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google/brotli

Position in GitHub’s trending lists, facts from the GitHub API and the README, and the star history recorded by this site.

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Brotli compression format

First paragraph of the README

Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods.

Install command found in the README

brew install brotli

Where it is trending

ListPositionStars gained
typescript, today#6+21 today

Star history recorded by this site

One reading per day since Oct 24, 2026, the first day this repository was seen in a trending list. A chart is drawn once three days have been recorded.

  1. 15,002+6
  2. 14,996

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README

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Positions, star totals and “stars gained” are the ones GitHub published, read at Oct 25, 2026, 06:56 UTC. The README paragraph and the install command are copied automatically and are not reviewed.

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Questions and answers

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How many stars does google/brotli have?

15,002 stars and 1,380 forks when GitHub’s trending page was read on Oct 25, 2026, 06:56 UTC. GitHub reported 21 new stars for the period of the list it appears in.

What is google/brotli written in, and under which license?

GitHub classifies it as TypeScript. Its license, as reported by the GitHub API, is MIT.

How do I install google/brotli?

Its README gives this command: brew install brotli. It is copied automatically; check the repository before running it.