Bzip2 Alternatives

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4 best bzip2 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and more. Bzip2 alternative list source: bzip.org

4 alternatives Free, Open Source Linux, Mac, Windows

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Compare top-ranked Bzip2 alternatives by score, license, and supported platforms.

Alternative	Score	License	Platforms
Gzip	68% 25 votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
DAR	22% 9 votes	Free, Open Source	Windows, Mac, Linux
XZ Utils	14% 7 votes	Free, Open Source	Linux
LZ4	100% 1 votes	Free, Open Source	Windows, Mac, Linux

Gzip

Score: 68%

FreeOpen Source Linux

GNU zip is a software application used for file compression and decompression. The deflate algorithm that is based on a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,BSD

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DAR

Score: 22%

FreeOpen Source WindowsMacLinux

Dar backs up directory trees and files, the maintenance by a shell-command hard-links, extended attributes, sparse files, the file, the Mac OS fork, any node type Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD

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XZ Utils

Score: 14%

FreeOpen Source Linux

General-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio tools free XZ. Tools written for POSIX systems like XZ, but at the same time, work on some nonstopsex Features:Free,Open,Source,Linux,Haiku

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LZ4

Score: 100%

FreeOpen Source WindowsMacLinux

Loss-free compression algorithm, up to 400 MB/s per core, which is the compression rate, closely between the multi-core CPU. Features:Free,Open,Source,Mac,Windows,Linux,BSD

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