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Crinkler is an executable file compressor (or rather, a compressing linker) for compressing small 32-bit Windows demoscene executables. As of 2026, it is the most widely used tool for compressing 1k/4k/8k intros.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 4 people: 1 story, 3 comments · first 2021-06-19 · latest 2023-01-08

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  1. Crinkler - https://github.com/runestubbe/Crinkler
    comment by belter · 2023-01-08 · in C vs. ASM: Making the Smallest Windows App
  2. …(about 500 bytes in JS) for better compression, my Roadroller [3] might fit the bill as well. [1] https://github.com/runestubbe/Crinkler [2] https://github.com/temisu/oneKpaq [3] https://lifthrasiir.github.io/roadroller/
    comment by lifthrasiir · 2022-06-07 · in Show HN: Micro LZMA decoder (x86 assembly code golf)
  3. …but honestly I always found the Crinkler stuff to be fascinating. The project lives on today: https://github.com/runestubbe/Crinkler and http://crinkler.net/
    comment by adzm · 2022-06-06 · in Source code for 4kb demoscene production “Elevated” released (2016)