# Fast string compression and uncompression

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-string-compression-and-uncompression/182400>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 27, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-string-compression-and-uncompression/182400 "2010-01-27T15:36:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![m94asr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@m94asr](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/m94asr)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fast-string-compression-and-uncompression/182400/1 "2010-01-27T15:36:12Z")

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Hi all,

I am looking for a fast string compression/uncompression on small  
strings (max 2 kb).

zlib works well, but is too slow for my application; I would happily  
tradeoff a bit of compression for more speed; Does anybody know of a  
fast RLE implementation?

Thanks,  
-Armin