str vs smaz

str

str: yet another string library for C language. (by maxim2266)

C string-manipulation Strings

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smaz

Small strings compression library (by antirez)

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str		smaz
	Project
1	Mentions	3
274	Stars	1,131
-	Growth	-
4.0	Activity	0.0
6 months ago	Latest Commit	over 4 years ago
C	Language	C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License

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str

Posts with mentions or reviews of str. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-27.

C Deep
80 projects | dev.to | 27 Feb 2021

libzip - C library for reading, creating and modifying zip archives. BSD-3-Clause

smaz

Posts with mentions or reviews of smaz. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-13.

Advanced MessagePack capabilities
4 projects | dev.to | 13 Oct 2021

Choose the data compression algorithm based on the specifics of your data. For example, if you are working with lots of short strings, take a look at [*SMAZ](https://github.com/antirez/smaz).*
Improving short string compression.
1 project | /r/compression | 29 Jul 2021

Take a look at this. Idea behind it seems nice, but it's fixed dictionary ("codebook") was clearly made for English language, and the algorithm itself is really simple. How can we impove on this? Dynamic dictionary won't do, since you have to store it somewhere, nullifying benefits of using such algorithm. Beyond that I have no idea.
C Deep
80 projects | dev.to | 27 Feb 2021

smaz - Efficient string compression library. BSD-3-Clause

What are some alternatives?

When comparing str and smaz you can also consider the following projects:

GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

LZMAT - git mirror of LZMAT (http://www.matcode.com/lzmat.htm)

Allegro - The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

Snappy - A fast compressor/decompressor

Leaf-C-Extended-Library - A simple library that supplements the simple C programming experience!

doboz

ZLib - A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.

zstd - Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

ck - Concurrency primitives, safe memory reclamation mechanisms and non-blocking (including lock-free) data structures designed to aid in the research, design and implementation of high performance concurrent systems developed in C99+.

LibTomCrypt - LibTomCrypt is a fairly comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit that provides developers with a vast array of well known published block ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes, pseudo-random number generators, public key cryptography and a plethora of other routines.

LZHAM - Lossless data compression codec with LZMA-like ratios but 1.5x-8x faster decompression speed, C/C++