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XZ Utils

Owner: tukaani-project

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Stars

1.2k

GitHub star count

Last Release

N/A

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Contributors

0

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Health Score

N/A

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Key Features

  • c

  • cli

  • compression

  • library

Tech Stack

C

About

XZ Utils

xz is a open-source project built primarily with C and maintained by tukaani-project. The project is distributed under the NOASSERTION license.

Current DevRadar signals show community adoption at 1.2K stars, 210 forks. Freshness signals include last commit 2026-02-25. OpenSSF Scorecard is approximately 58 / 100. Current discovery action is "discard", with ongoing monitoring of maintenance and ecosystem momentum.

Analyst Note

XZ Utils

Best For

  • Technical stack evaluation for engineering teams
  • Dependency governance and upgrade planning in production systems
  • Track delivery cadence and release quality from tukaani-project
  • c

Not Ideal For

  • Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

Typical Use Cases

Technical stack evaluation for engineering teamsDependency governance and upgrade planning in production systemsTrack delivery cadence and release quality from tukaani-project

Decision Snapshot

  • Product type: Open Source
  • Primary language: C
  • Pricing model: Free
  • License: NOASSERTION
Data Basis
  • Last Sync: Mar 1, 2026, 12:06 AM
  • Metrics Updated: Mar 1, 2026, 12:06 AM
  • Completeness: 82%
  • Last Verified: Mar 1, 2026, 12:06 AM

Data Status

Stale
Last SyncMar 1, 2026, 12:06 AM
Metrics UpdatedMar 1, 2026, 12:06 AM
Completeness82%
Last VerifiedMar 1, 2026, 12:06 AM

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong community adoption.
  • Active maintenance cadence.

Cons

  • -Security posture signals are mixed; run additional security review before broad adoption

All Metrics

Adoption

4/4
Stars1.2k
Forks210
Open Issues18
Contributors0

Health

0/4
Health ScorePending
Trend ScorePending
Activity ScorePending
Reliability ScorePending

Core

1/5
Latest VersionPending
Last ReleasePending
Last Commit2/25/2026
StatusPending
Activity LevelPending

Security

0/1
Security ScorePending

Alternatives

N/A