libdeflate ☆
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Description:
Heavily optimized DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression and decompression
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 1.25@0  |  Tracked Since: Nov 1, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: compression deflate zlib gzip performance library
Install: brew install libdeflate
About:
libdeflate is a high-performance C library for DEFLATE-based compression and decompression, including zlib, gzip, and deflate raw streams. It provides comprehensive compression and decompression functions that are significantly faster than zlib while maintaining full compatibility. The library is highly portable and designed for integration into applications requiring fast, memory-efficient data compression.
Key Features:
  • Significantly faster compression and decompression than zlib
  • Full compatibility with zlib, gzip, and deflate formats
  • Zero-copy decompression paths for maximum performance
  • Highly portable with no external dependencies
  • Comprehensive API for streaming and single-shot operations
Use Cases:
  • High-performance file compression utilities and archivers
  • Network protocol implementations requiring fast compression
  • Web servers optimizing content encoding with gzip/deflate
  • Data storage systems needing efficient compression
Alternatives:
  • zlib – libdeflate is significantly faster while maintaining full compatibility
  • zstd – Different compression format; zstd offers better ratios but libdeflate excels at gzip compatibility
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Nov 1, 2025 3:50pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 0ede0cf0
Sep 10, 2025 9:55am 0 VERSION_BUMP 7a221eb4
Dec 16, 2024 8:33am 0 VERSION_BUMP e39dde21
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