Good to know, thanks. Another algo to add to fsbench.
My apologises, I mixed up this benchmark with the entropy coders one, it's indeed verifiable.
Still, it's irrelevant for the OP.
@OP
Interesting options:
* libssc is probably the fastest LZ out there. I failed to make it work in my benchmark though.
* LZ4 is rather mature, portable, fast. Recommended
* Snappy is somewhat used too, but inferior to LZ4 nowadays
* RLE64 - the speed king, but rarely strong enough to be worthwhile. You may test it on your data, but don't be surprised if you save 1%.
There's also a huge number of options that I wouldn't recommend for that they have at least one of the following properties:
* inefficient
* closed source
* copyleft-encumbered
* immature