Zstd is the reference implementation of Zstandard as an open-source compression algorithm developed at Facebook/Meta.

Zstd Articles & Reviews

The New Features Of The Linux 5.7 Kernel: Tiger Lake Graphics Stable, New exFAT, Zstd F2FS, Performance   Software   2020-04-12
Btrfs Zstd Compression Benchmarks On Linux 4.14   Storage   2017-11-13
The Exciting Features Of Linux 4.14: Zstd, Vega Hugepages, AMD SME, New Drivers   Software   2017-09-17

Zstd Linux & Open-Source News

Microsoft Rolls Out Azure Linux 2.0.20240403 With Security Fixes & Other Patches   Hardware   2024-04-10
Fwupd 1.9.16 Adds Support For More USB Docks & Qualcomm Devices   LVFS   2024-04-05
Fwupd Switches From XZ To Zstd Compression: More Trust & Slightly Better Performance   LVFS   2024-04-03
Serpent OS Hopes To Ship Pre-Alpha ISOs In The Coming Weeks   Operating Systems   2024-04-01
GitHub Disables The XZ Repository Following Today's Malicious Disclosure   Linux Security   2024-03-29
Zstd 1.5.6 Released - Celebrating Google Chrome Support For Zstandard Encoding   Free Software   2024-03-26
The Significant Corporate Importance & Pressure Around Mesa Open-Source Linux 3D Drivers   Mesa   2024-03-19
Btrfs Enjoys Performance Optimizations With Linux 6.9   Linux Storage   2024-03-11
Linux 6.8-rc2 Released & Is Now More Stable   Linux Kernel   2024-01-28
Btrfs In Linux 6.8 Transitions Metadata Processing To Using Folios   Linux Storage   2024-01-15
Linux 4.14 LTS Reaches End-Of-Life After Six Years   Linux Kernel   2024-01-10
Linux 6.8 To Introduce New Intel Xe & PowerVR Graphics Drivers, Prepare For New AMD & Intel CPUs   Linux Kernel   2024-01-07
Debian 12.4 Released With Dozens Of Fixes   Debian   2023-12-11
OpenSSL 3.2 Released With Client-Side QUIC, SSL/TLS Security Level 2 Default   Free Software   2023-11-23
Linux 6.8 Looks To Upgrade Its Zstd Code For Better Compression Performance   Linux Kernel   2023-11-21
Ubuntu 23.10 Is Maxing Out Zstd Compression For Its Kernel Build   Ubuntu   2023-11-16
KDE Plasma 6.0 Is Enabling Wayland By Default, Initial Support For HDR-Capable Games   KDE   2023-11-11
Microsoft's CBL-Mariner Linux Distro Issues A Big Update For November   Microsoft   2023-11-08
OpenSSL 3.2 Reaches Beta With Client-Side QUIC, Zstd & Brotli Certificate Compression   Free Software   2023-10-27
FreeBSD 14.0-RC2 Pulls In OpenZFS 2.2, OpenSSH 9.5p1   BSD   2023-10-21
OpenZFS 2.2 Released With Block Cloning, Linux Container Support & Better Performance   Linux Storage   2023-10-13
PuzzleFS Continues Striving To Be The Best File-System For Containers   Linux Storage   2023-09-21
LWJGL 3.3.3 Released With Updated Bindings, GraalVM Native Image Support   Programming   2023-09-16
Intel QAT Zstd Plugin v0.1 Released For Speeding Up Zstandard Compression   Intel   2023-09-08
OpenSSL 3.2 Alpha Released With Client-Side QUIC, Raw Public Key, SM4-XTS   Free Software   2023-09-07
Mageia 9 Released With SQLite-Based RPM Package Database, Zstd Compressed Images   Operating Systems   2023-08-27
Intel QAT Adapted For Zstd To Provide Big Performance/Efficiency Wins   Intel   2023-08-17
Upgraded GNU Compiler Toolchain Approved For Fedora 39   Fedora   2023-08-11
Microsoft's CBL-Mariner 2.0 Linux Distro Adds DNF5, Zstd-Compressed RPMs   Microsoft   2023-08-10
Mageia 9-rc1 Now Available For This Long-Delayed Release   Operating Systems   2023-07-21
Ubuntu Revisiting Its Initramfs Compression Approach   Ubuntu   2023-07-10
NVIDIA R535 Linux Beta Brings New Vulkan Extensions, DMA-BUF v4 Wayland Protocol   NVIDIA   2023-05-30
Debian Installer Bookworm RC2 Released   Debian   2023-04-29
GNOME 44.1 Released With Many Fixes   GNOME   2023-04-26
