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by zmj 2146 days ago
They aren't on the same level of abstraction. Rsync currently uses zlib for block compression on the wire. Brotli/broccoli would be an alternative option.
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New compression options were added in rsync 3.2. From https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/NEWS#3.2.0

Various compression enhancements, including the addition of zstd and lz4 compression algorithms and a negotiation heuristic that picks the best compression option supported by both sides.