PyRank

Compression Python Packages

Python packages with the GitHub topic compression. Sorted by monthly downloads, with stars and forks.
python-lz4
lz4

LZ4 bindings for Python

77.4M 303 86
milesgranger
cramjam

Your go-to for easy access to a plethora of compression algorithms, all neatly bundled in one simple installation.

31.1M 127 14
miurahr
pyppmd

pyppmd provides classes and functions for compressing and decompressing text data, using PPM (Prediction by partial matching) compression algorithm variation H and I.2. It provide an API similar to Python's zlib/bz2/lzma modules.

9.1M 11 8
sergey-dryabzhinsky
zstd

Simple python bindings to Yann Collet ZSTD compression library

7.8M 188 33
vllm-project
compressed-tensors

A safetensors extension to efficiently store sparse quantized tensors on disk

4.1M 329 132
Blosc
blosc2

A high-performance library for compressed ND arrays and columnar tables, with compute and indexing engines

2.5M 211 66
leenr
gzip-stream

Streaming GZIP compression for Python

1.7M 32 5
deepspeedai
deepspeed

DeepSpeed is a deep learning optimization library that makes distributed training and inference easy, efficient, and effective.

1.1M 43K 5K
seung-lab
dracopy

Python wrapper for Google's Draco mesh compression library.

756K 120 33
openvinotoolkit
nncf

Neural Network Compression Framework for enhanced OpenVINO™ inference

410K 1K 308
pgzip
pgzip

A multi-threading implement of Python gzip module

353K 64 11
headroomlabs-ai
headroom-ai

Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

346K 75K 6K
blosc
blosc

A Python wrapper for the extremely fast Blosc compression library

297K 362 76
vortex-data
vortex-data

An extensible, state-of-the-art framework for columnar compression, and the fastest FOSS columnar file format. Formerly at @spiraldb, now an Incubation Stage project at LFAI&Data, part of the Linux Foundation.

215K 3K 239
valgur
ncompress

LZW compression and decompression in Python and C++

146K 4 2
Esri
pylerc

Limited Error Raster Compression

129K 215 72
nfrasser
pyoxipng

Python wrapper for multithreaded PNG optimizer oxipng (https://github.com/oxipng/oxipng)

121K 26 4
LucaCappelletti94
compress-json

The missing Python utility to read and write compressed JSONs.

121K 41 2
borgbackup
borgbackup

Deduplicating archiver with compression and authenticated encryption.

103K 14K 881
pcodec
pcodec

Lossless codec for numerical data

97K 507 34
binref
binary-refinery

High Octane Triage Analysis

64K 875 80
tensorflow
tensorflow-model-optimization

A toolkit to optimize ML models for deployment for Keras and TensorFlow, including quantization and pruning.

52K 2K 348
rajveer43
veloxquant-mlx

Fast KV-cache quantization for Apple Silicon (MLX) — 43 research-adapted compression methods with Metal kernels

44K 27 8
vllm-project
llmcompressor

State-of-the-art LLM compression, built for production inference with vLLM

34K 4K 685