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11 best Go Compression libraries in 2025

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by naveen.kumar@openweaver.com dot icon Updated: Jan 3, 2023

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Go is a lightweight programming language that's been around for a long time. It's used in many places, including GitHub, and it has a great community. The Go Compression library can help you deal with the bloated "go get" downloads that happen when you use the go get command. A single package installed on your machine will only download a fraction of what the server has to offer. The Go Compression library can be used with any language that supports the HTTP package — which means almost all languages. There are several popular open source libraries available for developers: Archiver - Easily create & extract archives, and compress & decompress files; Slim - collection of surprisingly space efficient data types, with corresponding serialization APIs to persisting them on-disk or for transport. The following is a comprehensive list of the best open source libraries.

archiverby mholt

Go doticonstar image 3928 doticonVersion:v4.0.0-alpha.6doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

Easily create & extract archives, and compress & decompress files of various formats

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            archiverby mholt

            Go doticon star image 3928 doticonVersion:v4.0.0-alpha.6doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            Easily create & extract archives, and compress & decompress files of various formats
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                      gocqlby gocql

                      Go doticonstar image 2414 doticonVersion:v1.4.0doticon
                      License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                      Package gocql implements a fast and robust Cassandra client for the Go programming language.

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                                gocqlby gocql

                                Go doticon star image 2414 doticonVersion:v1.4.0doticon License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                Package gocql implements a fast and robust Cassandra client for the Go programming language.
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                                          algernonby xyproto

                                          Go doticonstar image 2243 doticonVersion:v1.15.1doticon
                                          License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                          Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support

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                                                    algernonby xyproto

                                                    Go doticon star image 2243 doticonVersion:v1.15.1doticon License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                    Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Markdown, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis and PostgreSQL support
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                                                              slimby openacid

                                                              Go doticonstar image 1877 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                              License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                              Surprisingly space efficient trie in Golang(11 bits/key; 100 ns/get).

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                                                                        slimby openacid

                                                                        Go doticon star image 1877 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                        Surprisingly space efficient trie in Golang(11 bits/key; 100 ns/get).
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                                                                                  kopiaby kopia

                                                                                  Go doticonstar image 3769 doticonVersion:v0.13.0doticon
                                                                                  License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                  Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.

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                                                                                            kopiaby kopia

                                                                                            Go doticon star image 3769 doticonVersion:v0.13.0doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                            Cross-platform backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included.
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                                                                                                      snappyby golang

                                                                                                      Go doticonstar image 1389 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                      License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                                      The Snappy compression format in the Go programming language.

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                                                                                                                snappyby golang

                                                                                                                Go doticon star image 1389 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                                                The Snappy compression format in the Go programming language.
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                                                                                                                          vfsgenby shurcooL

                                                                                                                          Go doticonstar image 929 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                                          License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                          Takes an input http.FileSystem (likely at go generate time) and generates Go code that statically implements it.

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                                                                                                                                    vfsgenby shurcooL

                                                                                                                                    Go doticon star image 929 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                    Takes an input http.FileSystem (likely at go generate time) and generates Go code that statically implements it.
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                                                                                                                                              goreqby franela

                                                                                                                                              Go doticonstar image 702 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                              Minimal and simple request library for Go language

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                                                                                                                                                        goreqby franela

                                                                                                                                                        Go doticon star image 702 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                        Minimal and simple request library for Go language
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                                                                                                                                                                  gorpcby valyala

                                                                                                                                                                  Go doticonstar image 677 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                  Simple, fast and scalable golang rpc library for high load

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                                                                                                                                                                            gorpcby valyala

                                                                                                                                                                            Go doticon star image 677 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                            Simple, fast and scalable golang rpc library for high load
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                                                                                                                                                                                      lz4by pierrec

                                                                                                                                                                                      Go doticonstar image 748 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                                                                                                      License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                                                                                                                      LZ4 compression and decompression in pure Go

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                                                                                                                                                                                                lz4by pierrec

                                                                                                                                                                                                Go doticon star image 748 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (BSD-3-Clause)

                                                                                                                                                                                                LZ4 compression and decompression in pure Go
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          compressible-goby nearmilk

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Go doticonstar image 0 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                                                                                                                          License: Permissive (MIT License)

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Compressible Content-Type / mime checking for Go.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    compressible-goby nearmilk

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Compressible Content-Type / mime checking for Go.
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