GitHub - Topface/node-lzf: lzf compression library for nodejs

var lzf = require("lzf");


var lorem = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit." +
    "Curabitur volutpat, nulla nec egestas semper," +
    "ante dui tristique nibh, quis feugiat.";

// create buffer of your data
var loremBuffer = new Buffer(lorem);

// compress your buffer and get another buffer
var loremCompressed = lzf.compress(loremBuffer);

// decompress compressed buffer
var loremDecompressed = lzf.decompress(loremCompressed);
Testing compression at 100 bytes
lzf-compress x 139,495 ops/sec ±11.88% (58 runs sampled)
zlib-compress x 29,879 ops/sec ±6.88% (88 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-compress

Testing decompression at 100 bytes
lzf-decompress x 36,574 ops/sec ±7.74% (87 runs sampled)
zlib-decompress x 26,153 ops/sec ±6.92% (89 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-decompress

Testing compression at 1000 bytes
lzf-compress x 57,345 ops/sec ±9.49% (81 runs sampled)
zlib-compress x 11,828 ops/sec ±3.93% (60 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-compress

Testing decompression at 1000 bytes
lzf-decompress x 29,221 ops/sec ±7.06% (89 runs sampled)
zlib-decompress x 19,351 ops/sec ±4.77% (92 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-decompress

Testing compression at 10000 bytes
lzf-compress x 10,512 ops/sec ±3.26% (92 runs sampled)
zlib-compress x 1,850 ops/sec ±0.20% (73 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-compress

Testing decompression at 10000 bytes
lzf-decompress x 12,487 ops/sec ±3.85% (91 runs sampled)
zlib-decompress x 6,939 ops/sec ±3.14% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-decompress

Testing compression at 100000 bytes
lzf-compress x 1,628 ops/sec ±1.50% (96 runs sampled)
zlib-compress x 132 ops/sec ±0.13% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-compress

Testing decompression at 100000 bytes
lzf-decompress x 2,472 ops/sec ±1.09% (91 runs sampled)
zlib-decompress x 1,430 ops/sec ±0.73% (95 runs sampled)
Fastest is lzf-decompress