A comprehensive fork that replaces the standard 7-Zip binaries with versions capable of handling modern high-speed formats natively. Why Use LZ4 in 7-Zip?
LZ4, created by Yann Collet, belongs to the LZ77 family (like DEFLATE and LZMA). However, its design philosophy is radically different: modded 7zip for lz4
| Feature | LZMA (7-Zip native) | Zstd (Facebook) | LZ4 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Excellent | Very Good | Fair | | Compression Speed | Slow (1-10 MB/s) | Fast (50-200 MB/s) | Insane (500+ MB/s) | | Decompression Speed | Moderate | Very Fast | Nearly RAM-limited | | Use Case | Final distribution | Hybrid backup | Real-time, temp, logs | A comprehensive fork that replaces the standard 7-Zip
A comprehensive fork that replaces the standard 7-Zip binaries with versions capable of handling modern high-speed formats natively. Why Use LZ4 in 7-Zip?
LZ4, created by Yann Collet, belongs to the LZ77 family (like DEFLATE and LZMA). However, its design philosophy is radically different:
| Feature | LZMA (7-Zip native) | Zstd (Facebook) | LZ4 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Excellent | Very Good | Fair | | Compression Speed | Slow (1-10 MB/s) | Fast (50-200 MB/s) | Insane (500+ MB/s) | | Decompression Speed | Moderate | Very Fast | Nearly RAM-limited | | Use Case | Final distribution | Hybrid backup | Real-time, temp, logs |