10

8

6

4

2


9.6

9.2
zstd

6.0

7.6
zlib-ng

9.0
0.0
LZ4

6.2
0.0
Minizip

8.5
0.0
Snappy

9.3
0.0
brotli

21 Compression libraries and projects

  • zstd

    9.6 9.2 L2 C
    Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

  • zlib-ng

    6.0 7.6 L3 C
    zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems.

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  • LZ4

    9.0 0.0 L2 C
    Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

  • Minizip

    6.2 0.0 L2 C
    Fork of the popular zip manipulation library found in the zlib distribution.

  • Snappy

    8.5 0.0 L2 C++
    A fast compressor/decompressor

  • brotli

    9.3 0.0 L2 TypeScript
    Brotli compression format

  • KArchive

    1.9 0.0 L1 C++
    Qt addon providing access to numerous types of archives

  • FiniteStateEntropy

    5.8 0.0 L2 C
    New generation entropy codecs : Finite State Entropy and Huff0

  • LZHAM

    4.7 0.0 L1 C++
    Lossless data compression codec with LZMA-like ratios but 1.5x-8x faster decompression speed, C/C++

  • tiny_jpeg.h

    3.5 0.0 L1 C
    Single header lib for JPEG encoding. Public domain. C99. stb style.

  • LZFSE

    6.4 0.0 L2 C
    LZFSE compression library and command line tool

  • LZMA

    1.9 0.0 L1 C++
    (Unofficial) Git mirror of LZMA SDK releases

  • LZMAT

    1.4 0.0 L2 C
    git mirror of LZMAT (http://www.matcode.com/lzmat.htm)

  • miniz

    2.3
    Single C source file Deflate/Inflate compression library with zlib-compatible API, ZIP archive reading/writing, PNG writing. [Unlicense]

  • smaz

    5.6 0.0 L4 C
    Small strings compression library

  • ZLib

    8.8 8.3 L2 C
    A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.

  • PhysicsFS

    2.3 0.0 L5 C++
    PhysFS++ is a C++ wrapper for the PhysicsFS library.

  • LZAV

    2.5 10.0 C
    Fast In-Memory Data Compression Algorithm (inline C/C++) 460+MB/s compress, 2500+MB/s decompress, ratio better than LZ4 and Snappy

  • doboz

    1.4 -
    Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]

  • ZZIPlib

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

  • bzip2

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