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Formula Utilities v5.8.3

General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio

When to use

General-purpose data compression with high compression ratio. Use xz 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 3.5M installs over the last year.

Install 1 App in Terminal
$ 
brew install 'xz'
Source: homebrew/core Website Homebrew
Install Statistics 10.1% vs 90d

Install activity across time periods

Metric 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year
Total Installs 387.2K 1.3M 3.5M
Avg Daily Installs 12.9K 14.4K 9.7K

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