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bzip3 vs lrzip: catalog facts
bzip3	lrzip
Free Free to use, with source code published on GitHub.	Free Free to use with source on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
Aims for better compression than bzip2 Includes cat, grep and less style helper commands	Finds redundancy far apart in very large files Includes LZMA and ZPAQ compression back ends
The .bz3 format is less widely supported than gzip or bzip2 Command line only	Newer format is not backward compatible with older versions Gains are small on small files
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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