Zstd

Zstandard
Original author(s)Yann Collet
Developer(s)Yann Collet, Nick Terrell, Przemysław Skibiński[1]
Initial release23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
Stable release
1.5.6[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 27 March 2024; 7 months ago (27 March 2024)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformPortable
TypeData compression
LicenseBSD-3-Clause or GPL-2.0-or-later (dual-licensed)
Websitefacebook.github.io/zstd/ Edit this on Wikidata

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]

  1. ^ "Contributors to facebook/zstd". github.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Release Zstandard v1.5.6 - Chrome Edition · facebook/zstd". Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. ^ Sergio De Simone (2 September 2016). "Facebook Open-Sources New Compression Algorithm Outperforming Zlib". InfoQ. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Life imitates satire: Facebook touts zlib killer just like Silicon Valley's Pied Piper". The Register. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.