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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 20 2025 — Aug 19 2025

12 Month Summary

Aug 19 2024 — Aug 19 2025
  • 269 Commits
    Down -435 (61%) from previous 12 months
  • 9 Contributors
    Down -9 (50%) from previous 12 months