Jampack

Optimizes static websites for best user experience and best Core Web Vitals scores
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Jampack

Optimizes static websites for best user experience and best Core Web Vitals scores.

Brought to you by
‹div›RIOTS ‹div›RIOTS

What is jampack?

Not a bundler. Not a framework.

jampack is a post-processing tool that takes the output of your Static Site Generator (aka SSG) and optimizes it for best user experience and best Core Web Vitals scores.

Read the introduction blog post

What can jampack do?

<img>

<img src="./redpanda.jpg" alt="Red panda">

becomes responsive with dimensions:

<img src="./redpanda.jpg.webp" alt="Red panda" 
     srcset="
     ./redpanda.jpg.webp 3872w, ./redpanda@3572w.jpg.webp 3572w, ./redpanda@3272w.jpg.webp 3272w, 
     ./redpanda@2972w.jpg.webp 2972w, ./redpanda@2672w.jpg.webp 2672w, ./redpanda@2372w.jpg.webp 2372w,
     ./redpanda@2072w.jpg.webp 2072w, ./redpanda@1772w.jpg.webp 1772w, ./redpanda@1472w.jpg.webp 1472w,
     ./redpanda@1172w.jpg.webp 1172w, ./redpanda@872w.jpg.webp 872w"
     sizes="100vw"
     loading="lazy"
     decoding="async"
     width="3872" 
     height="2592">

<picture>

<picture>
    <img src="./redpanda.jpg" alt="Red panda">
</picture>

becomes responsive with multiple formats including AVIF:

<picture>
    <source type="image/avif" 
            srcset="./redpanda@1936w.avif 1936w, ./redpanda@1636w.avif 1636w,
                    ./redpanda@1336w.avif 1336w, ./redpanda@1036w.avif 1036w,
                    ./redpanda@736w.avif 736w">
    <source type="image/webp" 
            srcset="./redpanda@1936w.webp 1936w, ./redpanda@1636w.webp 1636w,
                    ./redpanda@1336w.webp 1336w, ./redpanda@1036w.webp 1036w,
                    ./redpanda@736w.webp 736w">
    <img src="./redpanda.jpg" 
         alt="Red panda" 
         loading="lazy" 
         decoding="async" 
         width="1936" 
         height="1296" 
         srcset="./redpanda.jpg 1936w, ./redpanda@1636w.jpg 1636w,
                 ./redpanda@1336w.jpg 1336w, ./redpanda@1036w.jpg 1036w,
                 ./redpanda@736w.jpg 736w"
         sizes="100vw">
</picture>

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CDN images become responsive

<img
      src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D"
      alt="Clouds in the sky by Taylor Van Riper"
      width="2848"
      height="4272"
    />

becomes

<img
      src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D"
      alt="Clouds in the sky by Taylor Van Riper"
      width="2848"
      height="4272"
      loading="lazy"
      decoding="async"
      srcset="
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=2848&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 2848w,
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=2548&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 2548w,
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=2248&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 2248w,
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=1948&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 1948w,
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=1648&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 1648w,
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=1348&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 1348w,
        https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&amp;ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&amp;w=1048&amp;fit=min&amp;auto=format 1048w
      "
      sizes="100vw"
    />

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External images can be downloaded and optimized

<img
     src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513002749550-c59d786b8e6c?ixlib=rb-4.0.3&ixid=M3wxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8fA%3D%3D&auto=jpg&fit=crop&w=1287&q=80"
     alt="Clouds in the sky by Taylor Van Riper"
/>

becomes

<img
     src="_jampack/ab99b9d280ce4cf7cfc810b59f3a7739.jpg.webp"
     alt="Clouds in the sky by Taylor Van Riper"
     loading="lazy"
     decoding="async"
     width="1287"
     height="1931"
     srcset="
        _jampack/ab99b9d280ce4cf7cfc810b59f3a7739.jpg.webp  1287w,
        _jampack/ab99b9d280ce4cf7cfc810b59f3a7739@987w.webp  987w,
        _jampack/ab99b9d280ce4cf7cfc810b59f3a7739@687w.webp  687w
     "
     sizes="100vw"
    />

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Above & below-the-fold

jampack optimizes assets above-the-fold ⬆️.

  • Images are loaded with higher priority.
  • Small images are embedded in HTML.

Lazy-load assets below-the-fold ⬇️.

  • Images and Iframes are lazy loaded.

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Inline critical CSS

Avoid FOUC while stylesheets are downloaded and parsed. jampack will inline critical CSS and lazy-load the rest of CSS.

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Prefetch links

Speedup the future page navigations by prefetching the links on the page. Thanks to quicklink, this can be done dynamically as links enter the viewport.

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All assets are compressed

In a 2nd PASS, jampack compresses all untouched assets and keep the same name and the same format.

Extension Compressor
.html,.htm html-minifier-terser
.css lightningCSS
.js esbuild or swc
.svg svgo
.jpg,.jpeg sharp
.png sharp
.webp sharp
.avif sharp

Quick use

# Optimize static website in `dist` folder
npx @divriots/jampack ./dist

For more options see CLI options.

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Why is it called jampack?

License

This software is released under the terms of the MIT license.