Choose a version:
12% The original file has 101989 bytes (99.6k) and is available from the project website.
There you can find the official minified version, too, which brings down the size to 12548 bytes (12.3k, 12%).

After GZIP compression these minified files vary in size:
gzip -6 (default)
  4848 bytes (4.7k)
 local copy
gzip -9
  4843 bytes (4.7k)
 local copy
Boot
  4836 bytes (4.7k)
 CDN
cdnjs
  4836 bytes (4.7k)
 CDN
jsdelivr
  4828 bytes (4.7k)
 CDN
libdeflate -12
  4755 bytes (4.6k)
 local copy
zultra
  4755 bytes (4.6k)
 local copy
pigz -11 -n
  4753 bytes (4.6k)
 local copy
7zip -mx=9 -tgzip
  4752 bytes (4.6k)
 local copy
kzip -s0 -rn -b1
  4750 bytes (4.6k)
 local copy
Zopfli
  4745 bytes (4.6k)
 local copy

perma-link to the smallest file on my server:
http://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.8.2.min.js (or via HTTPS)

You will automatically get the smallest React 16.8.2 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 83 bytes by using my React 16.8.2 Zopfli version instead of the best available CDN (1.75% smaller than jsdelivr, 4745 vs. 4828 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 --mls2048 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh

(found August 7, 2019)
Description Value Parameter
iterations 100000  --i100000
maximum blocks 8  --mb8
maximum length score 2048  --mls2048
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-16.8.2.min.js --location | md5sum
d89ca949bd7d0511e0450f67ceff9699  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.8.2.min.zopfli.js.gz | md5sum
d89ca949bd7d0511e0450f67ceff9699  -

SHA1:
curl --silent --compressed https://fb.me/react-16.8.2.min.js --location | sha1sum
5fe7b0bf89587a1f01ccf36a552b4187b6a0d5e7  -
curl --silent --compressed https://minime.stephan-brumme.com/files/react/react-16.8.2.min.zopfli.js.gz | sha1sum
5fe7b0bf89587a1f01ccf36a552b4187b6a0d5e7  -

All listed CDNs deliver identical contents:
CDN Size (compressed) MD5 (uncompressed) Timestamp
Boot 4836 bytes d89ca949bd7d0511e0450f67ceff9699 February 15, 2019 @ 19:45
cdnjs 4836 bytes d89ca949bd7d0511e0450f67ceff9699 February 15, 2019 @ 19:45
jsdelivr 4828 bytes d89ca949bd7d0511e0450f67ceff9699 August 7, 2019 @ 16:21

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
4745 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i100000 --mls2048 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh August 7, 2019 @ 18:57
4746 bytes -1 byte zopfli --i10000 --mls2048 --bsr18 --lazy --ohh August 7, 2019 @ 17:35
4747 bytes -2 bytes zopfli --i1000 --mls2048 --bsr13 --lazy --ohh August 7, 2019 @ 16:42
4749 bytes – zopfli --i100 --mls2048 --bsr14 --lazy --ohh August 7, 2019 @ 16:27

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 @ 12:49.

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 4754 4754 4754 4754 4752 4752 4750 4754 4750 4750 4750 4749 4748 4752 4752
4 4750 4750 4750 4752 4750 4750 4750 4750 4750 4750 4750 4748 4748 4748 4748
6 4750 4750 4755 4752 4751 4750 4751 4752 4750 4750 4750 4749 4752 4754 4754
7 4750 4750 4751 4751 4750 4750 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4749 4749 4749 4749
8 4752 4752 4753 4752 4753 4751 4752 4755 4750 4750 4745 4749 4748 4752 4752
9 4750 4750 4749 4751 4752 4750 4750 4750 4750 4750 4750 4749 4748 4753 4753
10 4752 4752 4751 4752 4751 4751 4752 4754 4750 4750 4745 4748 4752 4752 4752
11 4752 4752 4752 4752 4752 4753 4751 4754 4750 4750 4750 4748 4749 4749 4749
12 4751 4751 4751 4752 4751 4751 4753 4754 4750 4750 4750 4749 4749 4749 4749
13 4750 4750 4752 4752 4752 4753 4750 4754 4750 4750 4745 4745 4749 4749 4749
14 4750 4750 4751 4752 4752 4750 4752 4754 4750 4750 4746 4749 4753 4753 4753
15 4752 4752 4752 4754 4753 4754 4752 4753 4750 4750 4750 4749 4749 4749 4749
16 4752 4752 4752 4752 4752 4750 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4748 4754 4754 4754
17 4751 4751 4752 4752 4752 4751 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4749 4749 4752 4752
18 4752 4752 4751 4752 4752 4750 4753 4754 4750 4750 4745 4750 4752 4753 4753
19 4752 4752 4752 4752 4752 4753 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4748 4752 4754 4754
20 4751 4751 4752 4752 4752 4751 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4748 4749 4754 4753
21 4749 4749 4751 4752 4752 4751 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4748 4749 4749 4749
22 4751 4751 4754 4752 4752 4753 4754 4754 4750 4750 4750 4748 4748 4754 4754
23 4749 4749 4749 4752 4752 4753 4752 4754 4750 4750 4745 4748 4754 4753 4754
25 4753 4753 4752 4752 4752 4752 4751 4755 4750 4750 4750 4749 4748 4748 4748
30 4753 4753 4751 4752 4753 4752 4753 4752 4750 4750 4746 4749 4749 4749 4749
40 4755 4755 4752 4755 4752 4753 4752 4754 4750 4750 4750 4749 4748 4749 4749

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 4749 bytes – 100%
1,000 4747 bytes -2 bytes 100%
10,000 4746 bytes -1 byte 100%
100,000 4745 bytes -1 byte 3.19%
1,000,000 4745 bytes – 1.74%
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) 4751 bytes +6 bytes (+0.13%) +1 byte
1 4750 bytes +5 bytes (+0.11%) –
2 4765 bytes +20 bytes (+0.42%) +15 bytes
3 4794 bytes +49 bytes (+1.03%) +44 bytes
4 4819 bytes +74 bytes (+1.56%) +69 bytes
5 4853 bytes +108 bytes (+2.28%) +103 bytes
6 4882 bytes +137 bytes (+2.89%) +132 bytes
7 4914 bytes +169 bytes (+3.56%) +164 bytes
8 4933 bytes +188 bytes (+3.96%) +183 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
Brotli (Wikipedia) brotli brotli -q 11 4265 bytes -480 bytes (-10.12%)
RAR (proprietary) RAR rar a -m5 -md64m -mc63:128t -mt1 4352 bytes -393 bytes (-8.28%)
Zstandard (Wikipedia) zstd zstd -19 4738 bytes -7 bytes (-0.15%)
LZMA2 (Wikipedia) xz xz -9 4784 bytes +39 bytes (+0.82%)
PPMd (Wikipedia) 7zip 7za a -mx=9 -m0=ppmd 4887 bytes +142 bytes (+2.99%)
Burrows-Wheeler transform (Wikipedia) bzip2 bzip2 -9 4899 bytes +154 bytes (+3.25%)
ZPAQ (Wikipedia) zpaq zpaq -method 69 5120 bytes +375 bytes (+7.90%)

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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