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lz4

brew install lz4 v1.10.0 BSD-2-Clause

LZ4 is a C compression library and command-line tool optimized for speed over ratio, trading compression density for extremely fast encode/decode.

Why you might care

Use lz4 when you need real-time compression for logs, metrics, or streaming data—it's orders of magnitude faster than gzip while still compressing reasonably well. It's the standard choice for in-memory caching layers, message queues, and performance-critical pipelines. Single-binary CLI tool and embeddable C library.

Categories

compression library

Alternatives

gzip zstd brotli snappy
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