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# zstd
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[Zstandard](https://facebook.github.io/zstd/) is a real-time compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios.
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It offers a very wide range of compression / speed trade-off, while being backed by a very fast decoder.
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A high performance compression algorithm is implemented. For now focused on speed.
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This package provides [compression](#Compressor) to and [decompression](#Decompressor) of Zstandard content.
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This package is pure Go and without use of "unsafe".
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The `zstd` package is provided as open source software using a Go standard license.
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Currently the package is heavily optimized for 64 bit processors and will be significantly slower on 32 bit processors.
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For seekable zstd streams, see [this excellent package](https://github.com/SaveTheRbtz/zstd-seekable-format-go).
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## Installation
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Install using `go get -u github.com/klauspost/compress`. The package is located in `github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd`.
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[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd)
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## Compressor
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### Status:
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STABLE - there may always be subtle bugs, a wide variety of content has been tested and the library is actively
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used by several projects. This library is being [fuzz-tested](https://github.com/klauspost/compress-fuzz) for all updates.
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There may still be specific combinations of data types/size/settings that could lead to edge cases,
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so as always, testing is recommended.
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For now, a high speed (fastest) and medium-fast (default) compressor has been implemented.
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* The "Fastest" compression ratio is roughly equivalent to zstd level 1.
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* The "Default" compression ratio is roughly equivalent to zstd level 3 (default).
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* The "Better" compression ratio is roughly equivalent to zstd level 7.
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* The "Best" compression ratio is roughly equivalent to zstd level 11.
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In terms of speed, it is typically 2x as fast as the stdlib deflate/gzip in its fastest mode.
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The compression ratio compared to stdlib is around level 3, but usually 3x as fast.
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### Usage
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An Encoder can be used for either compressing a stream via the
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`io.WriteCloser` interface supported by the Encoder or as multiple independent
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tasks via the `EncodeAll` function.
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Smaller encodes are encouraged to use the EncodeAll function.
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Use `NewWriter` to create a new instance that can be used for both.
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To create a writer with default options, do like this:
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```Go
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// Compress input to output.
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func Compress(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
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enc, err := zstd.NewWriter(out)
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if err != nil {
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return err
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}
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_, err = io.Copy(enc, in)
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if err != nil {
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enc.Close()
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return err
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}
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return enc.Close()
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}
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```
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Now you can encode by writing data to `enc`. The output will be finished writing when `Close()` is called.
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Even if your encode fails, you should still call `Close()` to release any resources that may be held up.
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The above is fine for big encodes. However, whenever possible try to *reuse* the writer.
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To reuse the encoder, you can use the `Reset(io.Writer)` function to change to another output.
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This will allow the encoder to reuse all resources and avoid wasteful allocations.
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Currently stream encoding has 'light' concurrency, meaning up to 2 goroutines can be working on part
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of a stream. This is independent of the `WithEncoderConcurrency(n)`, but that is likely to change
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in the future. So if you want to limit concurrency for future updates, specify the concurrency
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you would like.
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If you would like stream encoding to be done without spawning async goroutines, use `WithEncoderConcurrency(1)`
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which will compress input as each block is completed, blocking on writes until each has completed.
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You can specify your desired compression level using `WithEncoderLevel()` option. Currently only pre-defined
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compression settings can be specified.
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#### Future Compatibility Guarantees
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This will be an evolving project. When using this package it is important to note that both the compression efficiency and speed may change.
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The goal will be to keep the default efficiency at the default zstd (level 3).
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However the encoding should never be assumed to remain the same,
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and you should not use hashes of compressed output for similarity checks.
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The Encoder can be assumed to produce the same output from the exact same code version.
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However, the may be modes in the future that break this,
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although they will not be enabled without an explicit option.
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This encoder is not designed to (and will probably never) output the exact same bitstream as the reference encoder.
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Also note, that the cgo decompressor currently does not [report all errors on invalid input](https://github.com/DataDog/zstd/issues/59),
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[omits error checks](https://github.com/DataDog/zstd/issues/61), [ignores checksums](https://github.com/DataDog/zstd/issues/43)
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and seems to ignore concatenated streams, even though [it is part of the spec](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/blob/dev/doc/zstd_compression_format.md#frames).
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#### Blocks
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For compressing small blocks, the returned encoder has a function called `EncodeAll(src, dst []byte) []byte`.
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`EncodeAll` will encode all input in src and append it to dst.
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This function can be called concurrently.
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Each call will only run on a same goroutine as the caller.
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Encoded blocks can be concatenated and the result will be the combined input stream.
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Data compressed with EncodeAll can be decoded with the Decoder, using either a stream or `DecodeAll`.
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Especially when encoding blocks you should take special care to reuse the encoder.
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This will effectively make it run without allocations after a warmup period.
