Eremey Valetov
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Sphinx docs with Furo theme covering CLI usage, library API reference, archive format specification, build instructions, history, and roadmap. GitHub Actions workflow deploys to Pages on push to main.
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History
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.. list-table::
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:widths: 20 80
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* - **1992--1996**
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- UltraCompressor II created by Nico de Vries. Releases v1.0
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through v2.3 for DOS. Notable features: LZ77+Huffman
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compression, master-block deduplication, file versioning,
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and multi-volume spanning.
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* - **2015**
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- Source code released under LGPL-3.0 by Danny Bezemer.
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* - **2020--2021**
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- Jan Bobrowski writes `unuc2/libunuc2
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<http://torinak.com/~jb/unuc2/>`_, a clean-room portable
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decompressor in C.
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* - **2026**
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- UC2 v3.0.0: cross-platform revival by Eremey Valetov.
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CMake build system, Linux/macOS/Windows/DOS targets,
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original compression engine reimplemented, Sphinx
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documentation, CI/CD pipeline.
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Credits
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- **Nico de Vries** — original UC2 author
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- **Danny Bezemer** — source code release
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- **Jan Bobrowski** — portable decompressor (libunuc2)
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- **Jan-Pieter Cornet** — testing and format documentation
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- **Vladislav Sagunov** — UC2 resources and documentation
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- **Eremey Valetov** — v3.0.0 revival and ongoing development
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