• License: GPL-3.0-or-later
• Home: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
• Development: https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gzip/
• Documentation: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/manual/gzip.html
• 114558 total downloads
• Last upload: 4 months and 4 days ago

Description

gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement for 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are much better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. The GNU Project uses it as the standard compression program for its system.