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BrotliZstandard
Free

The open-source application is available without a license fee.

 Free

Free and open source, dual licensed BSD or GPLv2.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Command-line tool and reusable compression library
  • Compression close to zlib's ratio at several times the speed, and much faster decompression
  • The format is standardised in RFC 8878 with multiple independent implementations
  • The stream format does not include checksums or original length metadata.
  • A command-line tool with no graphical interface of its own
  • Maximum ratio is below xz or 7z at their slowest settings, which is the trade it makes on…
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: MIT License: BSD-3-Clause
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Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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