crabz
A fast, cross-platform, multi-threaded compression and decompression CLI tool written in Rust.
What is crabz?
Crabz is a command-line compression and decompression tool written in Rust that provides parallel processing capabilities for handling large files efficiently. It serves as a faster, cross-platform alternative to pigz, supporting multiple compression formats including Gzip, BGZF, and Mgzip. The tool addresses the need for high-speed data compression in workflows where performance and format flexibility are critical.
System administrators, data engineers, and developers working with large datasets who need efficient compression and decompression tools for data processing pipelines or storage optimization.
Developers choose Crabz for its superior multi-threaded performance, cross-platform support, and additional format options compared to pigz. Its Rust implementation offers memory safety advantages while maintaining competitive speed through optimized backends like zlib-ng.
Overview
Like pigz, but rust
Use Cases
Best For
- Compressing large log files for storage efficiency
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