Vite Image Optimizer

Plugin for Vite to optimize all images assets using Sharp.js and SVGO at build time.

• Optimize SVG assets using SVGO and pass custom configs.
• Optimize scalar assets (png, jpeg, gif, tiff, webp, avif) using Sharp.js with the option to pass custom configs for each extension type.
• Option to process all assets from your public directory defined in the bundler.
• Configure test, include, and exclude to filter assets.
• Skip processing assets if their optimized size is greater than their original size.
• Log the optimization stats showing the before and after size difference and ratio (optional)

This plugin is based on the awesome image-minimizer-webpack-plugin for Webpack. I wanted to combine the optimization capabilities of Sharp.js and SVGO in a single package and I couldn't find a plugin for Vite that could accomplish this. I initially thought of adding squoosh and imagemin support as well but dropped the idea since they are no longer maintained.

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Contributions are most welcome! We follow conventional-commits

You can add it as a dev dependency to any of the package managers (NPM, Yarn, PNPM)

Supports Vite >=3 and Node >=14

npm install vite-plugin-image-optimizer --save-dev

Warning

sharp and svgo don't come installed as part of the package. You will have to install them manually and add it as a dev dependency. This is a design decision so you can choose to skip installing sharp if you only want to optimize svg assets using svgo and vice versa.

npm install sharp --save-dev

npm install svgo --save-dev

import { ViteImageOptimizer } from 'vite-plugin-image-optimizer';
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';

export default defineConfig(() => {
  return {
    plugins: [
      ViteImageOptimizer({
        /* pass your config */
      }),
    ],
  };
});

The default configuration is made for lossless compression of image assets.

const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
  test: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif|tiff|webp|svg|avif)$/i,
  exclude: undefined,
  include: undefined,
  includePublic: true,
  logStats: true,
  svg: {
    multipass: true,
    plugins: [
      {
        name: 'preset-default',
        params: {
          overrides: {
            cleanupNumericValues: false,
            removeViewBox: false, // https://github.com/svg/svgo/issues/1128
          },
          cleanupIDs: {
            minify: false,
            remove: false,
          },
          convertPathData: false,
        },
      },
      'sortAttrs',
      {
        name: 'addAttributesToSVGElement',
        params: {
          attributes: [{ xmlns: 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' }],
        },
      },
    ],
  },
  png: {
    // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#png
    quality: 100,
  },
  jpeg: {
    // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#jpeg
    quality: 100,
  },
  jpg: {
    // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#jpeg
    quality: 100,
  },
  tiff: {
    // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#tiff
    quality: 100,
  },
  // gif does not support lossless compression
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#gif
  gif: {},
  webp: {
    // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#webp
    lossless: true,
  },
  avif: {
    // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#avif
    lossless: true,
  },
};

• test
• include
• exclude
• includePublic
• logStats
• svg
• png
• jpeg
• tiff
• gif
• webp
• avif

Type: RegExp

Default: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif|tiff|webp|svg|avif)$/i

Test to match files against.

Type: String | RegExp | Array<string>

Default: undefined

Files to exclude.

Type: String | RegExp | Array<string>

Default: undefined

Files to include.

Warning

This will override any options set in test and exclude and has a higher preference. Use this option if you want to include specific assets only.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Include all assets within the public directory defined in Vite. When true it will recursively traverse the directory and optimize all the assets.

Type: boolean

Default: true

Logs the optimization stats to terminal output with file size difference in kB and percent increase/decrease.

Type: Object

Default:

{
  multipass: true,
  plugins: [
    {
      name: 'preset-default',
      params: {
        overrides: {
          cleanupNumericValues: false,
          removeViewBox: false, // https://github.com/svg/svgo/issues/1128
        },
        cleanupIDs: {
          minify: false,
          remove: false,
        },
        convertPathData: false,
      },
    },
    'sortAttrs',
    {
      name: 'addAttributesToSVGElement',
      params: {
        attributes: [{ xmlns: 'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' }],
      },
    },
  ]
}

Config object to pass to SVGO, you can override it with your custom config.

Type: Object

Default:

{
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#png
  quality: 100,
}

Config object to pass to Sharp.js for assets with png extension

Type: Object

Default:

{
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#jpeg
  quality: 100,
}

Config object to pass to Sharp.js for assets with jpg or jpeg extension

Type: Object

Default:

{
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#gif
}

Config object to pass to Sharp.js for assets with gif extension

Type: Object

Default:

{
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#tiff
  quality: 100,
}

Config object to pass to Sharp.js for assets with tiff extension

Type: Object

Default:

{
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#webp
  lossless: true,
}

Config object to pass to Sharp.js for assets with webp extension

Type: Object

Default:

{
  // https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com/api-output#avif
  lossless: true,
}

Config object to pass to Sharp.js for assets with avif extension

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