str VS ZLib

Compare str vs ZLib and see what are their differences.

str

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

ZLib

A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library. (by madler)
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4.0 8.9
5 months ago 3 days ago
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BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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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

ZLib

Posts with mentions or reviews of ZLib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-25.

What are some alternatives?

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

zstd - Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

LZ4 - Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

LZMA - (Unofficial) Git mirror of LZMA SDK releases

Onion - C library to create simple HTTP servers and Web Applications.

Snappy - A fast compressor/decompressor

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

brotli - Brotli compression format

zlib-ng - zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems.

libarchive - Multi-format archive and compression library

LZFSE - LZFSE compression library and command line tool

OpenSSL - TLS/SSL and crypto library

zlib-ng - zlib replacement with optimizations for "next generation" systems. [Moved to: https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng]