Command-line tool
brotli
brew/brotli
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Generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm by Google
At a glance
- Type
- Command-line tool
- Install on
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Last checked
- 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC
Install it
Windows
winget install --id Google.Brotli -e scoop install brotli
macOS
brew install brotli
Linux
brew install brotli
Compress a file, creating a compressed version next to the file
brotli path/to/file
Decompress a file, creating an uncompressed version next to the file
brotli -d path/to/file.br
Compress a file specifying the output filename
brotli path/to/file -o path/to/compressed_output_file.br
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