zstd
brew install zstdAlso known as: pzstd
Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm
https://facebook.github.io/zstd/
License: (BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only) AND BSD-2-Clause AND MIT
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/zstd.json
Formula code: zstd.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| macOS on Intel |
tahoe | ✅ |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| sonoma | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 1.5.7 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| lz4 | 1.11.1 | Extremely Fast Compression algorithm |
| xz | 5.8.4 | General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio |
Depends on when building from source:
| cmake | 4.5.0 | Cross-platform make |
Binaries:
pzstd,
unzstd,
zstd,
zstdcat,
zstdgrep,
zstdless,
zstdmt
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 1,795,668 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 82,290,056 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 192,256 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 9.3× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-14T00:20:00Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-15 to 2026-11-14. 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 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 192,236 | 470,384 | 2,787,022 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 20 | 37 | 176 |
| Installs on Request | 4,996 | 21,871 | 119,402 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 14 | 29 | 145 |
| Build Errors | 5,505 | ||
Build Errors (--HEAD) | 4 |