lzo ☆

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Description:
Real-time data compression library

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: compression library c real-time data-compression

Install: brew install lzo

About:
LZO is a portable lossless data compression library focused on decompression speed. It achieves extremely fast decompression at the cost of a larger compression ratio compared to algorithms like gzip. This makes it ideal for scenarios where data needs to be accessed or decompressed in real-time.

Key Features:

Extremely fast decompression
Portable across multiple platforms
No memory allocation required for decompression
Lossless compression algorithm

Use Cases:

Real-time data streaming and decompression
Embedded systems and low-resource environments
Filesystem and block device compression

Alternatives:

zlib – Offers better compression ratios but is significantly slower than LZO for decompression.
snappy – Similar focus on speed, but LZO offers more configurability in compression levels.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Oct 22, 2024 12:14am		0	VERSION_BUMP	b5ff278a
Sep 13, 2023 10:44am		0	VERSION_BUMP	04f5a74b