XZ Utils
| XZ Utils | |
|---|---|
| Original author(s) | Lasse Collin |
| Developer(s) | The Tukaani Project |
| Stable release | 5.8.1
/ 3 April 2025 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Data compression |
| License |
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| Website | tukaani |
| Filename extension |
.xz |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
application/x-xz |
| Magic number | FD 37 7A 58 5A 00 |
| Developed by | Lasse Collin Igor Pavlov |
| Initial release | 14 January 2009 |
| Latest release | 1.2.1 8 April 2024 |
| Type of format | Data compression |
| Open format? | Yes |
| Free format? | Yes |
| Website | tukaani |
XZ Utils (previously LZMA Utils) is a set of free software command-line lossless data compressors, including the programs lzma and xz, for Unix-like operating systems and, from version 5.0 onwards, Microsoft Windows. For compression/decompression the Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm (LZMA) is used. XZ Utils started as a Unix port of Igor Pavlov's LZMA-SDK that has been adapted to fit seamlessly into Unix environments and their usual structure and behavior.