Web platform features explorer - Zstandard compression

Web platform features explorer

Zstandard or zstd is fast lossless compression algorithm. When used as a content encoding, it is often faster and offers better compression than brotli.

Status

Limited availability

MDN documentation

Content-Encoding header

Specifications

Zstandard Compression and the 'application/zstd' Media Type, from Applications and Real-Time Area (IETF).

Browser support (view on caniuse.com)

Chrome 123 Released on 2024-03-19
Chrome Android 123 Released on 2024-03-19
Edge 123 Released on 2024-03-22
Firefox 126 Released on 2024-05-14
Firefox for Android 126 Released on 2024-05-14
Safari ❌
Safari on iOS ❌

Baseline availability blocked since May 2024 by Safari (17 months)

Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)

~34.623% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.

Web Platform Tests (WPT)

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