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title: "CSS Minifier: Strip comments and whitespace from stylesheets"
canonical: "https://openvibe.tools/tool/cssminify"
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# CSS Minifier: Strip comments and whitespace from stylesheets

HTML: [CSS Minifier: Strip comments and whitespace from stylesheets](https://openvibe.tools/tool/cssminify)

# CSS Minifier

Paste a stylesheet and get a compact version for production: comments and whitespace removed, trailing semicolons dropped, zero units and long hex colours shortened. Strings and url() values are left untouched.

- **Limits** No daily limit on the page
- **Where it runs** Runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
- **Cost** Free, with the limits above. No account needed.

 [Open CSS Minifier](https://css-minifier.openvibe.tools/) 

## Where to find it

Every address below opens the same tool. The first address is the one to bookmark and share.

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## People also call this

**What it's for:** Strip comments and whitespace from stylesheets. Paste a stylesheet and get a compact version for production: comments and whitespace removed, trailing semicolons dropped, zero units and long hex colours shortened.

- css minifier
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- css compressor online
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## Use it from code

- `POST https://openvibe.tools/api/v1/tools/cssminify/run`
- No account needed: anonymous calls run on the lowest quota tier; a token with `tools.tool.run` raises it.
- It answers with the result.

~~~~
curl -X POST https://openvibe.tools/api/v1/tools/cssminify/run \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"input":{"text":".a { color: #aabbcc; margin: 0px; }"}}'
~~~~

Inputs: [JSON Schema](/api/v1/tools/cssminify/schema) · [OpenAPI](/api/v1/openapi.json) · from JavaScript: `tools.run("cssminify", …)` in [openvibe-sdk](https://github.com/OpenVibers/OpenVibe.SDK) · [How the API works](/developers)

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