A command-line utility to compress files using the brotli algorithm. Built because I wanted a simple tool to pre-compress files for a static website.

The brotli algorithm is named for Brötli, which is the Swiss German word for bread rolls. Bread rolls are baked in an oven, and an oven in Romansh - another Swiss language - is called furnel.

Furnel makes brotli.

1. Go to the Furnel releases page.
2. Download the version you need for the OS you have.
3. Unpack the self-contained executable somewhere on your path.

If you are a Rust developer, you can install the binary from Crates.io:

cargo install furnel

USAGE:
    furnel [OPTIONS] [--] [BASE_PATH]

ARGS:
    <BASE_PATH>    The base path to search [default: .]

OPTIONS:
    -h, --help
            Print help information

    -l, --license
            Display full license notice

    -m, --only-missing
            Only compress missing files, i.e. those where no corresponding .br
            files are present

    -q, --quiet
            Disable progress indicator

    -r, --recurse
            Recurse into subdirs below the base path

    -x, --extension <EXTENSION>
            File extensions to process, for example `-x css -x html -x js`
            [default: css html js svg txt]

Furnel is written in Rust, so you will need a Rust installation to compile it.

Download and run the rustup-init.exe installer. As part of the installation process, it will instruct you to install the Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2019 and provide a link.

git clone https://github.com/pyxy-dk/furnel.git
cd furnel
cargo build
cargo test
cargo run -- -h