# raphlinus/nibnib

> 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.

- Magnitude: 2.7 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 45 total · +25 stars measured 2026-11-01, 21:22–22:50 UTC
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Hardware, IoT & robotics · Language: Rust · License: Apache-2.0 · Created: 2026-10-30 · Last push: 2026-10-30
- GitHub: https://github.com/raphlinus/nibnib · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/raphlinus/nibnib

## 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

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-11-01 (UTC), 21:22–22:50: 20 → 45 stars (+25). This is the change over that interval.
- The repository is 2 days old and already has 45 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” — 61 points, 2 days ago.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 2
- Issues and pull requests: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 10 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 17

## Stars per day, last 3 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-30 … 2026-11-01: 3, 0, 25

## Hacker News

- Nibnib: Image compression with extreme decompression speed — 61 points, 7 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50299811

## Spotted in now

- Spotted on Hacker News

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