Compression
This section covers algorithms for making data smaller.
| Purpose | Rust Crate(s) |
|---|---|
| General Compression | flate2⮳ (zlib⮳, gzip⮳, deflate⮳), miniz_oxide⮳ (zlib), zstd⮳ (Zstandard), lz4⮳ |
| Specialized Compression | brotli⮳ (Brotli), snap⮳ (Snappy) |
| Archiving | tar⮳, zip⮳ |
Working with Tarballs
| Recipe | Crates | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| Compress a Directory into a Tarball |   |  |
| Decompress a Tarball | | |
| Decompress a Tarball While Removing a Prefix from the Paths | | |
Compression and Decompression
| Recipe | Crates | Categories |
|---|---|---|
Compress or Decompress Data with flate2 | | |
Compress or Decompress Data with zip and async-zip | |
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Related Topics
Data Serialization is often used with compression: see Complex Encoding.