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Lightify

a reverse proxy that boosts the web app performance!

From alash3al·Updated May 15, 2026·View on GitHub·

Lightify ========= > Let's minify, compress & combine static files on the fly. The project is written primarily in Go, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2018. Key topics include: css-minifier, js-minifier, middleware, minifier, nginx.

Latest release: v1.0.2V1.0.2
June 28, 2018View Changelog →

Lightify

Let's minify, compress & combine static files on the fly.

Features

  • Simple & Stupid.
  • Minify css, js, html, xml, json.
  • Gzip each minified file.
  • Combine and inline self-hosted css, js on the fly!
  • Automatically fixes internal relative css imports!
  • Supports any http upstream.
  • Portable, no dependancies.

Download

  • Docker $ docker pull alash3al/lightify
  • Binaries go to releases page
  • From Source go get github.com/alash3al/lightify

Usage

  • Docker $ docker run --network=host alash3al/lightify --upstream="http://localhost:8080"
  • Binaries ./lightify -http :80 -upstream http://localhost:8080
  • From Source lightify -http :80 -upstream http://localhost:8080

Help

  • Docker $ docker run alash3al/lightify --help
  • Binaries ./lightify --help
  • From Source lightify --help

Credits

Mohamed Al Ashaal, a Gopher ;)

License

MIT License

Contribution

The door is always open ;)

Contributors

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