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To make it run completely without allocations, supply a destination buffer with space for all content.
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```Go
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import "github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
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// Create a writer that caches compressors.
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// For this operation type we supply a nil Reader.
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var encoder, _ = zstd.NewWriter(nil)
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// Compress a buffer.
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// If you have a destination buffer, the allocation in the call can also be eliminated.
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func Compress(src []byte) []byte {
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return encoder.EncodeAll(src, make([]byte, 0, len(src)))
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}
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```
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You can control the maximum number of concurrent encodes using the `WithEncoderConcurrency(n)`
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option when creating the writer.
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Using the Encoder for both a stream and individual blocks concurrently is safe.
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### Performance
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I have collected some speed examples to compare speed and compression against other compressors.
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* `file` is the input file.
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* `out` is the compressor used. `zskp` is this package. `zstd` is the Datadog cgo library. `gzstd/gzkp` is gzip standard and this library.
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* `level` is the compression level used. For `zskp` level 1 is "fastest", level 2 is "default"; 3 is "better", 4 is "best".
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* `insize`/`outsize` is the input/output size.
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* `millis` is the number of milliseconds used for compression.
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* `mb/s` is megabytes (2^20 bytes) per second.
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```
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Silesia Corpus:
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http://sun.aei.polsl.pl/~sdeor/corpus/silesia.zip
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This package:
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file out level insize outsize millis mb/s
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silesia.tar zskp 1 211947520 73821326 634 318.47
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silesia.tar zskp 2 211947520 67655404 1508 133.96
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silesia.tar zskp 3 211947520 64746933 3000 67.37
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silesia.tar zskp 4 211947520 60073508 16926 11.94
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cgo zstd:
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silesia.tar zstd 1 211947520 73605392 543 371.56
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silesia.tar zstd 3 211947520 66793289 864 233.68
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silesia.tar zstd 6 211947520 62916450 1913 105.66
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silesia.tar zstd 9 211947520 60212393 5063 39.92
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gzip, stdlib/this package:
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silesia.tar gzstd 1 211947520 80007735 1498 134.87
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silesia.tar gzkp 1 211947520 80088272 1009 200.31
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GOB stream of binary data. Highly compressible.
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https://files.klauspost.com/compress/gob-stream.7z
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file out level insize outsize millis mb/s
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gob-stream zskp 1 1911399616 233948096 3230 564.34
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gob-stream zskp 2 1911399616 203997694 4997 364.73
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gob-stream zskp 3 1911399616 173526523 13435 135.68
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gob-stream zskp 4 1911399616 162195235 47559 38.33
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gob-stream zstd 1 1911399616 249810424 2637 691.26
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gob-stream zstd 3 1911399616 208192146 3490 522.31
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gob-stream zstd 6 1911399616 193632038 6687 272.56
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gob-stream zstd 9 1911399616 177620386 16175 112.70
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gob-stream gzstd 1 1911399616 357382013 9046 201.49
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gob-stream gzkp 1 1911399616 359136669 4885 373.08
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The test data for the Large Text Compression Benchmark is the first
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10^9 bytes of the English Wikipedia dump on Mar. 3, 2006.
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http://mattmahoney.net/dc/textdata.html
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file out level insize outsize millis mb/s
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enwik9 zskp 1 1000000000 343833605 3687 258.64
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enwik9 zskp 2 1000000000 317001237 7672 124.29
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enwik9 zskp 3 1000000000 291915823 15923 59.89
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enwik9 zskp 4 1000000000 261710291 77697 12.27
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enwik9 zstd 1 1000000000 358072021 3110 306.65
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enwik9 zstd 3 1000000000 313734672 4784 199.35
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enwik9 zstd 6 1000000000 295138875 10290 92.68
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enwik9 zstd 9 1000000000 278348700 28549 33.40
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enwik9 gzstd 1 1000000000 382578136 8608 110.78
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enwik9 gzkp 1 1000000000 382781160 5628 169.45
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Highly compressible JSON file.
