ullenius / rle-js

Run-length encoding & decoding in JS. Command-line Unix-style. Vanilla node.

rle-js

• Run-length encoding and decoding in JS.

Features

• Vanilla node - no dependencies.
• Unix-style pipe support.

How to use it

Encoding:

$ node rle-encode.js < input.txt

Decoding:

$ node rle-decode.js < rle-encoded.txt

Requirements

• Node v8.x

Running tests

Run run-tests.sh bash script to invoke the unit tests.

They are written using my fork of jstinytest which is bundled inside tests/tinytest.js.

Licence

LGPL v2.1 only.

See COPYING.

Further reading:

• The perils of LGPLv3

• FSF LGPL compatibility matrix

Libraries

• Uses jstinytest (MIT licence) for testing.