XZ

archive

The XZ file format is intended as a single-file compression format, similar in utility to Gzip.

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• libarchiveOpen sourcereads and writes · 2-clause BSD License
• ouchOpen sourcereads and writes · MIT License
• Q215051Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License
• Q539460Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
• Apache TikaOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
• PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• B1 Free Archiverreads · proprietary license
• diffoscopereads
• WinRARreads · proprietary license
• WinZipreads · shareware

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Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• PRONOM fmt/1098
• Wikidata Q162839

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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