HTML Whitespace remover for Django

Introduction :

A powerful tool to optimize Django rendered templates

Why use "django_stip_whitespace" ?

• Adds line break to InlineJS.
• It can automagically minify inline CSS, JS.
• Removes from HTML.
• It speeds up website by reducing the HTML size.
• Drop in replacement for django.gzip.GzipMiddleware.
• It compiles regex at runtime. So it's blazing fast.
• Its mostly based on C ( gzip ) and Rust ( minify-html ) libraries.
• Significantly lower bytes transferred when working with frameworks like AlpineJs ( Almost fully working & Please open a issue in the Issue Tracker if you encounter any bug) & Petite Vue.
• Is very customizable. ( You can configure lower level minify-html rust bindings and also the lower level python bindings from settings.py )

Why souldn't you use "django_stip_whitespace" ?

• You don't like having unnecessary ';;' in your HTML. ( If you know any regex to fix this please put a pull request )
• Although I tried my best to use Compiled Language for Optimizations. It can still be sub miliseconds ( > 0.001 ) slower compared to normal Django Rendering. ( If you know any way to improve performance, please put a pull request )

Requirements :

• python-strip-whitespace
• Django > 3 ( Should work with version 2? )
• Python 3 ( Should work with all version? )
• Brotli ( or BrotliPy ) | ( Optional )
• ZSTD ( Optional )

User guide :

Installation :

Install with pip from pypi (No extra dependencies):

$ python -m pip install django_strip_whitespace

Install with pip with Brotli support:

$ python -m pip install django_strip_whitespace[brotli]

Same but with Zstandard support:

$ python -m pip install django_strip_whitespace[zstd]

Install with pip from github ( Development | Not Recommended for Production ):

$ python -m pip install https://codeload.github.com/baseplate-admin/django_strip_whitespace/zip/refs/heads/main

Then include it in your django project:

MIDDLEWARE = [
   ...
   "strip_whitespace.middlewares.HtmlStripWhiteSpaceMiddleware.html_strip_whitespace",
]

Or if you like:

MIDDLEWARE += "strip_whitespace.middlewares.HtmlStripWhiteSpaceMiddleware.html_strip_whitespace"

Customization :

Change Lower Level Bindings :

Rust :

The module allows rust minifier options to be changed from Django's settings.py file. If you would like to change any settings, refer to minify-html's source code.

The bindings are ( by default set to True ):

STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_DO_NOT_MINIFY_DOCTYPE, # passes do_not_minify_doctype to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_ENSURE_SPEC_CONPLIANT_UNQUOTED_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES, # passes ensure_spec_compliant_unquoted_attribute_values to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_KEEP_CLOSING_TAGS, # passes keep_closing_tags to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_KEEP_COMMENTS, # passes keep_comments to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_KEEP_HTML_AND_HEAD_OPENING_TAGS, # passes keep_html_and_head_opening_tags to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_KEEP_SPACES_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES, # passes keep_spaces_between_attributes to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_MINIFY_CSS, # passes minify_css to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_MINIFY_JS, # passes minify_js to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_REMOVE_BANGS, # passes remove_bangs to minify-html
STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_REMOVE_PROCESSING_INSTRUCTIONS, # passes remove_processing_instructions to minify-html

If you would like to change any of the above variables, simply put them in settings.py ( Please note that every variable here is a python boolean ).

For example:

# settings.py

STRIP_WHITESPACE_RUST_DO_NOT_MINIFY_DOCTYPE = False

Python :

The module allows python minifier options to be changed from Django's settings.py file. If you would like to change any settings, refer to python-module's source code.

The bindings are ( by default set to a sane value ):

STRIP_WHITESPACE_PYTHON_REMOVE_COMMENTS, # False | removes comments from HTML using python ( not recommended cause rust can do that just fine and fast )
STRIP_WHITESPACE_PYTHON_CONDENSE_STYLE_FROM_HTML, # True | replaces '