Rich-Harris/butternut
The fast, future-friendly minifier observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3404
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 3335
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1163 stars · 16 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Butternut is a fast JavaScript minifier that supports ES2015+ syntax, editing code in place via magic-string instead of AST regeneration. It offers a CLI (`squash`), a JavaScript API, and build-tool plugins for Rollup, webpack, and gulp.
Use cases
- minify javascript bundles faster than uglifyjs
- compress es6/es2015 code
- squash js files from the command line
- integrate a minifier into rollup or webpack builds
- generate sourcemaps during minification
When to choose
- you need very fast minification of modern ES2015+ JavaScript
- you want better compression than Babili without Uglify's speed penalty
When to avoid
- you need a battle-tested, actively maintained minifier (project is alpha and unmaintained since 2017)
- you require maximum compression ratios
- production builds where correctness is critical without thorough testing
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
build-tool compiler developer-tools developer-tools web-development frontend performance cli cross-platform javascript-minifier es2015 code-compression sourcemaps magic-string nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/Rich-Harris/butternut · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1d2c431d1c09
- homepage: https://butternut.now.sh · fetched 2026-08-29 · 60f1bd295177
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/butternut · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0c9acfebf5b9
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Rich-Harris/butternut | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Rich-Harris/butternut")
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