ZLib alternatives and similar libraries

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• zstd

  9.5 9.7 L2 ZLib VS zstd

  Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm
  

• brotli

  9.3 5.7 L2 ZLib VS brotli

  Brotli compression format
  

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• LZ4

  8.9 8.0 L2 ZLib VS LZ4

  Extremely Fast Compression algorithm
  

• Snappy

  8.5 5.6 L2 ZLib VS Snappy

  A fast compressor/decompressor
  

• LZFSE

  6.6 0.0 L2 ZLib VS LZFSE

  LZFSE compression library and command line tool
  

• Minizip

  5.9 5.9 L2 ZLib VS Minizip

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

• FiniteStateEntropy

  5.7 0.0 L2 ZLib VS FiniteStateEntropy

  New generation entropy codecs : Finite State Entropy and Huff0

• zlib-ng

  5.7 8.9 L3 ZLib VS zlib-ng

  zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems.
  

• smaz

  5.4 0.0 L4 ZLib VS smaz

  Small strings compression library

• LZHAM

  4.7 0.0 L1 ZLib VS LZHAM

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

• tiny_jpeg.h

  3.0 0.0 L1 ZLib VS tiny_jpeg.h

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

• PhysicsFS

  2.4 0.0 L5 ZLib VS PhysicsFS

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

• miniz

  2.3 ZLib VS miniz

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

• KArchive

  1.8 7.7 L1 ZLib VS KArchive

  Qt 5 addon providing access to numerous types of archives
  

• LZMA

  1.7 0.0 L1 ZLib VS LZMA

  (Unofficial) Git mirror of LZMA SDK releases

• doboz

  1.4 - ZLib VS doboz

  Compression library with very fast decompression. [zlib]

• LZMAT

  1.3 0.0 L2 ZLib VS LZMAT

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

• ZZIPlib

  - ZLib VS ZZIPlib

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

• bzip2

  - ZLib VS bzip2

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

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