Versions tested:0.51
Optimal parameters:p-b118m
Links:http://old.kvatom.co...
http://code.google.c...
http://darchiver.nar...
Authors:Dzmitry Malyshau
Algorithms:BWT+DC
Notable peformances:-

dark

The Dark project's subpage: http://old.kvatom.com/index.php?root/comp/arch/dark/

You can also find source code for latest GUI & console versions of the compressor.

Also there is an abandoned sourceforge page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dark/

I'm planning to upload sources there as well.

author's decription. March 9, 2009

 

The compressor is featured in the BWT comparison.

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Qualified configurations
VerRatingCPRDPRS.E.R.E.RatioC. kB/sD. kB/s
p-b118m
0.51172935403.10248156185

Version info

0.51, tar: yes, mode: 32-bit, crc32: a66c2bca, decoder: 31 kB, tested: 2010 Apr 16
compression: dark.exe <args> <src>
decompression: dark.exe u <cfile>