Command-line tool

lz4

brew/lz4

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Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install lz4

macOS

brew install lz4

Linux

brew install lz4

Compress a file

lz4 path/to/file

Decompress a file

lz4 -d file.lz4

Decompress a file and write to `stdout`

lz4 -dc file.lz4

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