diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9eb1421..84d2e01 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ val V = new {
   val commonsCompress = "1.27.1"
   val logbackClassic = "1.5.17"
   val lz4 = "1.8.0"
+  val snappy = "1.1.10.7"
   val zio = "2.1.16"
   val zip4j = "2.11.5"
   val zstdJni = "1.5.7-1"
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ lazy val root =
     .aggregate(bzip2.projectRefs: _*)
     .aggregate(gzip.projectRefs: _*)
     .aggregate(lz4.projectRefs: _*)
+    .aggregate(snappy.projectRefs: _*)
     .aggregate(tar.projectRefs: _*)
     .aggregate(zip.projectRefs: _*)
     .aggregate(zip4j.projectRefs: _*)
@@ -147,6 +149,18 @@ lazy val lz4 = projectMatrix
   )
   .jvmPlatform(scalaVersions)
 
+lazy val snappy = projectMatrix
+  .in(file("snappy"))
+  .dependsOn(core % "compile->compile;test->test")
+  .settings(commonSettings("snappy"))
+  .settings(
+    name := "zio-streams-compress-snappy",
+    libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
+      "org.xerial.snappy" % "snappy-java" % V.snappy
+    ),
+  )
+  .jvmPlatform(scalaVersions)
+
 lazy val tar = projectMatrix
   .in(file("tar"))
   .dependsOn(core % "compile->compile;test->test")
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 447deb2..bca4e99 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-brotli4j" % "@VERSION@
 libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-bzip2" % "@VERSION@"
 libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-gzip" % "@VERSION@"
 libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-lz4" % "@VERSION@"
+libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-snappy" % "@VERSION@"
 libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-tar" % "@VERSION@"
 libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-zip" % "@VERSION@"
 libraryDependencies += "dev.zio" %% "zio-streams-compress-zip4j" % "@VERSION@"
diff --git a/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/Snappy.scala b/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/Snappy.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fab4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/Snappy.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package zio.compress
+
+import org.xerial.snappy.{
+  SnappyFramedInputStream,
+  SnappyFramedOutputStream,
+  SnappyHadoopCompatibleOutputStream,
+  SnappyInputStream,
+  SnappyOutputStream,
+}
+import zio.Trace
+import zio.compress.JavaIoInterop.{viaInputStreamByte, viaOutputStreamByte}
+import zio.stream._
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream
+
+object SnappyCompressor {
+
+  /** A [[Compressor]] for Snappy, based on https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java library.
+    *
+    * @param format
+    *   the snappy format to write in, defaults to framed format
+    *
+    * See the [snappy-java compatibility
+    * notes](https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/master/README.md#compatibility-notes) to select the correct
+    * format.
+    */
+  def apply(format: SnappyWriteFormat = SnappyWriteFormat.Framed()): SnappyCompressor =
+    new SnappyCompressor(format)
+
+  /** Compresses to framed snappy format. See [[apply]] and [[Compressor.compress]]. */
+  def compress: ZPipeline[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte] = apply().compress
+}
+
+final class SnappyCompressor private (format: SnappyWriteFormat) extends Compressor {
+
+  override def compress(implicit trace: Trace): ZPipeline[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte] =
+    viaOutputStreamByte { out =>
+      format match {
+        case f: SnappyWriteFormat.Framed => new SnappyFramedOutputStream(out, f.blockSize, f.minCompressionRatio)
+        case r: SnappyWriteFormat.Basic  => new SnappyOutputStream(out, r.blockSize)
+        case h: SnappyWriteFormat.HadoopCompatible => new SnappyHadoopCompatibleOutputStream(out, h.blockSize)
+      }
+    }
+}
+
+object SnappyDecompressor {
+
+  /** A [[Decompressor]] for Snappy, based on https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java library.
+    *
+    * @param format
+    *   the expected snappy format, defaults to framed format
+    *
+    * See the [snappy-java compatibility
+    * notes](https://github.com/xerial/snappy-java/blob/master/README.md#compatibility-notes) to select the correct
+    * format.
+    * @param chunkSize
+    *   The maximum chunk size of the outgoing ZStream. Defaults to `ZStream.DefaultChunkSize` (4KiB).
