gzip

is a command-line compression utility designed to replace the 'compress' function.

Version: 1.2.4
License: GNU Public License
Operating System: Windows
Homepage: www.gzip.org
Developed by: Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler

gzip is a command-line compression utility designed to replace the 'compress' function.

gzip's main advantages over 'compress' include a better compression ratio and freedom from patented algorithms. It produces archives with the GZ extension, compressing each file in the archive separately.

You can also decompress GZ archives using the gunzip command which is built into gzip.