diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 77485ad..43afcc4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ node_modules
 package-lock.json
 *.tgz
 .DS_Store
+/*.parquet
 /types
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07d1134..484fdd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Hyparquet Writer
 
+[![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/hyparquet-writer)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/hyparquet-writer)
 [![workflow status](https://github.com/hyparam/hyparquet-writer/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/hyparam/hyparquet-writer/actions)
 [![mit license](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-orange.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 ![coverage](https://img.shields.io/badge/Coverage-96-darkred)
diff --git a/src/snappy.js b/src/snappy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d83b4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/snappy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+/**
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2016 Zhipeng Jia
+ * https://github.com/zhipeng-jia/snappyjs
+ */
+
+const BLOCK_LOG = 16
+const BLOCK_SIZE = 1 << BLOCK_LOG
+
+const MAX_HASH_TABLE_BITS = 14
+const globalHashTables = new Array(MAX_HASH_TABLE_BITS + 1)
+
+/**
+ * Compress snappy data.
+ * Writes Snappy-compressed bytes into a writer.
+ *
+ * @import {Writer} from '../src/writer.js'
+ * @param {Writer} writer
+ * @param {Uint8Array} input - uncompressed data
+ */
+export function snappyCompress(writer, input) {
+  // Write uncompressed length as a varint
+  writer.appendVarInt(input.length)
+  if (input.length === 0) return // Nothing to do
+
+  // Process input in 64K blocks
+  let pos = 0
+  while (pos < input.length) {
+    const fragmentSize = Math.min(input.length - pos, BLOCK_SIZE)
+    compressFragment(input, pos, fragmentSize, writer)
+    pos += fragmentSize
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Hash function used in the reference implementation.
+ *
+ * @param {number} key
+ * @param {number} hashFuncShift
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+function hashFunc(key, hashFuncShift) {
+  return key * 0x1e35a7bd >>> hashFuncShift
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load a 32-bit little-endian integer from a byte array.
+ *
+ * @param {Uint8Array} array
+ * @param {number} pos
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+function load32(array, pos) {
+  // Expects Uint8Array as `array`
+  return (
+    array[pos] +
+    (array[pos + 1] << 8) +
+    (array[pos + 2] << 16) +
+    (array[pos + 3] << 24)
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compare two 32-bit sequences for equality.
+ *
+ * @param {Uint8Array} array
+ * @param {number} pos1
+ * @param {number} pos2
+ * @returns {boolean}
+ */
+function equals32(array, pos1, pos2) {
+  return (
+    array[pos1] === array[pos2] &&
+    array[pos1 + 1] === array[pos2 + 1] &&
+    array[pos1 + 2] === array[pos2 + 2] &&
+    array[pos1 + 3] === array[pos2 + 3]
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Emit a literal chunk of data.
+ * @param {Uint8Array} input
+ * @param {number} ip
+ * @param {number} len
+ * @param {Writer} writer
+ */
+function emitLiteral(input, ip, len, writer) {
+  // The first byte(s) encode the literal length
+  if (len <= 60) {
+    writer.appendUint8(len - 1 << 2)
+  } else if (len < 256) {
+    writer.appendUint8(60 << 2)
+    writer.appendUint8(len - 1)
+  } else {
+    writer.appendUint8(61 << 2)
+    writer.appendUint8(len - 1 & 0xff)
+    writer.appendUint8(len - 1 >>> 8)
+  }
+
+  // Then copy the literal bytes
+  writer.appendBytes(input.subarray(ip, ip + len))
+}
+
+/**
+ * Emit a copy of previous data.
+ * @param {Writer} writer
+ * @param {number} offset
+ * @param {number} len
+ */
+function emitCopyLessThan64(writer, offset, len) {
+  if (len < 12 && offset < 2048) {
+    // Copy 4..11 bytes, offset < 2048
+    //    --> [  1   | (len-4)<<2 | (offset>>8)<<5 ]
+    writer.appendUint8(1 + (len - 4 << 2) + (offset >>> 8 << 5))
+    writer.appendUint8(offset & 0xff)
+  } else {
+    // Copy len bytes, offset 1..65535
+    //    --> [  2   | (len-1)<<2 ]
+    writer.appendUint8(2 + (len - 1 << 2))
+    writer.appendUint8(offset & 0xff)
+    writer.appendUint8(offset >>> 8)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Emit a copy of previous data.
+ * @param {Writer} writer
+ * @param {number} offset
+ * @param {number} len
+ */
+function emitCopy(writer, offset, len) {
+  // Emit 64-byte copies as long as we can
+  while (len >= 68) {
+    emitCopyLessThan64(writer, offset, 64)
+    len -= 64
+  }
+  // Emit one 60-byte copy if needed
+  if (len > 64) {
+    emitCopyLessThan64(writer, offset, 60)
+    len -= 60
+  }
+  // Final copy
+  emitCopyLessThan64(writer, offset, len)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compress a fragment of data.
