Lzop
Data compression utility
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lzop is a free software file compression tool which implements the LZO algorithm and is licensed under the GPL.
| lzop | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Markus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumer |
| Initial release | August 10, 1997 |
| Stable release | |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | data compression |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www |
Aimed at being very fast, lzop produces files slightly larger than gzip while only requiring a tenth of the CPU use and only slightly higher memory utilization.[2] lzop is one of the fastest compressors available,[3] a close second to lz4.