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https://files.klauspost.com/compress/github-june-2days-2019.json.zst
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file out level insize outsize millis mb/s
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github-june-2days-2019.json zskp 1 6273951764 697439532 9789 611.17
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github-june-2days-2019.json zskp 2 6273951764 610876538 18553 322.49
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github-june-2days-2019.json zskp 3 6273951764 517662858 44186 135.41
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github-june-2days-2019.json zskp 4 6273951764 464617114 165373 36.18
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github-june-2days-2019.json zstd 1 6273951764 766284037 8450 708.00
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github-june-2days-2019.json zstd 3 6273951764 661889476 10927 547.57
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github-june-2days-2019.json zstd 6 6273951764 642756859 22996 260.18
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github-june-2days-2019.json zstd 9 6273951764 601974523 52413 114.16
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github-june-2days-2019.json gzstd 1 6273951764 1164397768 26793 223.32
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github-june-2days-2019.json gzkp 1 6273951764 1120631856 17693 338.16
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VM Image, Linux mint with a few installed applications:
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https://files.klauspost.com/compress/rawstudio-mint14.7z
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file out level insize outsize millis mb/s
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zskp 1 8558382592 3718400221 18206 448.29
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zskp 2 8558382592 3326118337 37074 220.15
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zskp 3 8558382592 3163842361 87306 93.49
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zskp 4 8558382592 2970480650 783862 10.41
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zstd 1 8558382592 3609250104 17136 476.27
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zstd 3 8558382592 3341679997 29262 278.92
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zstd 6 8558382592 3235846406 77904 104.77
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rawstudio-mint14.tar zstd 9 8558382592 3160778861 140946 57.91
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rawstudio-mint14.tar gzstd 1 8558382592 3926234992 51345 158.96
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rawstudio-mint14.tar gzkp 1 8558382592 3960117298 36722 222.26
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CSV data:
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https://files.klauspost.com/compress/nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv.zst
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file out level insize outsize millis mb/s
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zskp 1 3325605752 641319332 9462 335.17
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zskp 2 3325605752 588976126 17570 180.50
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zskp 3 3325605752 529329260 32432 97.79
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zskp 4 3325605752 474949772 138025 22.98
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zstd 1 3325605752 687399637 8233 385.18
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zstd 3 3325605752 598514411 10065 315.07
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zstd 6 3325605752 570522953 20038 158.27
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv zstd 9 3325605752 517554797 64565 49.12
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv gzstd 1 3325605752 928654908 21270 149.11
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nyc-taxi-data-10M.csv gzkp 1 3325605752 922273214 13929 227.68
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```
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## Decompressor
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Status: STABLE - there may still be subtle bugs, but a wide variety of content has been tested.
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This library is being continuously [fuzz-tested](https://github.com/klauspost/compress-fuzz),
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kindly supplied by [fuzzit.dev](https://fuzzit.dev/).
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The main purpose of the fuzz testing is to ensure that it is not possible to crash the decoder,
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or run it past its limits with ANY input provided.
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### Usage
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The package has been designed for two main usages, big streams of data and smaller in-memory buffers.
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There are two main usages of the package for these. Both of them are accessed by creating a `Decoder`.
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For streaming use a simple setup could look like this:
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```Go
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import "github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
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func Decompress(in io.Reader, out io.Writer) error {
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d, err := zstd.NewReader(in)
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if err != nil {
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return err
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}
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defer d.Close()
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// Copy content...
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_, err = io.Copy(out, d)
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return err
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}
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```
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It is important to use the "Close" function when you no longer need the Reader to stop running goroutines,
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when running with default settings.
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Goroutines will exit once an error has been returned, including `io.EOF` at the end of a stream.
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Streams are decoded concurrently in 4 asynchronous stages to give the best possible throughput.
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However, if you prefer synchronous decompression, use `WithDecoderConcurrency(1)` which will decompress data
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as it is being requested only.
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For decoding buffers, it could look something like this:
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```Go
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import "github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
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// Create a reader that caches decompressors.
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// For this operation type we supply a nil Reader.
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var decoder, _ = zstd.NewReader(nil, zstd.WithDecoderConcurrency(0))
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// Decompress a buffer. We don't supply a destination buffer,
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// so it will be allocated by the decoder.
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func Decompress(src []byte) ([]byte, error) {
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return decoder.DecodeAll(src, nil)
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}
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```
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Both of these cases should provide the functionality needed.
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The decoder can be used for *concurrent* decompression of multiple buffers.
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By default 4 decompressors will be created.
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It will only allow a certain number of concurrent operations to run.
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To tweak that yourself use the `WithDecoderConcurrency(n)` option when creating the decoder.
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It is possible to use `WithDecoderConcurrency(0)` to create GOMAXPROCS decoders.
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### Dictionaries
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Data compressed with [dictionaries](https://github.com/facebook/zstd#the-case-for-small-data-compression) can be decompressed.
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Dictionaries are added individually to Decoders.
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Dictionaries are generated by the `zstd --train` command and contains an initial state for the decoder.
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To add a dictionary use the `WithDecoderDicts(dicts ...[]byte)` option with the dictionary data.
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Several dictionaries can be added at once.
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The dictionary will be used automatically for the data that specifies them.
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A re-used Decoder will still contain the dictionaries registered.
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When registering multiple dictionaries with the same ID, the last one will be used.
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It is possible to use dictionaries when compressing data.
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To enable a dictionary use `WithEncoderDict(dict []byte)`. Here only one dictionary will be used
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The used dictionary must be used to decompress the content.
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For any real gains, the dictionary should be built with similar data.
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If an unsuitable dictionary is used the output may be slightly larger than using no dictionary.
