The :mod:!compression package

.. module:: compression

.. versionadded:: 3.14

The :mod:!compression package contains the canonical compression modules containing interfaces to several different compression algorithms. Some of these modules have historically been available as separate modules; those will continue to be available under their original names for compatibility reasons, and will not be removed without a deprecation cycle. The use of modules in :mod:!compression is encouraged where practical.

• :mod:!compression.bz2 -- Re-exports :mod:bz2
• :mod:!compression.gzip -- Re-exports :mod:gzip
• :mod:!compression.lzma -- Re-exports :mod:lzma
• :mod:!compression.zlib -- Re-exports :mod:zlib
• :mod:compression.zstd -- Wrapper for the Zstandard compression library