A tiny zstd CLI built in Zig with a static libzstd.

Build

zig build

Usage

./zig-out/bin/zig-zstd compress -i input.tar -o input.tar.zst -l 19 --progress --threads 4 --checksum
./zig-out/bin/zig-zstd decompress -i input.tar.zst -o input.tar

Options:

• -i, --input: input file path (required)
• -o, --output: output file path (required)
• -l, --level: compression level (default: 19)
• --progress: print periodic progress updates
• --chunk-size: override streaming chunk size (bytes)
• --threads: number of worker threads for compression (--threads=max uses CPU count)
• --window-log: set compression window log (affects memory usage)
• --checksum: include a checksum in the zstd frame
• --rsyncable: generate rsync-friendly output (lower ratio, higher CPU)
• --long-distance: enable long distance matching for better ratios on large files
• --no-timing: disable timing output

Notes:

• --threads requires zstd built with multithread support; a warning is printed if the option isn't applied.

Tests

zig build test

Integration test

bun dev
bun dev 200

The optional numeric argument is the size (in MB) for the tar payload.