python-zlib-ng

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Faster zlib and gzip compatible compression and decompression
by providing Python bindings for the zlib-ng library.

This package provides Python bindings for the zlib-ng <https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng>_ library.

python-zlib-ng provides the bindings by offering three modules:

zlib_ng: A drop-in replacement for the zlib module that uses zlib-ng to
accelerate its performance.
gzip_ng: A drop-in replacement for the gzip module that uses zlib_ng
instead of zlib to perform its compression and checksum tasks, which
improves performance.
gzip_ng_threaded offers an open function which returns buffered read
or write streams that can be used to read and write large files while
escaping the GIL using one or multiple threads. This functionality only
works for streaming, seeking is not supported.

zlib_ng and gzip_ng are almost fully compatible with zlib and
gzip from the Python standard library. There are some minor differences
see: differences-with-zlib-and-gzip-modules_.

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Quickstart

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The python-zlib-ng modules can be imported as follows

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from zlib_ng import zlib_ng
from zlib_ng import gzip_ng
from zlib_ng import gzip_ng_threaded

zlib_ng and gzip_ng are meant to be used as drop in replacements so
their api and functions are the same as the stdlib's modules.

A full API documentation can be found on our readthedocs page <https://python-zlib-ng.readthedocs.io>_.

python -m zlib_ng.gzip_ng implements a fully featured gzip-like command line
application (just like python -m gzip, but better). Full usage documentation can be
found on our readthedocs page <https://python-zlib-ng.readthedocs.io>_.

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Installation

with pip: pip install zlib-ng
with conda: conda install python-zlib-ng

Installation is supported on Linux, Windows and MacOS. For more advanced
installation options check the documentation <https://python-zlib-ng.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html#installation>_.

python-zlib-ng as a dependency in your project

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zlib-ng supports numerous platforms but not all of these have pre-built wheels
available. To prevent your users from running into issues when installing
your project please list a python-zlib-ng dependency as follows.

setup.cfg::

install_requires =
    zlib-ng; platform.machine == "x86_64" or platform.machine == "AMD64"

setup.py::

extras_require={
    ":platform.machine == 'x86_64' or platform.machine == 'AMD64'": ['zlib-ng']
},

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.. _differences-with-zlib-and-gzip-modules:

Differences with zlib and gzip modules

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Compression level 1 zlib_ng has a worse compression rate than that in
zlib. For other compression levels zlib_ng compresses better.
gzip_ng.open returns a class GzipNGFile instead of GzipFile. Since
there are differences between the compressed ratios between levels, a
difference in naming was chosen to reflect this.
gzip_ng.GzipFile does exist as an alias of
gzip_ng.GzipNGFile for compatibility reasons.

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Contributing

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Please make a PR or issue if you feel anything can be improved. Bug reports
are also very welcome. Please report them on the github issue tracker <https://github.com/rhpvorderman/python-zlib-ng/issues>_.

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Acknowledgements

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This project builds upon the software and experience of many. Many thanks to:

The zlib-ng contributors <https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng/graphs/contributors>_ for making the
zlib-ng library.
The CPython contributors <https://github.com/python/cpython/graphs/contributors>_.
Python-zlib-ng mimicks zlibmodule.c and gzip.py from the standard
library to make it easier for python users to adopt it.
The github actions team <https://github.com/orgs/actions/people>_ for
creating the actions CI service that enables building and testing on all
three major operating systems.

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