NAME
Text::Minify::XS - Remove indentation and trailing whitespace from multi-line text
SYNOPSIS
use Text::Minify::XS qw/ minify /;
my $out = minify( $in );
DESCRIPTION
This is a simple and fast text minifier that quickly removes extra whitespace from multi-line text.
RECENT CHANGES
Changes for version v0.7.9 (2026-04-27)
- Enhancements
- Improved XS.xs by using appropriate isSPACE variants.
- Documentation
- Updated contact email address.
- Tests
- Moved more author tests into xt.
See the Changes file for more details.
REQUIREMENTS
This module lists the following modules as runtime dependencies:
See the cpanfile file for the full list of prerequisites.
INSTALLATION
The latest version of this module (along with any dependencies) can be installed from CPAN with the cpan tool that is included with Perl:
cpan Text::Minify::XS
You can also extract the distribution archive and install this module (along with any dependencies):
cpan .
You can also install this module manually using the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
If you are working with the source repository, then it may not have a Makefile.PL file. But you can use the Dist::Zilla tool in anger to build and install this module:
dzil build
dzil test
dzil install --install-command="cpan ."
For more information, see How to install CPAN modules.
SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
Passing malformed UTF-8 characters may throw an exception, which in some cases could lead to a denial of service if untrusted input is passed to "minify_utf8". See "KNOWN ISSUES".
SUPPORT
Only the latest version of this module will be supported.
Since v0.7.0, this module requires Perl v5.14 or later. Future releases may only support Perl versions released in the last ten (10) years.
Reporting Bugs and Submitting Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/issues
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker,
then see SECURITY.md for instructions how to report security vulnerabilities.
SOURCE
The development version is on github at https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS and may be cloned from https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS.git
See CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.
AUTHOR
Robert Rothenberg perl@rhizomnic.com
CONTRIBUTOR
Karl Williamson kwh@cpan.org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2020-2026 by Robert Rothenberg.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)