+    */
+  def apply(
+    format: SnappyReadFormat = SnappyReadFormat.Framed(),
+    chunkSize: Int = ZStream.DefaultChunkSize,
+  ): SnappyDecompressor =
+    new SnappyDecompressor(format, chunkSize)
+
+  /** Decompresses snappy frame format. See [[apply]] and [[Decompressor.decompress]]. */
+  def decompress: ZPipeline[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte] = apply().decompress
+}
+
+final class SnappyDecompressor private (format: SnappyReadFormat, chunkSize: Int) extends Decompressor {
+
+  override def decompress(implicit trace: Trace): ZPipeline[Any, Throwable, Byte, Byte] =
+    viaInputStreamByte(chunkSize) { inputStream =>
+      format match {
+        case f: SnappyReadFormat.Framed =>
+          // SnappyFrameInputStream.read does not try to read the requested number of bytes, but it does have a good
+          // `available()` implementation, so with buffering we can still get full chunks.
+          new BufferedInputStream(new SnappyFramedInputStream(inputStream, f.verifyChecksums), chunkSize)
+        case r: SnappyReadFormat.Basic =>
+          // SnappyInputStream.read does its best to read as many bytes as requested; no buffering needed.
+          new SnappyInputStream(inputStream, r.maxChunkSize)
+      }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/SnappyReadFormat.scala b/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/SnappyReadFormat.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..412228b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/SnappyReadFormat.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package zio.compress
+
+import org.xerial.snappy.SnappyInputStream
+
+sealed trait SnappyReadFormat extends Product with Serializable
+
+object SnappyReadFormat {
+
+  /** Read snappy in the framed format.
+    *
+    * @param verifyChecksums
+    *   if `true` (the default), checksums in input stream will be verified, if `false` checksums are not verified
+    * @see
+    *   https://github.com/google/snappy/blob/master/framing_format.txt
+    */
+  final case class Framed(verifyChecksums: Boolean = true) extends SnappyReadFormat
+
+  /** Read snappy in the basic (unframed) format.
+    *
+    * @param maxChunkSize
+    *   the maximum expected number of bytes that were compressed together. Defaults to 512 MiB. Must be in [1, 512
+    *   MiB].
+    */
+  final case class Basic(maxChunkSize: Int = SnappyInputStream.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE) extends SnappyReadFormat {
+    require(
+      1 <= maxChunkSize && maxChunkSize <= SnappyInputStream.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE,
+      s"maxChunkSize must be in [1, ${SnappyInputStream.MAX_CHUNK_SIZE}], got $maxChunkSize",
+    )
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/SnappyWriteFormat.scala b/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/SnappyWriteFormat.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5047d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snappy/src/main/scala/zio/compress/SnappyWriteFormat.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package zio.compress
+
+import org.xerial.snappy.SnappyFramedOutputStream
+
+sealed trait SnappyWriteFormat extends Product with Serializable
+
+object SnappyWriteFormat {
+  private val DefaultBasicBlockSize = 32 * 1024
+  private val MinBasicBlockSize = 1 * 1024
+  private val MaxBasicBlockSize = 512 * 1024 * 1024 // 512 MiB
+
+  /** Write snappy in the framed format.
+    *
+    * @param blockSize
+    *   the number of bytes from the input that are compressed together. Higher block sizes lead to higher compression
+    *   ratios. Defaults to 64 KiB. Must be in [1, 64 KiB].
+    * @param minCompressionRatio
+    *   Defines the minimum compression ratio (`compressedLength / rawLength`) that must be achieved to write the
+    *   compressed data. Defaults to 0.85. Must be in (0.0, 1.0].
+    * @see
+    *   https://github.com/google/snappy/blob/master/framing_format.txt
+    */
+  final case class Framed(
+    blockSize: Int = SnappyFramedOutputStream.DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE,
+    minCompressionRatio: Double = SnappyFramedOutputStream.DEFAULT_MIN_COMPRESSION_RATIO,
+  ) extends SnappyWriteFormat {
+    require(
+      1 <= blockSize && blockSize <= SnappyFramedOutputStream.MAX_BLOCK_SIZE,
+      s"blockSize must be in [1, ${SnappyFramedOutputStream.MAX_BLOCK_SIZE}], got $blockSize",
+    )
+    require(
+      0 < minCompressionRatio && minCompressionRatio <= 1.0,
+      s"minCompressionRatio must be in (0.0, 1.0], got $minCompressionRatio",
+    )
+  }
+
+  /** Write snappy in the basic (unframed) format.
+    *
+    * @param blockSize
+    *   the number of bytes from the input that are compressed together. Higher block sizes lead to higher compression
+    *   ratios. Defaults to 32 KiB. Must be in [1 KiB, 512 MiB].
