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Critical. Make web pages load their first screen faster by prioritizing the CSS that matters most.

github.com/addyosmani/critical

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Updates

July 2026

test: cover CLI, css option, foldAware, MCP & API surface (#624) Jul 11
Critical v9: a two-engine rewrite for how the web is built in 2026 (#… Jul 11

June 2026

chore: adds test case for #613 Jun 1

May 2026

Release —v8.0.0 May 17
8.0.0 May 17
chore: replace get-stdin with nodejs native stream/consumers (#616) May 17
chore: bump actions (#621) May 17
vite+ & dependency update (#620) May 17
bump penthouse (#617) May 16
fix: package.json & package-lock.json to reduce vulnerabilities (#619) May 2

August 2025

fix syntax typo in readme (#614) Aug 1

January 2025

Add docker image (#550) Jan 31

September 2024

Release — Sep 23
7.2.1 Sep 23
downgrade got Sep 23
Bump Dependencies (#605) Sep 22
npm audit Sep 16
Bump micromatch from 4.0.5 to 4.0.8 (#601) Sep 16
Bump webpack from 5.91.0 to 5.94.0 (#600) Sep 16

August 2024

Release — Aug 17
7.2.0 Aug 17
Parse CLI args passed as JSON (#596) (#599) Aug 17

July 2024

Bump ws from 6.2.2 to 6.2.3 (#598) Jul 7

June 2024

Bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 (#597) Jun 23

April 2024

Release — Apr 21
7.1.2 Apr 21

March 2024

Release — Mar 26

January 2024

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