Description:
Zlib replacement with optimizations for next generation systems
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Type: Formula
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Latest Version: 2.3.2@0
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Tracked Since: Dec 2, 2025
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Links:
Homepage |
formulae.brew.sh
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Category: System utilities
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Tags:
compression
zlib
performance
c-library
optimization
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Install:
brew install zlib-ng
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About:
zlib-ng is a high-performance fork of the standard zlib library, designed to leverage modern CPU features like AVX2 and AVX-512. It provides significant performance gains and improved compression ratios for next-generation systems. The library maintains API compatibility with the original zlib, making it a drop-in replacement for existing applications.
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Key Features:
- Optimized for modern hardware (AVX2, AVX-512, SIMD)
- Improved compression speed and ratios
- API-compatible with original zlib
- Support for modern compression formats
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Use Cases:
- High-performance web servers and CDNs
- Big data processing and storage systems
- Game development and real-time applications
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Alternatives:
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zlib
– The original library; zlib-ng offers significantly better performance on modern CPUs while maintaining compatibility
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zstd
– Facebook's compression library offering better ratios/speed trade-offs, but with a different API
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