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Use the [zstd commandline tool](https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases) to build a dictionary from sample data.
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For information see [zstd dictionary information](https://github.com/facebook/zstd#the-case-for-small-data-compression).
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For now there is a fixed startup performance penalty for compressing content with dictionaries.
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This will likely be improved over time. Just be aware to test performance when implementing.
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### Allocation-less operation
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The decoder has been designed to operate without allocations after a warmup.
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This means that you should *store* the decoder for best performance.
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To re-use a stream decoder, use the `Reset(r io.Reader) error` to switch to another stream.
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A decoder can safely be re-used even if the previous stream failed.
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To release the resources, you must call the `Close()` function on a decoder.
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After this it can *no longer be reused*, but all running goroutines will be stopped.
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So you *must* use this if you will no longer need the Reader.
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For decompressing smaller buffers a single decoder can be used.
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When decoding buffers, you can supply a destination slice with length 0 and your expected capacity.
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In this case no unneeded allocations should be made.
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### Concurrency
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The buffer decoder does everything on the same goroutine and does nothing concurrently.
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It can however decode several buffers concurrently. Use `WithDecoderConcurrency(n)` to limit that.
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The stream decoder will create goroutines that:
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1) Reads input and splits the input into blocks.
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2) Decompression of literals.
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3) Decompression of sequences.
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4) Reconstruction of output stream.
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So effectively this also means the decoder will "read ahead" and prepare data to always be available for output.
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The concurrency level will, for streams, determine how many blocks ahead the compression will start.
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Since "blocks" are quite dependent on the output of the previous block stream decoding will only have limited concurrency.
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In practice this means that concurrency is often limited to utilizing about 3 cores effectively.
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### Benchmarks
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The first two are streaming decodes and the last are smaller inputs.
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Running on AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core Processor. AMD64 assembly used.
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```
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BenchmarkDecoderSilesia-32 5 206878840 ns/op 1024.50 MB/s 49808 B/op 43 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoderEnwik9-32 1 1271809000 ns/op 786.28 MB/s 72048 B/op 52 allocs/op
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Concurrent blocks, performance:
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/kppkn.gtb.zst-32 67356 17857 ns/op 10321.96 MB/s 22.48 pct 102 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/geo.protodata.zst-32 266656 4421 ns/op 26823.21 MB/s 11.89 pct 19 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/plrabn12.txt.zst-32 20992 56842 ns/op 8477.17 MB/s 39.90 pct 754 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/lcet10.txt.zst-32 27456 43932 ns/op 9714.01 MB/s 33.27 pct 524 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/asyoulik.txt.zst-32 78432 15047 ns/op 8319.15 MB/s 40.34 pct 66 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/alice29.txt.zst-32 65800 18436 ns/op 8249.63 MB/s 37.75 pct 88 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/html_x_4.zst-32 102993 11523 ns/op 35546.09 MB/s 3.637 pct 143 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/paper-100k.pdf.zst-32 1000000 1070 ns/op 95720.98 MB/s 80.53 pct 3 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/fireworks.jpeg.zst-32 749802 1752 ns/op 70272.35 MB/s 100.0 pct 5 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/urls.10K.zst-32 22640 52934 ns/op 13263.37 MB/s 26.25 pct 1014 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/html.zst-32 226412 5232 ns/op 19572.27 MB/s 14.49 pct 20 B/op 0 allocs/op
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BenchmarkDecoder_DecodeAllParallel/comp-data.bin.zst-32 923041 1276 ns/op 3194.71 MB/s 31.26 pct 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
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```
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This reflects the performance around May 2022, but this may be out of date.
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## Zstd inside ZIP files
|
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|
||
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It is possible to use zstandard to compress individual files inside zip archives.
|
||
|
While this isn't widely supported it can be useful for internal files.
|
||
|
|
||
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To support the compression and decompression of these files you must register a compressor and decompressor.
|
||
|
|
||
|
It is highly recommended registering the (de)compressors on individual zip Reader/Writer and NOT
|
||
|
use the global registration functions. The main reason for this is that 2 registrations from
|
||
|
different packages will result in a panic.
|
||
|
|
||
|
It is a good idea to only have a single compressor and decompressor, since they can be used for multiple zip
|
||
|
files concurrently, and using a single instance will allow reusing some resources.
|
||
|
|
||
|
See [this example](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd#example-ZipCompressor) for
|
||
|
how to compress and decompress files inside zip archives.
|
||
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# Contributions
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Contributions are always welcome.
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For new features/fixes, remember to add tests and for performance enhancements include benchmarks.
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For general feedback and experience reports, feel free to open an issue or write me on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/sh0dan).
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This package includes the excellent [`github.com/cespare/xxhash`](https://github.com/cespare/xxhash) package Copyright (c) 2016 Caleb Spare.
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