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PostCSS vs PurifyCSS: What are the differences?

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  1. Integration with Build Tools: PostCSS is highly extendable, allowing developers to create custom plugins for specific tasks within a build process, whereas PurifyCSS is a standalone tool focused solely on removing unused CSS from a project.

  2. Capability: PostCSS is a tool that can be used for a wide range of tasks beyond just CSS optimization, including adding vendor prefixes, optimizing media queries, and more. On the other hand, PurifyCSS is specifically designed for cleaning and optimizing CSS files.

  3. Usage: PostCSS requires knowledge of JavaScript and plugins to leverage its full potential, while PurifyCSS can be used without the need for extensive programming skills, making it more accessible for beginners or those looking for a simple solution.

  4. Performance Benefits: PostCSS can offer performance benefits through optimizations and transformations in the build process, but these benefits may vary depending on the plugins and configurations used. PurifyCSS, on the other hand, focuses exclusively on reducing the size of CSS files by removing unused styles, leading to immediate performance improvements.

  5. Community Support: PostCSS has a large community of developers creating and sharing plugins, which can enhance its functionality and provide solutions for various development needs. PurifyCSS, being a more specialized tool, may have a smaller community but is focused on a specific task.

  6. Frequent Updates: PostCSS is actively maintained and regularly updated to support the latest CSS features and browser standards, ensuring compatibility with modern web development practices. PurifyCSS, while still functional, may not receive updates as frequently due to its narrower focus.

In Summary, PostCSS offers extensive customization and versatility in a build process, while PurifyCSS is a specialized tool for optimizing CSS files by removing unused styles.

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Originally, I was going to start using Sass with Parcel, but then I learned about Stylus, which looked interesting because it can get the property values of something directly instead of through variables, and PostCSS, which looked interesting because you can customize your Pre/Post-processing. Which tool would you recommend?

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You're not correct with saying "vs Postcss". You're using Less/Sass/Stylus/... to produce "CSS" (maybe extended means it has some future features) and then in any case PostCSS will play (it is shipped with Parcel/NextJS/CRA/...)

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    What is PostCSS?

    PostCSS is a tool for transforming CSS with JS plugins. These plugins can support variables and mixins, transpile future CSS syntax, inline images, and more.

    What is PurifyCSS?

    Remove unused CSS. Also works with single-page apps.

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