diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/target
+
+
+# Added by cargo
+#
+# already existing elements were commented out
+
+#/target
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fsst-rs"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "fsst-rs"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/src/fsst.rs b/src/fsst.rs
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+use std::cmp::min;
+
+const FSST_CODE_MAX: u16 = 256;
+const FSST_CODE_MASK: u16 = FSST_CODE_MAX - 1;
+const FSST_LEN_BITS: u32 = 12;
+const FSST_CODE_BITS: u32 = 9;
+const FSST_CODE_BASE: u16 = 256;
+const FSST_HASH_LOG2SIZE: usize = 10;
+const FSST_HASH_PRIME: u64 = 2971215073;
+const FSST_SHIFT: u32 = 15;
+const FSST_ICL_FREE: u64 = (15 << 28) | ((FSST_CODE_MASK as u64) << 16);
+const FSST_MAXHEADER: usize = 8 + 1 + 8 + 2048 + 1;
+const FSST_ESC: u8 = 255;
+
+#[inline(always)]
+fn fsst_unaligned_load(v: &[u8]) -> u64 {
+    let mut ret: u64 = 0;
+    unsafe {
+        std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(v.as_ptr(), &mut ret as *mut u64 as *mut u8, 8);
+    }
+    ret
+}
+
+#[inline(always)]
+fn fsst_hash(w: u64) -> u64 {
+    ((w * FSST_HASH_PRIME) ^ ((w * FSST_HASH_PRIME) >> FSST_SHIFT))
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+struct Symbol {
+    val: [u8; 8],
+    icl: u64,
+}
+
+impl Symbol {
+    const MAX_LENGTH: usize = 8;
+
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Symbol { val: [0; 8], icl: 0 }
+    }
+
+    fn from_byte(c: u8, code: u16) -> Self {
+        let mut s = Symbol::new();
+        s.val[0] = c;
+        s.set_code_len(code, 1);
+        s
+    }
+
+    fn from_slice(input: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        let mut s = Symbol::new();
+        let len = min(input.len(), Self::MAX_LENGTH);
+        s.val[..len].copy_from_slice(&input[..len]);
+        s.set_code_len(FSST_CODE_MASK, len as u32);
+        s
+    }
+
+    fn set_code_len(&mut self, code: u16, len: u32) {
+        self.icl = (len << 28) as u64 | (code as u64) << 16 | ((8 - len) * 8) as u64;
+    }
+
+    fn length(&self) -> u32 {
+        (self.icl >> 28) as u32
+    }
+
+    fn code(&self) -> u16 {
+        ((self.icl >> 16) & FSST_CODE_MASK as u64) as u16
+    }
+
+    fn ignored_bits(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.icl as u32
+    }
+
+    fn first(&self) -> u8 {
+        self.val[0]
+    }
+
+    fn first2(&self) -> u16 {
+        u16::from_le_bytes([self.val[0], self.val[1]])
+    }
+
+    fn hash(&self) -> usize {
+        let v = u32::from_le_bytes([self.val[0], self.val[1], self.val[2], self.val[3]]);
+        fsst_hash(v as u64) as usize
+    }
+}
+
+struct SymbolTable {
+    short_codes: [u16; 65536],
+    byte_codes: [u16; 256],
+    symbols: Vec<Symbol>,
+    hash_tab: Vec<Symbol>,
+    n_symbols: u16,
+    suffix_lim: u16,
+    terminator: u16,
+    zero_terminated: bool,
+    len_histo: [u16; FSST_CODE_BITS as usize],
+}
+
+impl SymbolTable {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        let mut st = SymbolTable {
+            short_codes: [0; 65536],
+            byte_codes: [0; 256],
+            symbols: vec![Symbol::new(); FSST_CODE_MAX as usize],
+            hash_tab: vec![Symbol::new(); 1 << FSST_HASH_LOG2SIZE],
+            n_symbols: 0,
+            suffix_lim: FSST_CODE_MAX,
+            terminator: 0,
+            zero_terminated: false,
+            len_histo: [0; FSST_CODE_BITS as usize],
+        };
+
+        for i in 0..256 {
+            st.symbols[i] = Symbol::from_byte(i as u8, i as u16 | (1 << FSST_LEN_BITS));
+        }
+
+        for i in 256..FSST_CODE_MAX as usize {
+            st.symbols[i] = Symbol::from_byte(0, FSST_CODE_MASK);
+        }
+
+        for i in 0..256 {
+            st.byte_codes[i] = (1 << FSST_LEN_BITS) | i as u16;
+        }
+
+        for i in 0..65536 {
+            st.short_codes[i] = (1 << FSST_LEN_BITS) | (i & 255) as u16;
+        }
+
+        st
+    }
+
+    fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.len_histo = [0; FSST_CODE_BITS as usize];
+        for i in FSST_CODE_BASE as usize..FSST_CODE_BASE as usize + self.n_symbols as usize {
+            let symbol = &self.symbols[i];
+            if symbol.length() == 1 {
+                let val = symbol.first();
+                self.byte_codes[val as usize] = (1 << FSST_LEN_BITS) | val as u16;
+            } else if symbol.length() == 2 {
+                let val = symbol.first2();
+                self.short_codes[val as usize] = (1 << FSST_LEN_BITS) | (val & 255);
+            } else {
+                let idx = symbol.hash() & ((1 << FSST_HASH_LOG2SIZE) - 1);
+                self.hash_tab[idx] = Symbol::new();
+                self.hash_tab[idx].icl = FSST_ICL_FREE;
+            }
+        }
+        self.n_symbols = 0;
+    }
+
+    fn hash_insert(&mut self, s: Symbol) -> bool {
+        let idx = s.hash() & ((1 << FSST_HASH_LOG2SIZE) - 1);
+        let taken = self.hash_tab[idx].icl < FSST_ICL_FREE;
+        if taken {
+            return false;
+        }
+        self.hash_tab[idx] = s;
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn add(&mut self, mut s: Symbol) -> bool {
+        assert!(FSST_CODE_BASE + self.n_symbols < FSST_CODE_MAX);
+        let len = s.length();
+        s.set_code_len(FSST_CODE_BASE + self.n_symbols, len);
