Lzop

Summary

lzop is a free software file compression tool which implements the LZO algorithm and is licensed under the GPL.

lzop
Developer(s)Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer
Initial releaseAugust 10, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-08-10)
Stable release
1.04[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 10 August 2017; 6 years ago (10 August 2017)
Operating systemCross-platform
Typedata compression
LicenseGPL
Websitewww.lzop.org

Aimed at being very fast, lzop produces files slightly larger than gzip while only requiring a tenth of the CPU use and only slightly higher memory utilization.[2] lzop is one of the fastest compressors available,[3] a close second to lz4.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "lzop file compressor ChangeLog".
  2. ^ "Quick Benchmark: Gzip vs Bzip2 vs LZMA vs XZ vs LZ4 vs LZO - CatchChallenger wiki". catchchallenger.first-world.info. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
  3. ^ "ACT - Summary of Winners". Archived from the original on 2010-05-03. Retrieved 2010-07-25.

External links edit

  • Official website