bzip2

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Analyzed 1 day ago. based on code collected 2 days ago.

Project Summary

bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques (the PPM family of statistical compressors), whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.

In a Nutshell, bzip2...

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has had 168 commits made by 24 contributors
representing 9,490 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with an average number of source code comments
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by nobody
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 3 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in August, 1997
ending with its most recent commit over 2 years ago

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