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Project Summary

XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are the successor to LZMA Utils.

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archiver compression library lzma tools xz

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30 Day Summary

Jul 31 2025 — Aug 30 2025

12 Month Summary

Aug 30 2024 — Aug 30 2025
  • 264 Commits
    Down -438 (62%) from previous 12 months
  • 8 Contributors
    Down -11 (57%) from previous 12 months