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Bzip3

Bzip3 is a free, open-source desktop utility for Windows, macOS and Linux. A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. It has 1,528 GitHub stars and is released under the LGPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at iczelia/bzip3.

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About Bzip3

A better, faster and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. Features higher compression ratios and better performance thanks to a order-0 context mixing entropy coder, a fast Burrows-Wheeler transform code making use of suffix arrays and a RLE with Lempel Ziv+Prediction pass based on LZ77-style string matching and PPM-style context modeling.

Install Bzip3

Package names found in the project's README. Each links to its package page so you can check the publisher first.

Homebrew (macOS)
brew install bzip3

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FAQ

Bzip3 FAQ

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Is Bzip3 free and open source?

Yes. Bzip3's source code is public on GitHub under the LGPL-3.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free, so you can use, copy and change it for free.

How do I install Bzip3?

Homebrew: brew install bzip3. The commands are on this page. Installers are also on its GitHub Releases page (latest: 1.5.5).

Is Bzip3 still maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 22, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.