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[LOG/Recursor·12.06.2025]

Recursor - Advanced Compression

Introducing Recursor - a next-generation compression engine

Recursor — High-Structure "Middle-Out" Compression Engine

A next-generation, structure-aware compressor that exploits patterns across diverse data formats. Understand structure FIRST, then compress.

What Makes Recursor Different?

Traditional compressors (gzip, zstd, brotli) treat all data as random bytes. Recursor understands the semantic structure of your data:

  • CSV files: Content-defined chunking with row-group deduplication
  • Code: Template extraction, pattern recognition across files
  • Images: Block-based deduplication, palette quantization
  • Audio: LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) + Rice coding + stereo decorrelation

The result: lossless compression that beats industry standards by exploiting high-level patterns.

Proven Results

Data TypeSizeBaselineRecursorImprovement
CSV (1M rows)174 MB60 MB (zstd-19)32 MB5.18x better
Code (36 JS files)144 KB3.3 KB (tar.gz)611 bytes16.9x better
Images (patterns)-4,513 bytes (PNG)425 bytes10.6x better
Audio (synthetic)882 KB166 KB (FLAC -8)140 KB18.4% better than FLAC
All Recursor results are 100% lossless with perfect round-trip reconstruction.
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