libdeflate/README
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This is libdeflate, a free (public domain) library for fast, whole-buffer
DEFLATE compression and decompression.
The supported formats are:
- DEFLATE (raw)
- zlib (DEFLATE with zlib header and footer)
- gzip (DEFLATE with gzip header and footer)
libdeflate is heavily optimized. It is significantly faster than zlib, both for
compression and decompression. In addition, at compression levels 8 and above
it provides a compression ratio better than zlib's, while still being about the
same speed as zlib's level 9.
libdeflate has a simple API that is not zlib-compatible. You can create
compressors and decompressors, and use them to compress or decompress buffers.
There is not yet any support for streaming. See libdeflate.h for details.
libdeflate is public domain; the author claims no copyright on it.