bzip2 alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Compression" category.

zstd

9.5 9.6 L2 bzip2 VS zstd

Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm
brotli

9.3 3.8 L2 bzip2 VS brotli

Brotli compression format

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LZ4

9.0 7.7 L2 bzip2 VS LZ4

Extremely Fast Compression algorithm
ZLib

8.6 5.4 L2 bzip2 VS ZLib

A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.
Snappy

8.5 3.8 L2 bzip2 VS Snappy

A fast compressor/decompressor
LZFSE

6.6 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZFSE

LZFSE compression library and command line tool
Minizip

6.0 7.1 L2 bzip2 VS Minizip

Fork of the popular zip manipulation library found in the zlib distribution.
zlib-ng

5.8 9.5 L3 bzip2 VS zlib-ng

zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems.
FiniteStateEntropy

5.7 0.0 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
LZHAM

4.7 2.3 L1 bzip2 VS LZHAM

Lossless data compression codec with LZMA-like ratios but 1.5x-8x faster decompression speed, C/C++
tiny_jpeg.h

3.1 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS tiny_jpeg.h

Single header lib for JPEG encoding. Public domain. C99. stb style.
PhysicsFS

2.4 0.0 L5 bzip2 VS PhysicsFS

PhysFS++ is a C++ wrapper for the PhysicsFS library.
miniz

2.3 bzip2 VS miniz

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

2.0 7.1 L1 bzip2 VS KArchive

Qt 5 addon providing access to numerous types of archives
LZMA

1.8 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS LZMA

(Unofficial) Git mirror of LZMA SDK releases
doboz

1.4 - bzip2 VS doboz

Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]
LZMAT

1.3 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZMAT

git mirror of LZMAT (http://www.matcode.com/lzmat.htm)
ZZIPlib

- bzip2 VS ZZIPlib

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