raphlinus/nibnib
- Total stars
- 31
- Today
- +11since 21:22 UTC
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About the project
A 4bpp image compression format tuned for extreme decompression speed, originally for DVI output on microcontrollers like the RP2350. It uses a delta palette and decodes two pixels per input byte.
Useful for
- Embed the decoder in microcontroller firmware for DVI display output
- Compress sprites or backgrounds to 4bpp to save memory on embedded devices
- Study the asymmetric encoder using Floyd-Steinberg error diffusion
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of November 1, 2026, 22:14 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
Bars show stars per UTC day; the line is a moving average of available history. Gaps mean missing data, not zero growth. Today's bar is incomplete. Red marks spike days.
Why it’s trending
- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-01 (UTC), 21:22–22:13: 20 → 31 stars (+11). This is the change over that interval.
- The repository is 2 days old and already has 31 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Hacker News: “Nibnib: Image compression with extreme decompression speed” — 37 points, 2 days ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
The full 7-day window is unavailable; no weekly total or comparison is calculated.
Daily measurements · UTC
- October 25, 2026
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- October 26, 2026
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- October 27, 2026
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- October 28, 2026
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- October 29, 2026
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- October 30, 2026
- 3
- October 31, 2026
- 0
Largest measured day in the last 30 days: 3 · October 30, 2026. Days with data: 2.
Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: November 1, 2026, 22:14 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Numbers
- Total stars
- 31
- Today
- +11 stars measured 2026-11-01, 21:22–22:13 UTC
- Forks
- 1
- Issues and pull requests
- 0
- Watchers
- 0
- Language
- Rust
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Created
- October 30, 2026
- Last push
- October 30, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Nibnib: Image compression with extreme decompression speed37 points, October 30, 2026
Spotted in
- November 1, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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