yui/yuicompressor
YUI Compressor observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6480
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1813
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2990 stars · 653 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
YUI Compressor is a Java-based command-line tool that minifies JavaScript and CSS files, removing comments and whitespace and safely obfuscating local variables. It is also available as a Node.js package, though it still requires Java under the hood.
Use cases
- minify javascript files for production
- compress css files
- reduce asset file size for faster page loads
- obfuscate local variable names in js
- batch minify assets in a build pipeline
When to choose
- you need a battle-tested legacy minifier for older build setups
- you want a single tool that handles both JS and CSS minification
- your environment already runs Java
When to avoid
- starting a modern project - terser, esbuild, or cssnano are faster and actively developed
- you need ES6+ syntax support, which YUI Compressor does not fully handle
- you want a pure Node.js solution without a Java dependency
Facets
cli-tool · maturity maintenance
build-tool cli web-development frontend developer-tools jvm cli cross-platform minification javascript css java legacy nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/yui/yuicompressor · fetched 2026-08-28 · 99d9c809a88f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| yui/yuicompressor | main | 23 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="yui/yuicompressor")
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