Lzip

File Format
Name	Lzip
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression Lzip
Extension(s)	.lz
MIME Type(s)	application/x-lzip
Released	2008

Lzip is a data compression utility and file format. It uses LZMA compression.

Identification

Lzip files begin with a 4-byte signature: the ASCII string "LZIP".

Specifications

• Lzip Manual: File format

Software

• Lzip
• Lunzip
• Lzlib

See also

• XZ, a competing format that seems to be more popular

Links

• Wikipedia article