An Early Look At Linux 6.4 Features: AMD CDX, AMD GAM, Intel LAM, Apple M2 & More   Linux Kernel   2023-04-14
Zstd 1.5.5 Released With Corruption Fix, Improved Performance In Some Scenarios   Free Software   2023-04-05
LLVM 16.0.1 Released With Many Compiler Fixes, Backports AMD Zen 4 Scheduler Model   LLVM   2023-04-05
LLVM 16.0 Released With New Intel/AMD CPU Support, More C++20 / C2X Features   LLVM   2023-03-18
Zstd Gets A Few Fixes For Linux 6.3 While The Big Update Delayed To v6.4   Linux Kernel   2023-03-03
NVIDIA 530.30.02 Linux Beta Driver Released   NVIDIA   2023-02-28
GNU Debugger 13.1 Brings LoongArch & C-SKY Debugging On Linux, Zstd Debug Sections   GNU   2023-02-19
The Best Linux 6.2 Features From Intel Arc Graphics To Better Performance For Older PCs   Linux Kernel   2023-02-17
Zstd 1.5.4 Released With Many Performance Improvements   Free Software   2023-02-10
LLVM 16.0-rc1 Brings New AMD & Intel CPU Support, Zstd Debug Sections, C++17 By Default   LLVM   2023-01-28
LLVM 16.0 Feature Development Ends - Aiming For Early March Compiler Release   LLVM   2023-01-25
Microsoft Releases WinGet 1.4 For Improving Its Open-Source Package Manager   Microsoft   2023-01-23
GNU Binutils 2.40 Released With AMD Zen 4 & Upcoming Intel Instructions, Zstd Support   GNU   2023-01-14
GNU Binutils 2.40 Branched With Zstd Support, Zen 4, New Intel Instructions   GNU   2023-01-02
Linux 6.2-rc1 Brings Stable Intel Arc Graphics, Call Depth Tracking & Many More Features   Linux Kernel   2022-12-25
Linux 6.2 Lands Support For Multiple Compression Streams With ZRAM   Linux Kernel   2022-12-21
Linux 6.2 Allows For Zstd-Compressed Debug Information   Linux Kernel   2022-12-20
Updated Zstd Implementation Merged For Linux 6.2   Linux Kernel   2022-12-19
The Many New Features On The Horizon For Linux 6.2   Linux Kernel   2022-12-09
Linux 6.2 Aims To Ship Updated Zstd Implementation   Linux Kernel   2022-10-25
PostgreSQL 15 Released With Better Sort Performance, Supports LZ4 & Zstd Compression   Free Software   2022-10-13
Google Engineer Experimenting With ZRAM Handling For Multiple Compression Streams   Linux Kernel   2022-10-06
GCC 13 Lands Support For Zstd-Compressed Debug Sections   GNU   2022-09-29
High-Speed Mold 1.5 Linker Released With PPC64LE, SPARC64 & RISC-V BE Targets   Programming   2022-09-27
Generic EFI Compressed Boot Support Prepped Ahead Of Linux 6.1   Linux Kernel   2022-09-25
LLVM Begins Landing Support For Zstd Compressed ELF Debug Sections (ELFCOMPRESS_ZSTD)   LLVM   2022-09-10
Linux 5.19 Released - Linus Torvalds Released It From An Apple Silicon MacBook   Linux Kernel   2022-07-31
Linux 5.19 Features Many Intel & AMD Improvements, New Hardware Preparations   Linux Kernel   2022-07-28
Oracle Linux 9 Reaches GA With Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel R7   Oracle   2022-07-06
Rust For Linux, -O3'ing The Kernel & Other Highlights From June   Phoronix   2022-07-01
Zstd Compression Being Eyed For Use Within LLVM   LLVM   2022-06-25
The Bizarre Case Of Zstd's Very Slow Performance On Arch Linux   Arch Linux   2022-06-18
Linux 5.19-rc1 Released With Intel TDX, AMD SEV-SNP, LoongArch, Big TCP & A Lot More   Linux Kernel   2022-06-05
Zstd Compressed Firmware Submitted For Linux 5.19, Other Driver Core Changes   Linux Kernel   2022-06-03
Linux 5.19 Will Be Super Exciting For Intel Customers, Many Other Features Expected   Linux Kernel   2022-05-22
PostgreSQL 15 Performance Improving With Faster Sorting, Many New Features   Programming   2022-05-22
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 GA Now Officially Available   Red Hat   2022-05-18
Linux 5.19 Adding Ability To Initiate Firmware Updates Using Sysfs   Linux Kernel   2022-05-03
