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A tiny library for tiny binary compression.
Free software: BSD 2-Clause License
Overview¶
TinyCompress is a lightweight Python library that provides efficient data compression algorithms with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.
The library implements multiple compression methods:
LZSSW (Lempel-Ziv-Storer-Szymanski via Words): An efficient variant of LZ77 compression algorithm that uses a sliding window approach for finding repeated data patterns.
RLEB (Run-Length Encoding for Bytes): A specialized compression algorithm that combines run-length encoding with bit flags, particularly effective for data with repeated byte sequences.
Key features:
Pure Python implementation for maximum portability
Streaming interface for processing large files with minimal memory usage
File handling utilities for direct compression/decompression of files
Extensible base classes for implementing custom compression algorithms
Comprehensive test suite with high code coverage
BSD 2-Clause licensed for both commercial and open-source use
Documentation¶
For the full documentation, please refer to:
Installation¶
From PyPI (might not be the latest version found on github):
$ pip install tinycompress
From the source code root directory:
$ pip install .
Development¶
To run the all the tests:
$ pip install tox
$ tox