rust-brotli by dropbox
Brotli compressor and decompressor written in rust that optionally avoids the stdlib
About rust-brotli
From the project's README at github.com/dropbox/rust-brotli. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
[](https://crates.io/crates/brotli) [](https://travis-ci.org/dropbox/rust-brotli) What's new in 8.0.2 Fix for memory leak in ffi API What's new in 8.0.1 Compatibility for ffi builds What's new in 8.0.0 Fixed LZ77 to comply with the specification No longer seed the context by the end of the lz77 dictionary. Instead use zero for the seed as would happen without a dictionary. This matches the behavior of brotli with a custom dictionary as specified in https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-vandevenne-shared-brotli-format/ What's new in 7.0.0 Fix error with short writes allow quality=10 for certain APIs and make it default to 9.5 What's new in 6.0.0 Remove unused SIMD use statements hide a few warnings - these are TODOs, and should be fixed in separate PRs do NOT build SIMD as part of MSRV -- doesn't make any sense to combine nightly with MSRV What's new in 5.0.0 The FFI is no longer active by default to avoid ODR issues if multiple versions of brotli are included in several dependent crates. What's new in 4.0.0 Pinned to a rust-brotli-decompressor that can disable the ffi with the ffi-api flag. This can help avoid symbol conflicts with other brotli libs. What's new in 3.5 Updated SIMD support. Better CI integration. Cleaned up some of the clippy warnings. What's n
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 919 | github.com/dropbox/rust-brotli |
| GitHub forks | 96 | github.com/dropbox/rust-brotli |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 10.1 years | since Apr 2016 |
| Last commit | 5 months ago | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Releases shipped | 59 | last: 7.2 years ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Ready to self-host rust-brotli?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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