Crunch is a robust command-line tool written in Go that empowers you to achieve efficient data compression using the venerable Huffman coding algorithm. It streamlines the process, making it a breeze to compress your files while maintaining clarity and control.
- Lossless Compression: Crunch preserves the integrity of your data, ensuring an exact reconstruction upon decompression.
- Customizable Verbosity: Control the level of detail displayed during compression with the
-vflag, allowing you to tailor the output to your preferences. - Streamlined File Handling: Crunch seamlessly handles both input and output files, making compression workflows effortless.
go build -o crunch .OR
./build.sh-
Encode Data:
crunch -i input.txt -o compressed.dat
This command compresses
input.txtand stores the compressed data incompressed.dat. -
Decode Data:
crunch -i compressed.dat -o output.txt -d
This command decompresses the data compressed with the command in the first example
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Verbose Mode
crunch -i sample_data.txt -o encoded.dat -v
This example compresses
sample_data.txtwhile providing informative progress messages about the compression process.
We welcome contributions to Crunch! Feel free to fork the repository on GitHub (link coming soon) and submit pull requests for bug fixes, enhancements, or documentation improvements.
Crunch is distributed under the MIT License (see LICENSE file).
While Crunch offers effective compression, some file types might not experience significant size reduction due to inherent redundancies within the data itself.
- Support for multiple compression algorithms (e.g., LZMA)
- Integration with popular archive management tools
- Decompression functionality (coming soon)
I appreciate your interest in Crunch!