When you are building a website with a css framework like Bootstrap, you will only use a part of the framework and unused css styles will be included. Purgecss removes unused selectors from your css, resulting in smaller files. "With PurgeCSS, you'll have a hard time generating CSS that isn't under 10kb minified and gzipped." - Tailwindcss docs
About Purgecss on Product Hunt
“Easily remove unused CSS”
Purgecss launched on Product Hunt on January 25th, 2018 and earned 360 upvotes and 22 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. When you are building a website with a css framework like Bootstrap, you will only use a part of the framework and unused css styles will be included. Purgecss removes unused selectors from your css, resulting in smaller files. "With PurgeCSS, you'll have a hard time generating CSS that isn't under 10kb minified and gzipped." - Tailwindcss docs
On the analytics side, Purgecss competes within Open Source, Software Engineering, Developer Tools, GitHub and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.3M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Purgecss performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Purgecss?
Purgecss was hunted by Floriel Fedry. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Purgecss including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
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