Minification

Starting with v1.2.67, you can configure SWC to minify your code by enabling minify in your .swcrc file:

{
  // Enable minification
  "minify": true,
  // Optional, configure minifcation options
  "jsc": {
    "minify": {
      "compress": {
        "unused": true
      },
      "mangle": true
    }
  }
}

Configuration

jsc.minify.compress

Type: boolean | object.

Similar to the compress option of terser.

{
  "jsc": {
    "minify": {
      "compress": true // equivalent to {}
    }
  }
}

• arguments, defaults to false.
• arrows, defaults to true.
• booleans, defaults to true.
• booleans_as_integers, defaults to false.
• collapse_vars, defaults to true.
• comparisons, defaults to true.
• computed_props, defaults to false.
• conditionals, defaults to false.
• dead_code, defaults to false.
• defaults, defaults to true.
• directives, defaults to false.
• drop_console, defaults to false.
• drop_debugger, defaults to true.
• ecma, defaults to 5.
• evaluate, defaults to true.
• global_defs, defaults to {}.
• hoist_funs, defaults to false.
• hoist_props, defaults to true.
• hoist_vars, defaults to false.
• ie8, Ignored.
• if_return, defaults to true.
• inline, defaults to ``.
• join_vars, defaults to true.
• keep_classnames, defaults to false.
• keep_fargs, defaults to false.
• keep_infinity, defaults to false.
• loops, defaults to true.
• negate_iife, defaults to true.
• passes, defaults to 0, which means no limit.
• properties, defaults to true.
• pure_getters, defaults to ``.
• pure_funcs, defaults to []. Type is an array of string.
• reduce_funcs, defaults to false.
• reduce_vars, defaults to false.
• sequences, defaults to true.
• side_effects, defaults to true.
• switches, defaults to false.
• top_retain, defaults to ``.
• toplevel, defaults to ``.
• typeofs, defaults to true.
• unsafe, defaults to false.
• unsafe_arrows, defaults to false.
• unsafe_comps, defaults to false.
• unsafe_Function, defaults to false.
• unsafe_math, defaults to false.
• unsafe_symbols, defaults to false.
• unsafe_methods, defaults to false.
• unsafe_proto, defaults to false.
• unsafe_regexp, defaults to false.
• unsafe_undefined, defaults to false.
• unused, defaults to true.
• module, Ignored. Currently, all files are treated as module.

jsc.minify.mangle

Type: boolean | object.

Similar to the mangle option of terser.

{
  "jsc": {
    "minify": {
      "mangle": true // equivalent to {}
    }
  }
}

• properties, Defaults to false, and true is identical to {}.
• topLevel, Defaults to false. Aliased as toplevel for compatibility with terser.
• keepClassnames, Defaults to false. Aliased as keep_classnames for compatibility with terser.
• keepFnames, Defaults to false.
• keepPrivateProps, Defaults to false. Aliased as keep_private_props for compatibility with terser.
• reserved, Defaults to []
• ie8, Ignored.
• safari10, Not implemented yet.

@swc/core Usage

swc.minify(code, options)

This API is asynchronous and all of parsing, minification, and code generation will be done in background thread. The options argument is same as jsc.minify object. For example:

import swc from "@swc/core";

const { code, map } = await swc.minify(
  "import foo from '@src/app'; console.log(foo)",
  {
    compress: false,
    mangle: true,
  }
);

expect(code).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"import a from'@src/app';console.log(a);"`);

Returns Promise<{ code: string, map: string }>.

swc.minifySync(code, options)

This API exists on @swc/core, @swc/wasm, @swc/wasm-web.

import swc from "@swc/core";

const { code, map } = swc.minifySync(
  "import foo from '@src/app'; console.log(foo)",
  {
    compress: false,
    mangle: true,
  }
);

expect(code).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"import a from'@src/app';console.log(a);"`);

Returns { code: string, map: string }.

APIs for WebAssembly

Replacing Terser

You can reduce build time and override Terser without needing a library to update their dependencies through yarn resolutions. Example package.json would include:

{
  "resolutions": { "terser": "npm:@swc/core" }
}

This will use the SWC minifier instead of Terser for all nested dependencies. Ensure you remove your lockfile and re-install your dependencies.

$ rm -rf node_modules yarn.lock
$ yarn