Command-line tool

lzip

brew/lzip

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LZMA-based compression program similar to gzip or bzip2

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install lzip

macOS

brew install lzip

Linux

brew install lzip

Archive a file, replacing it with a compressed version

lzip path/to/file

Archive a file, keeping the input file

lzip -k path/to/file

Archive a file with the best compression (level=9)

lzip -k path/to/file --best

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