miniz alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Compression" category.

zstd

9.5 9.6 L2 miniz VS zstd

Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm
brotli

9.3 3.8 L2 miniz VS brotli

Brotli compression format

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LZ4

9.0 7.8 L2 miniz VS LZ4

Extremely Fast Compression algorithm
ZLib

8.6 5.6 L2 miniz VS ZLib

A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.
Snappy

8.5 3.9 L2 miniz VS Snappy

A fast compressor/decompressor
LZFSE

6.6 0.0 L2 miniz VS LZFSE

LZFSE compression library and command line tool
Minizip

6.0 7.2 L2 miniz VS Minizip

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

5.8 9.5 L3 miniz VS zlib-ng

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

5.7 0.0 L2 miniz VS FiniteStateEntropy

New generation entropy codecs : Finite State Entropy and Huff0
smaz

5.4 0.0 L4 miniz VS smaz

Small strings compression library
LZHAM

4.7 2.3 L1 miniz 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 miniz VS tiny_jpeg.h

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

2.4 0.0 L5 miniz VS PhysicsFS

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

2.0 7.1 L1 miniz VS KArchive

Qt 5 addon providing access to numerous types of archives
LZMA

1.8 0.0 L1 miniz VS LZMA

(Unofficial) Git mirror of LZMA SDK releases
doboz

1.4 - miniz VS doboz

Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]
LZMAT

1.3 0.0 L2 miniz VS LZMAT

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

- miniz VS ZZIPlib

Provides read access on ZIP-archives. [MPL/LGPL]
bzip2

- miniz VS bzip2

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