7-Zip-zstd

I'm not that fussed about CPU use. https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd By these charts, if I only need 5-10 megabytes per second of compression on a single core, LZMA2 wins significantly on ratio, and still decompresses at well over 100. If I'm doing a backup, or sending/receiving over my internet connection (which only has 2MB/s of upload), LZMA2 easily wins. If I need speed then zstd wins.

You are looking for 7-Zip Zstd: https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-Zstd I don't know what your use case is, but it seems to be quite a niche.

For those who are unaware, there is another project [1] that tracks upstream which adds support for various codecs like Zstandard. Many folks (such as myself) opt to install their releases instead. [1]: https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd

Ah, I think I might remember a couple RCE they had... [0] So for Windows use I then started to recommend a fork called NanaZip [1] that enabled some Windows security features (CFG, CET, Package Integrity Check...) and added support for additional formats that other forks already had [2] [3]. --- 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip#Security 1: https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip 2: https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd 3: https://github.com/myfreeer/7z-build-nsis

tar.zst vs pack is looking great, thanks! Also there is https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd .pack vs zst-7z with the same compression settings would b interesting. That will be pure container overhead

Do you consider rar a standard? It's a pretty good format, even though there aren't any good open-source implementations. But if you're willing to pay for your software, WinRAR command line versions are available for most platforms. 7zip is the most obvious free alternative. There is also a 7zip fork that offers zstd [1]. The command line experience for 7zip isn't very good however. 1: https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd

Testing with 100 MB set from mattmahoney.net and relatively comparable sizes pzip is twice as fast as the previously mentioned Pavlov's 7z, that's clearly useful for those who need the fastest possible creation of a "classic" zip with compressed files, when lower compression ratio (1.6 MB bigger compressed file when compressing 100 MB set, compared to 7z) is acceptable. $ time zip -2 -r a-zip.zip 100mb/ >/dev/null real user sys: 2,1 1,8 0,1 $ time 7z -tzip -mx=1 a a-7z-1.zip 100mb/ >/dev/null real user sys: 1,0 2,7 0,0 $ time ../pzip a-pzip.zip 100mb/ >/dev/null real user sys: 0,5 1,0 0,1 $ L a 48197707 a-7z-1.zip 49921626 a-pzip.zip 49553097 a-zip.zip If the "classic" (i.e. the goal to unpack the archive using older programs) compatibility is not important, it could be interesting to consider t

https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/ https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd/releases

Here’s a fork of the Windows compression tool 7-Zip which has LZ4 support baked in along with some other useful algorithms – the repo has a good comparison of them: https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd/ (Linking to this more for the overview than the Windows tool in itself.)

I’ve been using 7z for many years and https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd/ which is just a patched 7z for a while. And p7zip on unix platforms. I know PeaZip is based on that, so I wonder what made you choose this over 7z?

GP mentioned this fork of 7-Zip with zstd support: - https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd The changes to the 7-Zip file format were discussed upstream, and upstream agreed to not tread on the magic values: - https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/a... But ultimately the patches were not upstreamed. It's now onto its second developer: - https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/6...

Do you mean this ? https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd