igzip is a command-line compression and decompression utility from Intel’s ISA-L project.
It works in a similar way to gzip, but uses ISA-L’s fast deflate library to create and extract .gz files. The tool is suitable for regular file compression as well as pipeline-based workflows, since it can read from standard input and write to standard output.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Compresses and decompresses files in a gzip-like manner.
- Produces `.gz` output compatible with gzip and RFC 1952.
- Supports compression levels from 0 to 3.
- Can read from standard input and write to standard output for shell pipelines.
- Includes an integrity test mode for checking compressed files.
- Supports custom suffixes, file name and timestamp handling, and optional threaded compression.
Website: github.com/intel/isa-l
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Developer: Intel
License: BSD 3-Clause License
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