vite-plugin-strip-comments

A very simple Vite plugin for stripping comments in your production code. Some comments just don't get removed no matter what minify options you set, especially /* istanbul ignore */ flags. Keep in mind this is experimental, please use with caution.

Install

pnpm install -D vite-plugin-strip-comments

yarn add -D vite-plugin-strip-comments

npm install -D vite-plugin-strip-comments

deno add -D npm:vite-plugin-strip-comments@latest

Usage

// vite.config.mts
import stripComments from 'vite-plugin-strip-comments';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    // ... other plugins
    stripComments({ type: 'istanbul' }),
  ],
});

Options

• type: "none" | "keep-legal" | "istanbul" (default) - changes the behavior of the transform function
  • none removes all comments
  • keep-legal remove all commments except those which contain @legal or @license, a very good practice to allow open source to shine yes?
  • istanbul (default) only remove comments that target istanbul code coverage instrumentation (EG: /* istanbul ignore else @preserve */)
• enforce: "pre" (default) | "post" - determines where in the compilation pipeline the plugin should work;

Contributions

• Found a problem, report the problem. Thank you!
• Found a fix? Clone, install, apply fix and commit. Thank you!

License

vite-plugin-strip-comments is released under the MIT License.