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

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• brotli

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• LZ4

  8.5 8.8 L2 miniz VS LZ4

  Extremely Fast Compression algorithm. [BSD]

• Snappy

  8.4 6.5 L2 miniz VS Snappy

  A fast compressor/decompressor. [BSD]

• ZLib

  8.2 0.0 L2 miniz VS ZLib

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

• LZFSE

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• zstd

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• FiniteStateEntropy

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• smaz

  6.1 0.0 L4 miniz VS smaz

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• Minizip

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

• zlib-ng

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• LZHAM

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• tiny_jpeg.h

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• PhysicsFS

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• LZMA

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• KArchive

  1.5 8.1 L1 miniz VS KArchive

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• doboz

  1.4 - miniz VS doboz

  Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]

• LZMAT

  1.2 0.0 L2 miniz VS LZMAT

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

• ZZIPlib

  - - miniz VS ZZIPlib

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

• bzip2

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