# NAME

Text::Minify::XS - Remove indentation and trailing whitespace from multi-line text

# SYNOPSIS

```perl
use Text::Minify::XS qw/ minify /;

my $out = minify( $in );
```

# DESCRIPTION

This is a simple and fast text minifier that quickly removes extra
whitespace from multi-line text.

# RECENT CHANGES

Changes for version v0.7.8 (2026-04-25)

- Bug Fixes
    - Fix CVE-2026-7040 handling of malformed UTF-8. (Thanks to Karl Williamson <kwh@cpan.org> for assistance.)
- Documentation
    - README is now generated by Dist::Zilla::Plugin::UsefulReadme.
    - Removed separate INSTALL file.
    - Updated copyright year.
    - Add doap.xml to the distribution.
- Toolchain
    - Improved Dist::Zilla configuration.
    - Stopped using Module::Signature for signing modules.
    - Upgraded ppport.h.
- Tests
    - Moved author tests into xt.

See the `Changes` file for more details.

# REQUIREMENTS

This module lists the following modules as runtime dependencies:

- [Exporter](https://metacpan.org/pod/Exporter) version 5.57 or later
- [XSLoader](https://metacpan.org/pod/XSLoader)
- [perl](https://metacpan.org/pod/perl) version v5.14.0 or later
- [strict](https://metacpan.org/pod/strict)
- [warnings](https://metacpan.org/pod/warnings)

See the `cpanfile` file for the full list of prerequisites.

# INSTALLATION

The latest version of this module (along with any dependencies) can be installed from [CPAN](https://www.cpan.org) with the `cpan` tool that is included with Perl:

```
cpan Text::Minify::XS
```

You can also extract the distribution archive and install this module (along with any dependencies):

```
cpan .
```

You can also install this module manually using the following commands:

```
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
```

If you are working with the source repository, then it may not have a `Makefile.PL` file.  But you can use the [Dist::Zilla](https://dzil.org/) tool in anger to build and install this module:

```
dzil build
dzil test
dzil install --install-command="cpan ."
```

For more information, see [How to install CPAN modules](https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html).

# SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

Passing malformed UTF-8 characters may throw an exception, which in some cases could lead to a denial of service if
untrusted input is passed to ["minify\_utf8"](#minify_utf8).  See ["KNOWN ISSUES"](#known-issues).

# SUPPORT

Only the latest version of this module will be supported.

Since v0.7.0, this module requires Perl v5.14 or later.
Future releases may only support Perl versions released in the last ten (10) years.

## Reporting Bugs and Submitting Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
[https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/issues](https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS/issues)

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a
patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired
feature.

If the bug you are reporting has security implications which make it inappropriate to send to a public issue tracker,
then see `SECURITY.md` for instructions how to report security vulnerabilities.

# SOURCE

The development version is on github at [https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS](https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS)
and may be cloned from [https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS.git](https://github.com/robrwo/Text-Minify-XS.git)

See `CONTRIBUTING.md` for more information.

# AUTHOR

Robert Rothenberg <rrwo@cpan.org>

# CONTRIBUTOR

Karl Williamson <kwh@cpan.org>

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2020-2026 by Robert Rothenberg.

This is free software, licensed under:

```
The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
```