Optimizing your webflow project with relume

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The community member is working on their first Webflow project using the Relume starter kit. They have a question about whether the Relume Figma starter project includes every component, and if so, how to remove the unused components before going live with the site.

The comments discuss the community member's concern about having unused components in the Webflow kit, as it may make the client feel like the work is not original and increase the file size. Another community member clarifies that the Webflow kit does not include all the components, but only the necessary utility and global classes.

The community member also noticed that the site size was quite large (over 500MB) despite having no images, and the other community members explain that this is likely due to Webflow's cloning feature storing backups, and does not affect the actual site performance.

SStefan C

Hey Everyone,

Hope you're doing well. I'm just working on my first webflow project with relume and it's been great so far. I started by cloning the relume webflow project and copying over the components etc.

One question I have is - Does the Relume figma starter project include every component in it? If so, is there a simple way to remove the ones I'm not using before I go live with the site?

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MMatt Johnson

just curious - in the figma kit - why would you want to remove the components (I have some of my own reasons) - but was curious your thought process here to learn more!

SStefan C

my apologies. I meant to say does the Relume webflow kit include every component. My concern is that there is a bunch of additional code / components sitting within the site that aren't being used.

That said, in the Figma kit, I can see that I would want to remove the components I'm not using once I'm delivering the final design files to a client. This is for a few reasons.

Clients seeing that you are using a component kit may make them feel like you aren't doing original work for them
Additional assets that increase file size and can create confusion for the internal team
Technically they aren't licensed to have all these components at their disposal. I want Relume to make their money 🙂

Let me know if that makes more sense.

MMatt Johnson

ah okay got it - no - the webflow kit does not include all of the components - so no worries there! It just includes all of the necessary utility classes and global classes necessary to build using Relume.

SStefan C

thank you. I just noticed the size of the site was quite large (over 500mb) when I was in the site settings. The site is 1 page with no images, so I wasn't sure how that'd be the case? All I did was clone the Relume starter project and bring my components in.

MMatt Johnson

if you mean this - asset size - its because the cloneable is also storing backups - so its really only something that they mention here for Webflow hosting - has nothing to do with the size of the site or the assets that would load on the site etc.

MMatt Johnson

basically has no bearing or effect on your project specifically

MMatt Johnson

and in my opinion is a webflow bug of cloning

SStefan C

ahhh ok that makes sense. This is literally my first webflow project, so I'm just starting to learn the platform. I come from a traditional development background and am a big advocate for performance. Appreciate the insight.

MMatt Johnson

understood!

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