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
JavaScript compression	Whether JavaScript can be compressed
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).
CSS compression	Whether CSS files can be compressed
HTML5 manifest	Can it auto-generate an HTML5 offline manifest file?
Dev mode	Is a development mode available where files aren't combined/compressed (for easier debugging)?
Sprites	Can it generate sprites? Only data URIs aren't enough because they don't work with all popular browsers.
Combining	Can concatenate/combine files into so-called bundles
Compressors	List of supported JS/CSS compressors
Manual regeneration	Has a command for regenerating all asset bundles. (Used in production.)
Other languages	Other supported languages (in addition to JavaScript and CSS)
Other features and notes	Any other extra features
Cache Busting	Adds version tag to file names for browser cache updates when content changes.
Gzips	Pre-generates gzipped version of asset
Filter backends API	Can it be extended via filter backends? This means at least being able to add CSS compilers like Sass.
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
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.
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.
new feature	new feature added

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JavaScript compression															(configured in webpack)
Auto-regenerates
Image versioning															(configured in webpack)
CSS compression															(configured in webpack)
HTML5 manifest				Using manifesto package.
Dev mode
Sprites
Combining															(configured in webpack)
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												YUICompressor jsmin csstidy		slimit cssmin +your own (very east to add)							webpack		jsmin csscompressor		Closure Compiler YUICompressor	UglifyJS, CleanCSS		Closure Compiler YUICompressor slimmer	jsmin cssmin		slimmer YUI Compressor Closure Compiler
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															Coffee-script Less Sass Stylus Any other via "plugin".				less, scss files				Sass/Scss/Compass CleverCSS Python (via pyjs) PyvaScript Django templates CoffeeScript	LESS, Stylus, Handlebars, CoffeeScript, any other via custom compiler
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.									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											CSS data URIs Jinja2 support i18n bundling					Serves files in folders, apps.	Specialized on S3 and Rackspace deployment.
Cache Busting
Gzips
Filter backends API
Source Maps															(configured in webpack)
Works in sandbox (e.g. App Engine)
Caching in dev mode																			depends on own config
staticfiles-compatible URL rewriting																																(maybe)
new feature