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XZ Utils vs lrzip: catalog facts
XZ Utils	lrzip
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free to use with source on GitHub.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
LZMA2 compression gives some of the best ratios available for general-purpose data, and the tools ship on effectively…	Finds redundancy far apart in very large files Includes LZMA and ZPAQ compression back ends
Compression is slow and memory-hungry at high levels, and the 2024 backdoor incident in the upstream release tarballs…	Newer format is not backward compatible with older versions Gains are small on small files
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: 0BSD	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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