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bzip2

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Formula Utilities v1.0.8

Freely available high-quality data compressor

When to use

Freely available high-quality data compressor. Use bzip2 when you want a widely used utilities command-line package that can be installed and updated through Homebrew. It is one of FastBrew's top packages by Homebrew installs, with about 874.2K installs over the last year.

Install 1 App in Terminal
$ 
brew install 'bzip2'
Source: homebrew/core Website Homebrew
Install Statistics 11.8% vs 90d

Install activity across time periods

Metric 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year
Total Installs 82.5K 280.5K 874.2K
Avg Daily Installs 2.8K 3.1K 2.4K

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