GZ file extension - GZIP compressed archive
What is gz file? How to open gz files?
File extension gz is used for GNU GZIP compressed archives, a standard archive format used on Unix/Linux based computers.
There are several versions of this format, but the original was based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding. It was first introduced in 1993.
MIME types:
application/x-compressed
application/x-gzip
The default software associated to open gz file:
Company or developer:
Jean-loup Gailly
Gzip is compression utility popular on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. gzip is short for GNU zip.
List of software applications associated to the .gz file extension
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Software that open gz file - GZIP compressed archive
Programs supporting the exension gz on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open gz file action.