+        if len == 1 {
+            self.byte_codes[s.first() as usize] = FSST_CODE_BASE + self.n_symbols + (1 << FSST_LEN_BITS);
+        } else if len == 2 {
+            self.short_codes[s.first2() as usize] = FSST_CODE_BASE + self.n_symbols + (2 << FSST_LEN_BITS);
+        } else if !self.hash_insert(s) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        self.symbols[FSST_CODE_BASE as usize + self.n_symbols as usize] = s;
+        self.len_histo[len as usize - 1] += 1;
+        self.n_symbols += 1;
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn find_longest_symbol(&self, s: Symbol) -> u16 {
+        let idx = s.hash() & ((1 << FSST_HASH_LOG2SIZE) - 1);
+        if self.hash_tab[idx].icl <= s.icl && self.hash_tab[idx].val == s.val {
+            return (self.hash_tab[idx].icl >> 16) & FSST_CODE_MASK as u64;
+        }
+        if s.length() >= 2 {
+            let code = self.short_codes[s.first2() as usize] & FSST_CODE_MASK;
+            if code >= FSST_CODE_BASE {
+                return code;
+            }
+        }
+        self.byte_codes[s.first() as usize] & FSST_CODE_MASK
+    }
+
+    fn find_longest_symbol_slice(&self, cur: &[u8], end: &[u8]) -> u16 {
+        self.find_longest_symbol(Symbol::from_slice(&cur[..min(cur.len(), end.len())]))
+    }
+}
+
+struct Counters {
+    count1: Vec<u16>,
+    count2: Vec<Vec<u16>>,
+}
+
+impl Counters {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Counters {
+            count1: vec![0; FSST_CODE_MAX as usize],
+            count2: vec![vec![0; FSST_CODE_MAX as usize]; FSST_CODE_MAX as usize],
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn count1_set(&mut self, pos1: usize, val: u16) {
+        self.count1[pos1] = val;
+    }
+
+    fn count1_inc(&mut self, pos1: usize) {
+        self.count1[pos1] += 1;
+    }
+
+    fn count2_inc(&mut self, pos1: usize, pos2: usize) {
+        self.count2[pos1][pos2] += 1;
+    }
+
+    fn count1_get_next(&self, pos1: &mut usize) -> u32 {
+        self.count1[*pos1] as u32
+    }
+
+    fn count2_get_next(&self, pos1: usize, pos2: &mut usize) -> u32 {
+        self.count2[pos1][*pos2] as u32
+    }
+
+    fn backup1(&self, buf: &mut [u8]) {
+        unsafe {
+            std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+                self.count1.as_ptr() as *const u8,
+                buf.as_mut_ptr(),
+                FSST_CODE_MAX as usize * std::mem::size_of::<u16>(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn restore1(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) {
+        unsafe {
+            std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping(
+                buf.as_ptr(),
+                self.count1.as_mut_ptr() as *mut u8,
+                FSST_CODE_MAX as usize * std::mem::size_of::<u16>(),
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct Encoder {
+    symbol_table: SymbolTable,
+    counters: Counters,
+}
+
+impl Encoder {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        Encoder {
+            symbol_table: SymbolTable::new(),
+            counters: Counters::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn compress(&self, input: &[u8], output: &mut [u8]) -> (usize, usize) {
+        let mut in_pos = 0;
+        let mut out_pos = 0;
+
+        while in_pos < input.len() && out_pos < output.len() {
+            let symbol = self.symbol_table.find_longest_symbol_slice(&input[in_pos..], &input[input.len()..]);
+            let code = symbol & FSST_CODE_MASK;
+            let len = (symbol >> FSST_LEN_BITS) as usize;
+
+            if code < FSST_CODE_BASE {
+                // Escape byte
+                if out_pos + 2 > output.len() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                output[out_pos] = FSST_ESC;
+                output[out_pos + 1] = input[in_pos];
+                out_pos += 2;
+                in_pos += 1;
+            } else {
+                if out_pos + 1 > output.len() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                output[out_pos] = code as u8;
+                out_pos += 1;
+                in_pos += len;
+            }
+        }
+
+        (in_pos, out_pos)
+    }
+}
+
+impl SymbolTable {
+    pub fn decompress(&self, input: &[u8], output: &mut [u8]) -> usize {
+        let mut in_pos = 0;
+        let mut out_pos = 0;
+
+        while in_pos < input.len() && out_pos < output.len() {
+            let code = input[in_pos] as u16;
+            in_pos += 1;
+
+            if code == FSST_ESC as u16 {
+                if in_pos >= input.len() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                output[out_pos] = input[in_pos];
+                in_pos += 1;
+                out_pos += 1;
+            } else {
+                let symbol = &self.symbols[code as usize];
+                let len = symbol.length() as usize;
+                if out_pos + len > output.len() {
+                    break;
+                }
+                output[out_pos..out_pos + len].copy_from_slice(&symbol.val[..len]);
+                out_pos += len;
+            }
+        }
+
+        out_pos
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+mod fsst;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = add(2, 2);
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}