https://nalar.dev/tags/zstandard/ Recent content in Zstandard on Nalar Hugo en-us Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/use-zstandard-compression-with-python-compression-zstd/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0700 https://nalar.dev/use-zstandard-compression-with-python-compression-zstd/ <p>Python applications have long had standard-library support for gzip, bzip2, LZMA, and zlib. Python 3.14 adds another important option: Zstandard support through <code>compression.zstd</code>.</p> <p>Zstandard is useful when a system needs a practical balance of compression ratio and throughput. The new module means many applications can read and write <code>.zst</code> data without adding a third-party Python package. But choosing a compression API is not only about calling <code>compress()</code> and <code>decompress()</code>. Production code also needs to think about streaming, memory limits, frame boundaries, dictionaries, compatibility, and untrusted input.</p>