This roundup focuses on lossless compression tools which use multiple cores. Only free and open source software is included here.
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Tag: multi-core
plzip – massively parallel lossless data compressor
plzip brings multithreaded lzip compression, configurable dictionaries, integrity testing, multimember files and damage recovery.
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lbzip2 – parallel bzip2 compression utility
lbzip2 offers parallel bzip2-compatible compression and decompression, configurable worker threads and convenient pipeline processing.
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BZip3 – high-ratio lossless data compressor
BZip3 is a high-ratio compressor with configurable blocks, multithreaded processing, data-integrity checks and a command-line utility.
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PBZIP2 – parallel implementation of bzip2
PBZIP2 speeds up bzip2-compatible compression using multiple threads, configurable block sizes, integrity checks and standard streams.
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pixz – parallel and indexed xz compressor
pixz enables parallel xz compression with tar indexing, fast archive listings, selective extraction and multicore decompression.
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pigz – parallel implementation of gzip
pigz accelerates gzip-compatible compression across CPU cores, with independent blocks, zlib and ZIP output, and rsync-friendly mode.
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Best Linux Multi-Core Compression Tools
This article surveys compression software that makes full use of multi-core processors when compressing files. Many of the tools also offer decompression speedups too.
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