Minimalify

Minimalify is a zero-dependency CLI/library for building blazing-fast, static HTML/CSS/JS sites with reusable components. Drop in your source, define a tiny config, run minimalify build, and get a fully inlined, minified build/ folder ready for GitHub Pages or any static host.

⏛ Usage

minimalify [options] [command]

Minimalify is a zero-dependency CLI/library for building blazing-fast, static HTML/CSS/JS sites

Options:
  -V, --version    output the version number
  -v, --verbose    Enable verbose logging (default: false)
  -j, --json       Output in JSON format (default: false)
  -h, --help       display help for command

Commands:
  init [options]   Initialize the minimalify.config.js file.
  build [options]  Build the project using the minimalify.config.js file
  dev [options]    Launch the project using the minimalify.config.js file and watch for changes.
  help [command]   display help for command

 Generate awesome static site with @minimalify. Contribute at https://github.com/ragarwalll/minimalify.git

🚀 Features

• Fetch and bundle shared base CSS, base JS, and arbitrary assets (images, fonts, icons)
• Concatenate & minify your project’s CSS via PostCSS + cssnano
• Concatenate & minify your project’s JS via Terser
• Inline reusable HTML components with dynamic {{param}} and {{children}}
• Scan HTML/CSS for remote URLs (<link>, <script>, <img>, url(...)) and download them locally
• Purge unused CSS selectors (PurgeCSS) for minimal CSS footprint
• Minify final HTML (html-minifier-terser)
• Zero runtime dependencies in your final build/
• Incremental builds via a dependency DAG + BFS
• Caching of transform results (LRU caches) and HTTP assets (Bloom filter)
• Parallel transforms (p-limit worker pool)
• Merkle-style content-hash checks
• Dev server with HMR: CSS hot-swap, JS reload, page-diff via Morphdom

🎯 Installation

npm install --save-dev minimalify

🚧 Project Layout

my-site/
├── src/
│   ├── css/
│   │   ├── base.min.css        ← shared, auto-downloaded
│   │   └── site.css            ← your custom styles
│   ├── js/
│   │   ├── base.min.js         ← shared, auto-downloaded
│   │   └── site.js             ← your custom scripts
│   ├── img/
│   │   └── logo.svg            ← project-specific images
│   ├── templates/
│   │   └── contacts.html       ← reusable component template
│   ├── index.html
│   └── about.html
├── minimalify.config.js        ← build configuration
└── package.json

🧑🏻‍🔧 Configuration (minimalify.config.js)

module.exports = {
    srcDir: 'src',
    outDir: 'dist',
    sharedDomains: ['https://therahulagarwal.com'],
    html: {
        minify: true,
    },
    css: {
        minify: true,
    },
    js: {
        minify: true,
        minifyOptions: {},
    },
    images: {
        optimize: true,
        supportedFormats: ['jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'gif', 'webp', 'svg'],
        ignore: [],
    },
    templates: {
        dir: 'templates',
        sharedUri: [],
    },
    dev: {
        port: 3000,
    },
    cache: true,
    plugins: [
        'accessibility',
        'bundle-analyzer',
        'custom-domain',
        'image-optimizer',
        'markdown',
        'perf-monitor',
        'seo',
        'sitemap',
        'spa',
        'version-assets',
    ],
};

📦 Usage

CLI

Add to your package.json:

{
    "scripts": {
        "build": "minimalify build",
        "dev": "minimalify dev"
    }
}

Then:

npm run build    # production build
npm run dev      # dev server + HMR

Programmatic API

import { build, dev } from 'minimalify';

// production build
await build('minimalify.config.js');

// start dev server
await dev('minimalify.config.js');

Components & Templates

Define a template with {{param}} and {{children}} in src/templates/contacts.html:

<section class="contacts">
    <h2>Contact Us</h2>
    <ul>
        <li>Email: <a href="mailto:{{email}}">{{email}}</a></li>
        <li>Phone: <a href="tel:{{phone}}">{{phone}}</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div class="extra">{{children}}</div>
</section>

Use it in any page:

<include-contacts email="[email protected]" phone="+1234567890">
    <p>Office hours: Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm.</p>
</include-contacts>

Minimalify inlines, replaces {{…}}, and nests inner HTML automatically.

📑 GitHub Pages

1. Push the build/ folder to gh-pages branch (or point Pages to /build on main).
2. Your site is live at https://<user>.github.io/<repo>/.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See the LICENSE file for details.