What is the difference between .gz and .xz?
- Extension
- .gz
- .xz
- Format
- Binary
- Binary
- Category
- Compressed
- Compressed
- Developer
- The GNU Project
- Tukaani
- Description
- This is a compressed archive file that contains one or more files compressed by standard GNU zip (gzip) compression algorithm. It is mainly used by Unix OS.
- Commonly used for Linux software distribution, XZ files are archive files compressed with XZ compression algorithm. It may hold one or more compressed files.
- MIME Type
- application/x-compressed
- application/x-xz
- Sample
- sample.gz
- Wikipedia
- .gz on Wikipedia
- .xz on Wikipedia