+    */
+  final case class Basic(blockSize: Int = DefaultBasicBlockSize) extends SnappyWriteFormat {
+    require(
+      MinBasicBlockSize <= blockSize && blockSize <= MaxBasicBlockSize,
+      s"blockSize must be in [$MinBasicBlockSize and $MaxBasicBlockSize], got $blockSize",
+    )
+  }
+
+  /** Write snappy in the format used by Hadoop and Spark.
+    *
+    * Compression for use with Hadoop libraries: it does not emit a file header but write out the current block size as
+    * a preamble to each block.
+    *
+    * @param blockSize
+    *   the number of bytes from the input that are compressed together. Higher block sizes lead to higher compression
+    *   ratios. Defaults to 32 KiB. Must be in [1 KiB, 512 MiB].
+    */
+  final case class HadoopCompatible(blockSize: Int = DefaultBasicBlockSize) extends SnappyWriteFormat {
+    require(
+      MinBasicBlockSize <= blockSize && blockSize <= MaxBasicBlockSize,
+      s"blockSize must be in [$MinBasicBlockSize and $MaxBasicBlockSize], got $blockSize",
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/snappy/src/test/scala/zio/compress/SnappySpec.scala b/snappy/src/test/scala/zio/compress/SnappySpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58947cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snappy/src/test/scala/zio/compress/SnappySpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package zio.compress
+
+import zio._
+import zio.test._
+import zio.stream._
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
+import java.util.Base64
+
+object SnappySpec extends ZIOSpecDefault {
+  private final val clear = Chunk.fromArray("Hello world!".getBytes(UTF_8))
+  // brew install snzip
+  // echo -n 'Hello world!' | snzip -t framing2 | base64
+  private final val compressedFramed2 = Chunk.fromArray(
+    Base64.getDecoder.decode("/wYAAHNOYVBwWQEQAAAJ4iVxSGVsbG8gd29ybGQh")
+  )
+  // brew install snzip
+  // echo -n 'Hello world!' | snzip -t snappy-java | base64
+  private final val compressedBasic = Chunk.fromArray(
+    Base64.getDecoder.decode("glNOQVBQWQAAAAABAAAAAQAAAA4MLEhlbGxvIHdvcmxkIQ==")
+  )
+  // brew install snzip
+  // echo -n 'Hello world!' | snzip -t hadoop-snappy | base64
+  private final val compressedHadoop = Chunk.fromArray(
+    Base64.getDecoder.decode("AAAADAAAAA4MLEhlbGxvIHdvcmxkIQ==")
+  )
+
+  override def spec: Spec[TestEnvironment with Scope, Any] =
+    suite("Snappy")(
+      test("Snappy decompress framed") {
+        for {
+          obtained <- ZStream
+                        .fromChunk(compressedFramed2)
+                        .via(SnappyDecompressor.decompress)
+                        .runCollect
+        } yield assertTrue(clear == obtained)
+      },
+      test("Snappy decompress basic") {
+        for {
+          obtained <- ZStream
+                        .fromChunk(compressedBasic)
+                        .via(SnappyDecompressor(SnappyReadFormat.Basic()).decompress)
+                        .runCollect
+        } yield assertTrue(clear == obtained)
+      },
+      test("Snappy compress hadoop") {
+        for {
+          obtained <- ZStream
+                        .fromChunk(clear)
+                        .via(SnappyCompressor(SnappyWriteFormat.HadoopCompatible()).compress)
+                        .runCollect
+        } yield assertTrue(obtained == compressedHadoop)
+      },
+      test("Snappy round trip framed") {
+        checkN(10)(Gen.int(40, 5000), Gen.chunkOfBounded(0, 20000)(Gen.byte)) { (chunkSize, genBytes) =>
+          for {
+            obtained <- ZStream
+                          .fromChunk(genBytes)
+                          .rechunk(chunkSize)
+                          .via(SnappyCompressor.compress)
+                          .via(SnappyDecompressor.decompress)
+                          .runCollect
+          } yield assertTrue(obtained == genBytes)
+        }
+      },
+      test("Snappy round trip basic") {
+        checkN(10)(Gen.int(40, 5000), Gen.chunkOfBounded(0, 20000)(Gen.byte)) { (chunkSize, genBytes) =>
+          for {
+            obtained <- ZStream
+                          .fromChunk(genBytes)
+                          .rechunk(chunkSize)
+                          .via(SnappyCompressor(SnappyWriteFormat.Basic()).compress)
+                          .via(SnappyDecompressor(SnappyReadFormat.Basic()).decompress)
+                          .runCollect
+          } yield assertTrue(obtained == genBytes)
+        }
+      },
+    )
+}