Bzip3
Bzip3 is a free, open-source desktop utility for Windows, macOS and Linux. A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. It has 1,518 GitHub stars and is released under the LGPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at iczelia/bzip3.
- Linux
- macOS
- Windows
- Archivers, cleaners & system utilities
- Actively maintained
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.
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What is Bzip3?
Bzip3 is a free, open-source desktop utility for Windows, macOS and Linux. A better and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2. It has 1,518 GitHub stars and is released under the LGPL-3.0 license. Its source code is on GitHub at iczelia/bzip3.
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: 1.5.4).
Is Bzip3 still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 9, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.