We're excited to share that Firefox now uses zlib-rs for gzip (de)compression. This has both performance and safety advantages, but it took a while to get zlib-rs into production. Read why in Folkert's blog: https://trifectatech.org/blog/zlib-rs-in-firefox/

Thanks to @glandium, @gabrielesvelto, Bobby Holley, @nlnet, @sovtechfund, Chainguard, Astral / @charliermarsh, @mozilla, @ProssimoISRG

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zlib-rs in Firefox - Trifecta Tech Foundation

@trifectatech any insight into why zlib-rs is faster?