+ * @param {Uint8Array} input
+ * @param {number} ip
+ * @param {number} inputSize
+ * @param {Writer} writer
+ */
+function compressFragment(input, ip, inputSize, writer) {
+  let hashTableBits = 1
+  while (1 << hashTableBits <= inputSize && hashTableBits <= MAX_HASH_TABLE_BITS) {
+    hashTableBits += 1
+  }
+  hashTableBits -= 1
+  const hashFuncShift = 32 - hashTableBits
+
+  // Initialize the hash table
+  if (typeof globalHashTables[hashTableBits] === 'undefined') {
+    globalHashTables[hashTableBits] = new Uint16Array(1 << hashTableBits)
+  }
+  const hashTable = globalHashTables[hashTableBits]
+  for (let i = 0; i < hashTable.length; i++) {
+    hashTable[i] = 0
+  }
+
+  const ipEnd = ip + inputSize
+  let ipLimit
+  const baseIp = ip
+  let nextEmit = ip
+
+  let hash, nextHash
+  let nextIp, candidate, skip
+  let bytesBetweenHashLookups
+  let base, matched, offset
+  let prevHash, curHash
+  let flag = true
+
+  const INPUT_MARGIN = 15
+  if (inputSize >= INPUT_MARGIN) {
+    ipLimit = ipEnd - INPUT_MARGIN
+    ip += 1
+    nextHash = hashFunc(load32(input, ip), hashFuncShift)
+
+    while (flag) {
+      skip = 32
+      nextIp = ip
+      do {
+        ip = nextIp
+        hash = nextHash
+        bytesBetweenHashLookups = skip >>> 5
+        skip += 1
+        nextIp = ip + bytesBetweenHashLookups
+        if (ip > ipLimit) {
+          flag = false
+          break
+        }
+        nextHash = hashFunc(load32(input, nextIp), hashFuncShift)
+        candidate = baseIp + hashTable[hash]
+        hashTable[hash] = ip - baseIp
+      } while (!equals32(input, ip, candidate))
+
+      if (!flag) {
+        break
+      }
+
+      // Emit the literal from `nextEmit` to `ip`
+      emitLiteral(input, nextEmit, ip - nextEmit, writer)
+
+      // We found a match. Repeatedly match and emit copies
+      do {
+        base = ip
+        matched = 4
+        while (
+          ip + matched < ipEnd &&
+          input[ip + matched] === input[candidate + matched]
+        ) {
+          matched++
+        }
+        ip += matched
+        offset = base - candidate
+        emitCopy(writer, offset, matched)
+
+        nextEmit = ip
+        if (ip >= ipLimit) {
+          flag = false
+          break
+        }
+        prevHash = hashFunc(load32(input, ip - 1), hashFuncShift)
+        hashTable[prevHash] = ip - 1 - baseIp
+        curHash = hashFunc(load32(input, ip), hashFuncShift)
+        candidate = baseIp + hashTable[curHash]
+        hashTable[curHash] = ip - baseIp
+      } while (equals32(input, ip, candidate))
+
+      if (!flag) {
+        break
+      }
+
+      ip += 1
+      nextHash = hashFunc(load32(input, ip), hashFuncShift)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Emit the last literal (if any)
+  if (nextEmit < ipEnd) {
+    emitLiteral(input, nextEmit, ipEnd - nextEmit, writer)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/snappy.test.js b/test/snappy.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..264c33d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snappy.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { snappyCompress } from '../src/snappy.js'
+import { Writer } from '../src/writer.js'
+import { snappyUncompress } from 'hyparquet'
+
+describe('snappy compress', () => {
+
+  it.for([
+    { compressed: [0x00], uncompressed: '' },
+    { compressed: [0x01, 0x00, 0x68], uncompressed: 'h' },
+    { compressed: [0x02, 0x04, 0x68, 0x79], uncompressed: 'hy' },
+    { compressed: [0x03, 0x08, 0x68, 0x79, 0x70], uncompressed: 'hyp' },
+    { compressed: [0x05, 0x10, 0x68, 0x79, 0x70, 0x65, 0x72], uncompressed: 'hyper' },
+    {
+      compressed: [0x0a, 0x24, 0x68, 0x79, 0x70, 0x65, 0x72, 0x70, 0x61, 0x72, 0x61, 0x6d],
+      uncompressed: 'hyperparam',
+    },
+    {
+      compressed: [0x15, 0x08, 0x68, 0x79, 0x70, 0x46, 0x03, 0x00],
+      uncompressed: 'hyphyphyphyphyphyphyp',
+    },
+    {
+      // from rowgroups.parquet
+      compressed: [
+        80, 4, 1, 0, 9, 1, 0, 2, 9, 7, 4, 0, 3, 13, 8, 0, 4, 13, 8, 0, 5, 13,
+        8, 0, 6, 13, 8, 0, 7, 13, 8, 0, 8, 13, 8, 60, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      ],
+      uncompressed: new Uint8Array([
+        1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 7, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0, 10, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+      ]),
+    },
+    // from datapage_v2.snappy.parquet
+    { compressed: [2, 4, 0, 3], uncompressed: new Uint8Array([0, 3]) },
+    { compressed: [ 6, 20, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 23], uncompressed: new Uint8Array([2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 23]) },
+    // from sample data test
+    {
+      compressed: [1, 0, 5],
+      uncompressed: new Uint8Array([5]),
+    },
+  ])('compresses valid input %p', ({ compressed, uncompressed }) => {
+    const writer = new Writer()
+    const encoder = new TextEncoder()
+    const input = typeof uncompressed === 'string' ? encoder.encode(uncompressed) : new Uint8Array(uncompressed)
+    snappyCompress(writer, input)
+    const output = writer.getBuffer()
+    expect(output).toEqual(new Uint8Array(compressed).buffer)
+    // re-decompress to verify
+    const decompressed = new Uint8Array(input.length)
+    snappyUncompress(new Uint8Array(output), decompressed)
+    expect(decompressed).toEqual(input)
+  })
+})