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gzip

by Jean-loup Gailly · opens 4 file types
Linux
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DeveloperJean-loup Gailly
PlatformsLinux
Opens4 file types
Get it fromwww.gzip.org
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Last reviewed Sep 2026

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gzip is a file compression utility originally written by Jean-loup Gailly that implements the DEFLATE compression algorithm. It is a standard compression tool on Unix and Linux systems, typically used to compress single files and commonly combined with tar for multi-file archives.

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PLATFORMSLinux

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