p7zip-zstd is a p7zip fork with additional codecs and improvements. It’s written in the C and C++ programming languages.
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Category: Utilities
XZ Utils – data compression software
XZ Utils is open source general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio.
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plzip – massively parallel lossless data compressor based on lzlib
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded) lossless data compressor based on the lzlib compression library.
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lbzip2 – parallel bzip2 compression utility
lbzip2 integrates well with tar. Even on single-core computers, lbzip2 can speed up archiving in combination with tar.
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Lrzip – Long Range ZIP
Long Range Zip (Lrzip) is a compression program that can achieve very high compression ratios and speed when used with large files.
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BZip3 – spiritual successor to BZip2
BZip3 bills itself as a “better, faster and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2”.
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pbzip2 – parallel implementation of the bzip2 block-sorting file compressor
PBZIP2 is a parallel implementation of the bzip2 block-sorting file compressor that uses pthreads and achieves near-linear speedup on SMP machines.
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bzip2 – high-quality data compressor
bzip2 is a high-quality data compressor. This utility typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques.
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gzip – single-file/stream lossless data compression utility
gzip provides the standard GNU file compression utilities, which are also the default compression tools for Debian.
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pixz – parallel, indexed xz compressor
pixz is a parallel, indexed xz compressor. pixz produces a collection of smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible.
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lzop – file compressor favoring speed over compression ratio
lzop is a file compressor which is very similar to gzip. lzop uses the LZO data compression library for compression services.
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pigz – parallel implementation of gzip
pigz is a fully functional replacement for gzip that uses multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.
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Brotli – generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm
Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data.
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Zstandard – fast compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios
Zstandard is a fast compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios.
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LZ4 – lossless data compression algorithm focused on compression and decompression speed
LZ4 is lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed > 500 MB/s per core (>0.15 Bytes/cycle).
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xdiskusage – user-friendly software to show your disk usage
xdiskusage is a user-friendly program to show you what is using up all your disk space. It is based on the design of xdu.
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SquirrelDisk – disk usage tool
SquirrelDisk is a GUI tool to help you reclaim disk space. It’s written in TypeScript and Rust and published under an open source license.
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agedu – utility for tracking down wasted disk space
agedu is a utility for tracking down wasted disk space. It correlates disk usage with last-access times to identify large and disused data.
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Disk Usage Analyser – view and monitor your disk usage and folder structure
Disk Usage Analyser (also known as baobab) is a graphical, menu-driven application to view and monitor your disk usage and folder structure.
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Filelight – tool to show disk usage
Filelight allows you to determine disk space being used by graphically representating your filesystem as a set of concentric segmented-rings.
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