Richard Geldreich's Blog: Basis Universal v2.6 update
Basis Universal v2.6 will expose its real-time analytical encoders through new APIs and tooling, with a new command line tool called basisu_pack shipping in January 2027. These encoders don't require SIMD, yet many are faster than other older search-based SIMD encoder designs. The update also plans official Python wheels for several platforms, transcoding performance increases, and large compression ratio improvements for XUASTC. CLI tools ship as both native binaries and secure WASM WASI executables.



