11 Ways to Optimize Your Website

• webpack

  330 64,160 9.8 JavaScript

  A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

  

Webpack is one of the most popular options, with 63.6k stars on GitHub. It packs modules (JavaScript, CSS, images, and so on) into bundled assets that can be executed by the browser. For demonstration purposes, this is how you can install Webpack into your project:

• vite

  787 64,769 9.9 TypeScript

  Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!

  

Speaking of frontend tools, Vite is definitely one that we can't afford to overlook. As your application grows increasingly complex, it is not uncommon for a single application to have hundreds or even thousands of modules. As a result, it often takes an unnecessarily long time for the web bundlers to process all of them before a dev server can be started.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Fathom Analytics

  89 7,448 2.5 Go

  Fathom Lite. Simple, privacy-focused website analytics. Built with Golang & Preact.

  

There are many good, lightweight, and open-source alternatives to Google Analytics, such as Plausible, Matomo, Fathom, Simple Analytics, and so on. Many of these options are open-source, and can be self-hosted.

• Rollup

  69 24,776 9.5 JavaScript

  Next-generation ES module bundler

  

Besides Webpack, there are many other popular web bundlers available, such as Parcel, Esbuild, Rollup, and more. They all have their own unique features and strengths, and you should make your decision based on the needs and requirements of your specific project. Please refer to their official websites for details.

• PostCSS

  86 28,192 8.8 TypeScript

  Transforming styles with JS plugins

  

There are many frontend tools available for this purpose. For example, PostCSS is a popular CSS processor that can combine and minimize your code. With the right plugin, it can even fix your code for compatibility issues, making sure your CSS styles work for all browsers.

• Plausible Analytics

  304 18,286 9.8 Elixir

  Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly web analytics alternative to Google Analytics.

  

There are many good, lightweight, and open-source alternatives to Google Analytics, such as Plausible, Matomo, Fathom, Simple Analytics, and so on. Many of these options are open-source, and can be self-hosted.

• parcel

  168 43,115 9.4 JavaScript

  The zero configuration build tool for the web. 📦🚀

  

Besides Webpack, there are many other popular web bundlers available, such as Parcel, Esbuild, Rollup, and more. They all have their own unique features and strengths, and you should make your decision based on the needs and requirements of your specific project. Please refer to their official websites for details.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Matomo

  148 19,039 9.8 PHP

  Empowering People Ethically with the leading open source alternative to Google Analytics that gives you full control over your data. Matomo lets you easily collect data from websites & apps and visualise this data and extract insights. Privacy is built-in. Liberating Web Analytics. Star us on Github? +1. And we love Pull Requests!

  

There are many good, lightweight, and open-source alternatives to Google Analytics, such as Plausible, Matomo, Fathom, Simple Analytics, and so on. Many of these options are open-source, and can be self-hosted.

• FFmpeg

  485 42,374 10.0 C

  Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

  

There are many cloud-based tools and websites that can convert your images, but the problem with these tools is that you usually have to upload the files for them to be processed, and some of their services are not free. In this article, I'd like to introduce a piece of software called FFmpeg, which allows you convert the images locally with one simple command.

• esbuild

  322 37,276 9.5 Go

  An extremely fast bundler for the web

Besides Webpack, there are many other popular web bundlers available, such as Parcel, Esbuild, Rollup, and more. They all have their own unique features and strengths, and you should make your decision based on the needs and requirements of your specific project. Please refer to their official websites for details.

• HomeBrew

  1,281 39,373 10.0 Ruby

  🍺 The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

  

If you are using Mac, you can install FFmpeg with Homebrew:

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