#snapzip ###Install go get github.com/GreenRaccoon23/snapzip ###Clone git clone https://github.com/GreenRaccoon23/snapzip.git ###Description Command-line program to compress/decompress files into Snappy archives.
Written in the language invented by Google, Go, for the compression format invented by Google, Snappy. Snappy aims to be FAST and stable while still maintaining reasonable compression.
###Compatibility This program works on Linux and Android, but it does NOT work on Windows. It also works for both 32-bit and 64-bit processors (including arm). Although I haven't tested it, it should work on Mac as well.

Android users can use this precompiled binary. It was compiled for armv7 processors, which almost every Android device uses currently. Test it first to make sure it works.

32-bit Linux users can use this precompiled binary. Test it first to make sure it works.

64-bit Linux users can use this precompiled binary. Test it first to make sure it works.

All other systems need to have Go installed in order to use this program. Go will build and install the program automatically with this command:

go get github.com/GreenRaccoon23/snapzip

###Usage I wrote this program, snapzip, to make things easy and simple. It automatically tests whether a file should be compressed or decompressed (based on file signatures, not just file extensions), which means that commandline switches are unneeded. Just run:

snapzip file1.txt file2.sz file3.tar.sz directory

^ This command will:

1. compress file1.txt to file1.txt.sz
2. uncompress file2.sz to file2
3. uncompress and untar file3.tar.sz to file3
4. tar and compress directory to directory.tar.sz

###Additional Notes Snappy compression is extremely stable. Personally, I've compressed and decompressed a few terabytes so far with this program and have never had a single corrupt file. 😄

Also, as an added convenience, snapzip will never overwrite another file; it automatically generates an unused name when creating a file. For example, when running:

snapzip file.js

if file.js.sz already exists, the compressed file will be named file(1).js.sz (unless that one already exists too, then the name will be file(2).js.sz, and so on).

###Resources I uploaded this program for simplicity's and portability's sake (installation only requires one command and 3 seconds). For a more robust and even faster alternative written in C, go to:
https://github.com/kubo/snzip

###Credits For the compression algorithm, credits go to those who've translated the Snappy library into Go: https://github.com/golang/snappy/blob/master/AUTHORS

For the crazy low level functionality to tar and untar directories, credits to Docker's source code:
https://github.com/docker/docker/blob/master/pkg/archive