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igzip – command-line compression and decompression utility

May 9, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

igzip is a command-line compression and decompression utility from Intel’s ISA-L project.

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Lzip – lossless data compressor

May 8, 2026 Steve Emms Utilities

Lzip is a lossless data compressor aimed at Unix-like systems.

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