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pigz

Multi-core gzip version

About pigz

Multi-core gzip version

This project links 4 native package records across 4 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.pigz: recorded package coverageFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.01 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
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Project identity

Project
pigz
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
4
Operating systems
fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
Zlib
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Fedora 43

  1. pigz

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source pigz

    2.8-7.fc43

    Parallel implementation of gzip

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. pigz

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source pigz

    2.8-8.fc44

    Parallel implementation of gzip

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. pigz

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source pigz

    2.8-160000.2.2

    Multi-core gzip version

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. pigz

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source pigz

    2.8-2.9

    Multi-core gzip version

    x86_64tumbleweed

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

Only source-backed identity signals create public cross-OS links. A reviewer can later approve or dispute an inferred relationship without rewriting native package history.

No field-level source record is published yet.