lz4

Install command: 
brew install lz4

Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

https://lz4.github.io/lz4/

License: BSD-2-Clause

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/lz4.json

Formula code: lz4.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 1.11.1
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on when building from source:

cmake 4.4.5 Cross-platform make

Binaries: lz4, lz4c, lz4cat, unlz4

GitHub Packages downloads:

Last 30 days2,578,653
Downloads63,200,234
Analytics install events (30 days)250,394
Downloads / install events (30 days)10.3×

Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:49:44Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.

Analytics:

30 days90 days365 days
Installs250,372475,2582,181,320
Installs (--HEAD)222861
Installs on Request2,5603,56013,005
Installs on Request (--HEAD)192236
Build Errors75