lbzip2 ☆
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Description:
Parallel bzip2 utility
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: System utilities
Tags: compression parallel bzip2 utility performance
Install: brew install lbzip2
About:
Lbzip2 is a multi-threaded implementation of the bzip2 compression utility. It leverages parallel processing to significantly speed up compression and decompression tasks on multi-core systems. This makes it an efficient drop-in replacement for standard bzip2 when handling large files.
Key Features:
  • Multi-threaded for high performance on multi-core CPUs
  • Drop-in replacement for standard bzip2
  • Efficiently handles large files
  • Supports standard bzip2 format
Use Cases:
  • Compressing large datasets or log files faster
  • Parallel decompression of existing bzip2 archives
  • Improving throughput in data processing pipelines
Alternatives:
  • pbzip2 – Similar parallel bzip2 implementation; lbzip2 is often cited for its performance and low resource usage.
  • bzip2 – The standard single-threaded tool; lbzip2 offers significant speedups on multi-core machines.
Version History
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Sep 14, 2024 9:04pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 2011bbe6
Sep 30, 2023 8:09pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 9d768d66
Dec 1, 2022 12:01pm 1 VERSION_BUMP 43a3a08d
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