@rollup/plugin-terser is a Rollup plugin that minifies JavaScript code using Terser. It significantly reduces final bundle sizes, improving website loading times and overall performance. This plugin is crucial for production builds, helping to optimize code for deployment. It easily integrates into your Rollup configuration, allowing for customizable Terser options to fine-tune the minification process. By removing whitespace, shortening variable names, and applying other compression techniques, it ensures efficient and streamlined code delivery.
@rollup/plugin-terser's release frequency has significantly decreased. After a burst of releases between October 2022 and May 2023 (versions 0.1.0 to 0.4.3), releases became sparse, with only one release (0.4.4) in October 2023. There have been no releases since then, including all of 2024 and the first seven months of 2025.
@rollup/plugin-terser downloads show a strong upward trend from February 2024 to July 2025. Downloads more than quadrupled, peaking in June 2025 at over 9.5 million. August 2025's partial data suggests a potential dip, but the month is incomplete. Overall, strong growth in usage is evident.