bzip2 alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Compression" category.

• zstd

  9.6 9.1 L2 bzip2 VS zstd

  Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm
  

• brotli

  9.3 8.8 L2 bzip2 VS brotli

  Brotli compression format
  

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• LZ4

  9.2 8.7 L2 bzip2 VS LZ4

  Extremely Fast Compression algorithm
  

• ZLib

  8.9 9.4 L2 bzip2 VS ZLib

  A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.
  

• Snappy

  8.4 5.6 L2 bzip2 VS Snappy

  A fast compressor/decompressor
  

• zlib-ng

  6.6 9.7 L3 bzip2 VS zlib-ng

  zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems.
  

• Minizip

  6.4 8.6 L2 bzip2 VS Minizip

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

• LZFSE

  6.3 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZFSE

  LZFSE compression library and command line tool
  

• FiniteStateEntropy

  6.0 3.2 L2 bzip2 VS FiniteStateEntropy

  New generation entropy codecs : Finite State Entropy and Huff0
  

• smaz

  5.5 0.0 L4 bzip2 VS smaz

  Small strings compression library
  

• LZHAM

  4.7 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS LZHAM

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

• LZAV

  3.9 6.9 bzip2 VS LZAV

  Fast In-Memory Data Compression Algorithm (header-only C/C++) 480+MB/s compress, 2800+MB/s decompress, ratio% better than LZ4, Snappy, and Zstd@-1
  

• tiny_jpeg.h

  3.6 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS tiny_jpeg.h

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

• PhysicsFS

  2.5 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

  2.2 9.3 L1 bzip2 VS KArchive

  Qt addon providing access to numerous types of archives
  

• LZMA

  2.0 0.0 L1 bzip2 VS LZMA

  (Unofficial) Git mirror of LZMA SDK releases
  

• LZMAT

  1.4 0.0 L2 bzip2 VS LZMAT

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

• doboz

  1.4 - bzip2 VS doboz

  Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]

• ZZIPlib

  - bzip2 VS ZZIPlib

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

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