Yocto 4.0 Released For Embedded/IoT Linux Software Stack   Operating Systems   2022-04-27
Zstd Compressed Firmware Will Finally Be Supported With Linux 5.19   Linux Kernel   2022-04-25
FreeBSD 13.1-RC3 Brings Zstd For Libarchive, Build Fixes   BSD   2022-04-15
PostgreSQL Moves Ahead With Employing Zstd Compression   Programming   2022-03-13
Steam Deck, GNOME 42 Advancements & AMD Linux Updates Excited Readers In February   Phoronix   2022-03-01
PostgreSQL Begins Working On Zstd Compression Support   Free Software   2022-02-19
Zstd-Compressed Linux Firmware Back To Being Eyed   Linux Kernel   2022-01-29
Hyperscalers Have Been Making CentOS 9 Stream More Attractive With New Features   Red Hat   2022-01-10
Linux 5.16's Great Features Include FUTEX2, Folios, AMD Rembrandt, Intel AMX & Much More   Linux Kernel   2022-01-06
Ubuntu Had A Great Year In Switching To Wayland, Continued Commercial Success   Ubuntu   2021-12-30
systemd 250 Released With A Huge Number Of New Features, Improvements   systemd   2021-12-23
Zstd 1.5.1 Released With Even More Performance Improvements   Free Software   2021-12-21
Fedora 36 Planning To Use plocate As New "locate" Replacement   Fedora   2021-12-14
systemd 250 Is Coming For Christmas With A Boat Load Of New Features   systemd   2021-12-09
Ubuntu Rethinking Its Initramfs Compression Strategy   Ubuntu   2021-12-08
Arch-Based EndeavourOS 21.4 Released With FSTRIM, Btrfs Zstd, PipeWire By Default   Arch Linux   2021-12-03
Blender 3.0 Shines As A Huge Update For This Leading Open-Source 3D Modeling Software   Free Software   2021-12-03
Arcan 0.6.1 Released With More Features Added To This Open-Source Display Stack   Desktop   2021-11-23
Modernized Zstd Merged Into Linux 5.16 For Much Greater Performance   Linux Kernel   2021-11-13
Linux 5.16 Will Be A Great Christmas Gift For Open-Source Fans With Many New Features   Linux Kernel   2021-10-25
Ubuntu 21.10 Released With GNOME 40 Desktop, Many Underlying Improvements   Ubuntu   2021-10-14
Updated Zstd Planned For Linux 5.16 With Better Performance   Linux Kernel   2021-10-05
Updated Zstd Implementation For The Linux Kernel Coming Soon   Linux Kernel   2021-09-29
Ubuntu 21.10 Compressing Debian Packages With Zstd   Ubuntu   2021-07-05
Libzip 1.8 Released With Support For Zstd Compressed ZIP Files   Programming   2021-06-19
-O3 Compiler Optimization Level Still Deemed Too Unsafe For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-06-05
New + Updated Benchmarks For May 2021 - Now At 661 Tests, ~36d19h Average Total Runtime   Phoronix Test Suite   2021-06-02
Windows vs. Linux, 5.13 Kernel, FreeBSD 13, Other May Excitement   Free Software   2021-06-01
Fedora Cloud 35 Looking To Use The Btrfs File-System By Default   Fedora   2021-05-26
Zstd 1.5 Released With Big Performance Improvements   Standards   2021-05-14
DragonFlyBSD 6.0 Released With Many Kernel Optimizations, Other Improvements   BSD   2021-05-10
UBIFS To Default To Zstd Compressed File-System With Linux 5.13+   Linux Storage   2021-05-06
Linux 5.13 To Allow Zstd Compressed Modules, Zstd Update Pending With Faster Performance   Linux Kernel   2021-05-03
Fedora 34 Released As A Hugely Exciting Update For This Linux Distribution   Fedora   2021-04-27
Fedora 34 To Release Next Week As A Very Exciting Update   Fedora   2021-04-24
Many New/Updated Benchmarks For March With New SDR/Radio Tests, More Code Compilation   Phoronix Test Suite   2021-03-28
Zstd 1.4.9 Released With ~2x Faster Performance For Long Mode   Programming   2021-03-03
Mageia 8 Released - Flips On AMDGPU For Older GCN GPUs, Better ARM Support   Operating Systems   2021-02-26
F2FS With Linux 5.12 Lets You Configure The Zstd/LZ4 Compression Ratio   Linux Storage   2021-02-18
