The zstandard_windows package provides a Windows-specific implementation of the Zstandard compression algorithm for Flutter applications. It enables efficient, high-performance compression and decompression of data directly on Windows platforms, leveraging the Zstandard library's advanced algorithms. This plugin is designed to integrate seamlessly with Flutter apps targeting Windows, offering fast processing and low memory usage. It is particularly useful for handling large files or streaming data where speed and compression ratio are critical. The package is maintained by vyp.dev and hosted on GitHub for transparency and community contributions.
Zstandard (zstd) is a fast, high-compression algorithm developed by Meta (formerly Facebook) designed for real-time compression scenarios. It offers a flexible range of compression levels, allowing both high-speed and high-ratio compression, making it ideal for applications with diverse performance needs. Zstandard is widely used in data storage, transmission, and backup solutions.
This repository contains a federated Flutter plugin and a CLI package for zstandard compression, enabling both in-app and command-line usage. The two main components are:
zstandard: A Flutter plugin for cross-platform compression, supporting mobile, desktop, and web platforms. This package integrates the zstd library through FFI for native platforms and WebAssembly for the web, allowing efficient data compression in any Flutter environment.
zstandard_cli: A pure Dart package providing CLI capabilities for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It enables command-line compression and decompression for data files and streams.
Native platform packages and the CLI share the zstd C source and FFI bindings via the zstandard_native package (zstandard_native/src/zstd/). zstandard_native is published to pub.dev as part of this repo’s release set, so a single copy is used whether you depend on the plugin from the repo or from pub.dev.
# Compress a file with a specified compression level
dart run zstandard_cli:compress --level 3 myfile.txt
# Decompress a file
dart run zstandard_cli:decompress myfile.txt.zstd
Dart Code Example (CLI)
import'package:zstandard_cli/zstandard_cli.dart';
voidmain() async {
var cli = ZstandardCLI();
final originalData = Uint8List.fromList([...]);
final compressed = await cli.compress(originalData, compressionLevel: 3);
final decompressed = await cli.decompress(compressed ?? Uint8List(0));
}
Using extensions in Dart:
import'package:zstandard_cli/zstandard_cli.dart';
voidmain() async {
final originalData = Uint8List.fromList([...]);
final compressed = await originalData.compress(compressionLevel: 3);
final decompressed = await compressed.decompress();
}