LZ4
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A fast lossless compression algorithm widely used for high-speed compression and decompression.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 5Hacker News·7/15/2026open_sourceShow HN: misa77 codec claims faster decompression than LZ4
A Hacker News post introduces misa77, a new compression codec that claims decompression speeds about twice as fast as LZ4 while achieving better compression ratios in the same general range. The author says the gains come mainly from reducing branches and making decompression friendlier to out-of-order CPU cores, though compression itself is relatively slow.