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pixz

Parallel, indexed xz compressor

About pixz

Parallel, indexed xz compressor

This project links 7 native package records across 7 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

pixz repository preview from GitHub
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Alpine Linux 3.21: 1 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 1 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 1 package records; Debian 12 (Bookworm): 1 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 1 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.pixz: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.211 recordsAlpine Linux 3.221 recordsAlpine Linux 3.231 recordsDebian 12 (Bookworm)1 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)1 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.61 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed1 records
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Project identity

Project
pixz
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
7
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, debian-12, debian-13, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
BSD-2-Clause
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

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

The existing XZ Utils provide great compression in the .xz file format, but they produce just one big block of compressed data. Pixz instead produces a collection of smaller blocks which makes random access to the original data possible. This is especially useful for large tarballs. Pixz supports automatic indexing and parallel compression and decompression using all available CPU cores.

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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.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. pixz

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source pixz

    1.0.7-r2

    Parallel, indexed xz compressor

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. pixz

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source pixz

    1.0.7-r2

    Parallel, indexed xz compressor

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. pixz

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source pixz

    1.0.7-r2

    Parallel, indexed xz compressor

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. pixz

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / utils

    1.0.7-2

    parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor

    amd64arm64bookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. pixz

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / utils

    1.0.7-4

    parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor

    amd64arm64trixie

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. pixz

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source pixz

    1.0.6-1.13

    Parallel, indexing version of XZ

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. pixz

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source pixz

    1.0.7-1.22

    Parallel, indexing version of XZ

    x86_64tumbleweed

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

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