Django Packages : Asset Managers

Asset Managers

Asset managers for combining/compressing JavaScript/CSS and for versioning your media files.

Features currently being evaluated

Feature	Description
CSS compression	Whether CSS files can be compressed
Combining	Can concatenate/combine files into so-called bundles
Auto-regenerates	Automatically regenerates/updates files and bundles when files change (during development)
Image versioning	Whether image files get versioned, too (or at least, whether it's compatible with Django's ManifestStaticFilesStorage or CachedStaticFilesStorage).
JavaScript compression	Whether JavaScript can be compressed
Dev mode	Is a development mode available where files aren't combined/compressed (for easier debugging)?
HTML5 manifest	Can it auto-generate an HTML5 offline manifest file?
Sprites	Can it generate sprites? Only data URIs aren't enough because they don't work with all popular browsers.
Compressors	List of supported JS/CSS compressors
Other features and notes	Any other extra features
Manual regeneration	Has a command for regenerating all asset bundles. (Used in production.)
Other languages	Other supported languages (in addition to JavaScript and CSS)
Cache Busting	Adds version tag to file names for browser cache updates when content changes.
Filter backends API	Can it be extended via filter backends? This means at least being able to add CSS compilers like Sass.
Gzips	Pre-generates gzipped version of asset
Source Maps	Does it support sourcemaps in the generated js/css?
Works in sandbox (e.g. App Engine)	Whether it works in sandboxed environments like Google App Engine
staticfiles-compatible URL rewriting	In CSS files relative url() expressions stay valid no matter if you combine your CSS files with this particular asset manager or if you use the same files uncombined with django.contrib.staticfiles. This asset manager will correctly rewrite relative URL paths when files are combined, even if the CSS files are located in different subfolders at different depth levels.
Caching in dev mode	Are assets properly cached when using runserver? This means there will be no unnecessary HTTP requests (not even "if-modified-since"). This is important for fast reloads with large web apps.

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Package	django-compressor	django-webpack-loader	django-pipeline	whitenoise	webassets	django-bower	django-css (dead/obsolete)	django-sass-processor	django-static	django-static-precompiler	django-mediasync	django-staticfiles	django-media-bundler	lesscpy	django-webpacker	django-gears	dj-libcloud	django-mediagenerator	django-cachebuster	django-spa	Django Bootstrap Customizer	django-amn	django-appmedia	Django Static Media Manager	django-freshly	Manage bower components and node packages using Django's manage.py	django-versioned-static	django-staticassets	django-easywebpack	django-coldbrew	django-mediagenerator-ng	django-easyasset	Django Front End Validators	Minified storage of Django static files	Django-NextJS	Django Compress
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CSS compression																													(configured in webpack)
Combining																													(configured in webpack)
Auto-regenerates
Image versioning																													(configured in webpack)
JavaScript compression																													(configured in webpack)
Dev mode
HTML5 manifest			Using manifesto package.
Sprites
Compressors	Closure Compiler YUICompressor cssmin jsmin (rJSmin) SlimIt csstidy		csstidy Yui-compressor Closure Compiler UglifyJS Jsmin Any other via "plugin"		Closure Compiler YUICompressor jsmin cssmin jspacker cssutils				Closure Compiler YUICompressor slimmer		slimmer YUI Compressor Closure Compiler		jsmin cssmin		webpack	UglifyJS, CleanCSS		Closure Compiler YUICompressor						jsmin csscompressor										slimit cssmin +your own (very east to add)		YUICompressor jsmin csstidy
Other features and notes	CSS data URIs		JavaScript templates support. Data-URI support for embedding images and font. HTML compression middleware.		Has Jinja2 template tags and supports non-Django-based projects.						Specialized on S3 and Rackspace deployment.	Serves files in folders, apps.						CSS data URIs Jinja2 support i18n bundling				Manages asset dependency resolution. Allows asset requirements to be declared at point of use.												zero-configuration just use "static" in templates and watch the magic All computation happens at build time => No speed penalty in production
Manual regeneration
Other languages	LESS others via generic precompiler support		Coffee-script Less Sass Stylus Any other via "plugin".		CleverCSS LESS Sass/Scss/Compass CoffeeScript					SASS / SCSS / Compass / Libsass Less Stylus CoffeeScript Babel Handlebars					less, scss files	LESS, Stylus, Handlebars, CoffeeScript, any other via custom compiler		Sass/Scss/Compass CleverCSS Python (via pyjs) PyvaScript Django templates CoffeeScript										Coffee-script Less Sass Stylus Any other via "plugin".
Cache Busting
Filter backends API
Gzips
Source Maps																													(configured in webpack)
Works in sandbox (e.g. App Engine)
staticfiles-compatible URL rewriting																			(maybe)
Caching in dev mode																																		depends on own config