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| Original author(s) | Yann Collet |
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| Developer(s) | Yann Collet, Nick Terrell, Przemysław Skibiński[1] |
| Initial release | 23 January 2015 |
| Stable release | 1.5.6[2] 
/ 27 March 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Portable |
| Type | Data compression |
| License | BSD-3-Clause or GPL-2.0-or-later (dual-licensed) |
| Website | facebook |
Zstandard is a lossless data compression algorithm developed by Yann Collet at Facebook. Zstd is the corresponding reference implementation in C, released as open-source software on 31 August 2016.[3][4]
- ^ "Contributors to facebook/zstd". github.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Release Zstandard v1.5.6 - Chrome Edition · facebook/zstd". Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Sergio De Simone (2 September 2016). "Facebook Open-Sources New Compression Algorithm Outperforming Zlib". InfoQ. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Life imitates satire: Facebook touts zlib killer just like Silicon Valley's Pied Piper". The Register. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.