LZ4 AlternativesFile Compressors and other similar apps like LZ4

LZ4 is described as 'It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems' and is a File Compressor in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to LZ4 for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best LZ4 alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LZ4 are ZipXtract, 7-Zip ZS, gzip and Zstandard.

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  1. 7-Zip icon
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    Feature-rich archiving software with top-tier compression in 7z, integration in Windows Shell, AES-256 encryption, and multi-format support, including TAR, ZIP, RAR. Offers strong file management tools and a command line version for Linux/Unix systems.

    124 7-Zip alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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  2. ZipXtract icon
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    ZipXtract is a comprehensive, open-source file extraction utility designed to handle a wide range of compressed file formats, including RAR, ZIP, TAR, BZ2, GZ, 7Z, XZ, JAR, and Z. This versatile application offers users the ability to extract files from both standard and...

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  3. 7-Zip ZS icon
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    7-Zip with support for Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression. Open source under LGPL-2.1 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  4. gzip icon
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    GNU Gzip is a software application used for file compression and decompression. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  5. Zstandard icon
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    Modern, highly competitive, fast, general purpose file compressor with reasonable compression ratios.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Explzh for Windows is a file operation tool created with the concept of treating archive files, CD-ROM virtual disk images (ISO-9660 / ISO-13346), and FTP hosts as virtual folders and handling them like an explorer.

    102 Explzh for Windows alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7.  5 likes

    is a small perl script which makes extraction of any archive files a bit easier. It support several compressors and archiver programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Terminal
    • Xfce
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  8. Rapidgzip icon
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    Rapidgzip: Parallelized Decompression of Gzip Files with Support for Fast Random Access.

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    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  9. ZIP Extractor is a free, open-source application for decompressing ZIP files into Google Drive.

    101 Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Drive
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  10. zlib icon
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    zlib is a software library used for data compression. It is an abstraction of the DEFLATE compression algorithm used in gzip file compression program. zlib is also a crucial component of many software platforms including Linux, Mac OS X, and iOS.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Blackberry
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  11. XZ Utils icon
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    XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are the successor to LZMA Utils.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Haiku
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    bzip2 is a file compressor that uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm. It is only a compressor for single files and not a full archiver.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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