Another interesting compression project is &quot;Zstandard&quot;<p>Open source, high performance, decent compression and a &quot;dictionary mode&quot; that&#x27;s especially fun when it comes to compressing a lot of small data.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zstd.net" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zstd.net</a><p>Previous discussion over at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8941955" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=8941955</a>