Facebook's Linux Desktop Choice Is Fedora But Ramping Up CentOS Stream   Fedora   2021-02-14
Fedora 34 Will See HarfBuzz-Enabled FreeType As The Latest For This Huge Feature Release   Fedora   2021-02-05
There Is Another Attempt At Allowing Zstd-Compressed Firmware For The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2021-01-28
Fedora 34 Cleared For Btrfs Zstd Compression By Default, DNF/RPM Copy-On-Write   Fedora   2021-01-19
FreeBSD Continues Work On Ridding Its Base Of GPL-Licensed Software   BSD   2021-01-16
Fedora Looks To Overhaul Its Community Outreach   Fedora   2021-01-12
F2FS With Linux 5.12 To Allow Configuring Compression Level   Linux Storage   2021-01-12
Linux Mint 20.1 Released With Web Apps, IPTV Player, Cinnamon 4.8 Integrated   Operating Systems   2021-01-08
Fedora Workstation 34 Looking To Employ Btrfs Zstd Transparent Compression By Default   Fedora   2020-12-30
Patch Proposed For Removing BZIP2 Support From The Linux Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-12-22
Bcachefs Under Review With All Known Blockers Resolved   Linux Storage   2020-12-18
Mageia 8 Beta 2 Released With A Platter Of Updated Packages   Operating Systems   2020-12-13
F2FS Proposal Adds Support For LZ4HC Compression   Linux Storage   2020-12-01
OpenZFS 2.0 Released With Unified FreeBSD/Linux Support, Many New Features   Linux Storage   2020-11-30
OpenZFS 2.0-RC7 Brings Better ABI Handling, Reduced Latency For Non-Interactive I/O   Linux Storage   2020-11-26
Mageia 8 Linux OS Is Inching Closer To Release   Operating Systems   2020-11-13
OpenZFS 2.0-RC6 Released With More Fixes For ZFS On Linux / FreeBSD   Linux Storage   2020-11-12
OpenSolaris-Derived OmniOS CE Updated With A Ton Of Changes   Operating Systems   2020-11-04
OpenZFS 2.0-RC5 Released With Linux 5.10 Compatibility Updates, Fixes   Linux Storage   2020-11-03
Bcachefs Linux File-System Sent Out For Review With Exciting Feature Progress   Linux Storage   2020-10-27
FreeBSD Can Now Be Built From Linux/macOS Hosts, Transition To Git Continues   BSD   2020-10-22
OpenZFS 2.0-RC4 Released With More Fixes, Linux 5.9 Support   Linux Storage   2020-10-19
More KDE Wayland Fixes Heading Into Plasma 5.20.1   KDE   2020-10-17
F2FS With Linux 5.10 Brings Many Improvements And A Few More Features   Linux Storage   2020-10-15
OpenZFS 2.0 Nears Release, OpenZFS 3.0 Could See macOS Support   Linux Storage   2020-10-07
U-Boot 2020.10 Released With Many Improvements   Free Software   2020-10-06
OpenZFS 2.0-RC3 Released With Bug Fixes, Intel QAT Support For Newer Kernels   Linux Storage   2020-10-01
OpenZFS 2.0-RC2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes   Linux Storage   2020-09-18
Fedora 34 Change To Further Compress Install Media Rejected Due To Install Time Concerns   Fedora   2020-09-15
KDAB Releases Hotspot 1.3 For Visualizing Linux Perf Reports   Free Software   2020-09-03
OpenZFS 2.0-RC1 Released With Unified Linux/BSD Support, Zstd Compression & Much More   Linux Storage   2020-08-25
OpenZFS Support Merged Into Mainline FreeBSD   BSD   2020-08-25
OpenZFS File-System Merges Support For Using Zstd Compression   Linux Storage   2020-08-22
Now That The Linux Kernel Can Be Zstd-Compressed, The Next Step Is The Firmware   Linux Kernel   2020-08-21
QEMU 5.1 Release Brings Many Improvements To This Open-Source Virtualization Component   Virtualization   2020-08-12
Fedora Btrfs Activity Continues - New Options To Control Discard, Compression   Fedora   2020-08-10
Mageia 8 Beta 1 Released With Many Improvements   Operating Systems   2020-08-07
Eight Great Features Of Linux 5.8   Linux Kernel   2020-07-31
Systemd 246 Released With Many Changes   systemd   2020-07-30