Command-line tool

zstd

brew/zstd

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Zstandard is a real-time 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 zstd

macOS

brew install zstd

Linux

brew install zstd

Compress a file into a new file with the `.zst` suffix

zstd path/to/file

Decompress a file

zstd -d path/to/file.zst

Decompress to `stdout`

zstd -d -c path/to/file.zst

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