Snappy compression codec.

Snappy (formerly Zippy) is a fast compression algorithm developed by Google. It prioritizes speed over compression ratio, achieving compression speeds of over 500 MB/s and decompression speeds over 1.5 GB/s.

Snappy does not accept configuration options. It uses a fixed compression strategy optimized for speed.

Performance Characteristics

• Very fast compression and decompression
• Lower compression ratio than Zstd or Bzip2
• Minimal overhead — ideal for short-lived data
• Deterministic output for identical inputs

Examples

iex> {:ok, compressed} = ExCodecs.encode(:snappy, "hello world")
iex> {:ok, decompressed} = ExCodecs.decode(:snappy, compressed)
iex> decompressed
"hello world"