uncompressed) Timestamp
Boot 4062 bytes 8577daa798d3b6a9e08f90ddd170a3e4 October 24, 2018 @ 19:00
cdnjs 4062 bytes 8577daa798d3b6a9e08f90ddd170a3e4 October 24, 2018 @ 19:00
jsdelivr 4052 bytes 8577daa798d3b6a9e08f90ddd170a3e4 September 7, 2018 @ 15:39

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
3987 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i1000 --mls4096 --bsr2 --lazy --ohh September 7, 2018 @ 15:53
3988 bytes zopfli --i100 --mls4096 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh September 7, 2018 @ 15:45

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 @ 12:48.

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
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3998 3998 3998
3987 3987 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3996 3998 3998
3987 3987 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3995 3994 3994
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3987 3987 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3987 3987 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992
3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3991 3991 3991
3992 3992 3992 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3987 3992 3992 3992

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 3988 bytes 100%
1,000 3987 bytes -1 byte 100%
10,000 3987 bytes 100%
100,000 3987 bytes 73.33%
1,000,000 3987 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
3988 bytes +1 byte (+0.03%)
3988 bytes +1 byte (+0.03%)
4007 bytes +20 bytes (+0.50%) +19 bytes
4034 bytes +47 bytes (+1.18%) +46 bytes
4066 bytes +79 bytes (+1.98%) +78 bytes
4095 bytes +108 bytes (+2.71%) +107 bytes
4130 bytes +143 bytes (+3.59%) +142 bytes
4168 bytes +181 bytes (+4.54%) +180 bytes
4204 bytes +217 bytes (+5.44%) +216 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 3567 bytes -420 bytes (-10.53%)
RAR (proprietary) RAR rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1 3696 bytes -291 bytes (-7.30%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia) zstd zstd -19 4016 bytes +29 bytes (+0.73%)
PPMd (Wikipedia) 7zip 7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd 4059 bytes +72 bytes (+1.81%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia) xz xz -9 4064 bytes +77 bytes (+1.93%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia) bzip2 bzip2 -9 4152 bytes +165 bytes (+4.14%)
ZPAQ (Wikipedia) zpaq zpaq -method 69 4520 bytes +533 bytes (+13.37%)

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):


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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