Use Gulp to do the minification

.gitignore

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 *~
 /config.py
 *.pyc
+/node_modules/

Gulpfile.js

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+/* eslint-env node */
+var gulp = require( 'gulp' );
+var uglify = require( 'gulp-uglify' );
+var rename = require( 'gulp-rename' );
+
+gulp.task( 'scripts', function() {
+	return gulp
+		.src( [ './video2commons/frontend/static/*.js', '!./video2commons/frontend/static/*.min.js' ] )
+		.pipe( rename( { suffix: '.min' } ) )
+		.pipe( uglify() )
+		.pipe( gulp.dest( './video2commons/frontend/static/' ) );
+} );
+
+gulp.task( 'watch', function() {
+	var changeevent = function( event ) {
+		console.log( 'File ' + event.path + ' was ' + event.type + ', running tasks...' );
+	};
+	gulp.watch( [ './video2commons/frontend/static/*.js', '!./video2commons/frontend/static/*.min.js' ], [ 'scripts' ] )
+		.on( 'change', changeevent );
+} );
+
+gulp.task( 'default', [ 'scripts', 'watch' ] );

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "video2commons",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Transfer video and audio from external sites to Commons. Video2commons is available for everyone (uses OAuth) via Wikimedia Commons.",
+  "main": "",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/Toollabs/video2commons.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "GPL-3.0",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/Toollabs/video2commons/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/Toollabs/video2commons#readme",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
+    "gulp-uglify": "^2.0.0"
+  }
+}