str VS smaz

Compare str vs smaz and see what are their differences.

str

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

smaz

Small strings compression library (by antirez)
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str smaz
1 3
270 1,110
- -
4.0 0.0
5 months ago over 4 years ago
C C
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" 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).*
  • 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:

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

Snappy - A fast compressor/decompressor

doboz

zstd - Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

ZLib - A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.

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

brotli - Brotli compression format

Minizip-ng - Fork of the popular zip manipulation library found in the zlib distribution.

PhysicsFS - PhysFS++ is a C++ wrapper for the PhysicsFS library.

LZFSE - LZFSE compression library and command line tool

KArchive - Qt addon providing access to numerous types of archives

LZ4 - Extremely Fast Compression algorithm