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.
In a Nutshell, XZ Utils...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 10 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in December, 2007
ending with its most recent commit 16 days ago
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