snappy ☆

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Description:
Compression/decompression library aiming for high speed

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: compression c++ performance library data

Install: brew install snappy

About:
Snappy is a compression/decompression library developed by Google that prioritizes extremely high speeds over maximum compression ratios. It achieves this by using a lightweight algorithm that avoids expensive computations, making it ideal for real-time applications. The library is widely used in big data systems like Hadoop and Cassandra for reducing network and storage overhead.

Key Features:

Extremely fast compression and decompression speeds
Low CPU overhead with minimal algorithmic complexity
Good compression ratio for real-time use cases
C++ implementation with bindings for multiple languages

Use Cases:

High-throughput data streaming and RPC systems
Database storage compression (e.g., Cassandra, HBase)
In-memory caching systems requiring minimal latency

Alternatives:

zstd – Offers better compression ratios with competitive speeds, suitable for archival
lz4 – Similar focus on speed, often slightly faster but with slightly lower compression
gzip – Higher compression ratios but significantly slower, better for storage

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 10, 2025 10:31am		0	VERSION_BUMP	39a1a6e7