lz4 implements reading and writing of lz4 format compressed files for Go, following lz4 stream format. It uses the lz4 C library underneath.

Download and install:

$ go get github.com/cyberdelia/lz4

Add it to your code:

import "github.com/cyberdelia/lz4"

Download and install:

$ go get github.com/cyberdelia/lz4/cmd/lz4

Compress and decompress:

$ lz4 testdata/pg135.txt
$ lz4 -d testdata/pg135.txt.lz4