A freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor. [BSD]

bzip2 alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Compression" category

• zstd

  9.4 9.6 L2 bzip2 VS zstd

  Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

• brotli

  9.1 5.3 L2 bzip2 VS brotli

  Brotli compression format

• LZ4

  8.7 9.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZ4

  Extremely Fast Compression algorithm. [BSD]

• Snappy

  8.4 6.5 L2 bzip2 VS Snappy

  A fast compressor/decompressor. [BSD]

• ZLib

  8.2 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS ZLib

  A very compact compression library for data streams. [zlib]

• LZFSE

  6.8 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZFSE

  LZFSE compression library and command line tool. Developed by Apple.

• FiniteStateEntropy

  5.6 2.0 L2 bzip2 VS FiniteStateEntropy

  New generation entropy codecs : Finite State Entropy and Huff0.

• smaz

  5.4 0.0 L4 bzip2 VS smaz

  Small strings compression library. [BSD]

• Minizip

  5.3 9.2 L2 bzip2 VS Minizip

  Zlib with latest bug fixes that supports PKWARE disk spanning, AES encryption, and IO buffering. [zlib]

• zlib-ng

  4.8 8.4 L3 bzip2 VS zlib-ng

  zlib for the "next generation" systems. Drop-In replacement with some serious optimizations. [zlib]

• LZHAM

  4.6 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS LZHAM

  Lossless data compression library with a compression ratio similar to LZMA but with much faster decompression. [BSD]

• tiny_jpeg.h

  2.8 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS tiny_jpeg.h

  Single header lib for JPEG encoding. Public domain.

• miniz

  2.3 0.0 bzip2 VS miniz

  Single C source file Deflate/Inflate compression library with zlib-compatible API, ZIP archive reading/writing, PNG writing. [Unlicense]

• PhysicsFS

  2.2 0.0 L5 bzip2 VS PhysicsFS

  A library to provide abstract access to various archives. It is intended for use in video games, and the design was somewhat inspired by Quake 3's file subsystem. [zlib]

• LZMA

  1.6 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS LZMA

  The default and general compression method of 7z format. [PublicDomain]

• KArchive

  1.5 8.1 L1 bzip2 VS KArchive

  A library for creating, reading, writing and manipulating file archives like zip and tar. It also provides transparent compression and decompression of data, using formats like gzip, via a subclass of QIODevice. [LGPL]

• doboz

  1.4 - bzip2 VS doboz

  Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]

• LZMAT

  1.2 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZMAT

  An extremely fast real-time lossless data compression library. [GPL]

• ZZIPlib

  - - bzip2 VS ZZIPlib

  Provides read access on ZIP-archives. [MPL/LGPL]

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