pigz
Multithreaded zlib compression utility. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Compress a file with default options
pigz path/to/fileIdentifyCompress a file using the best compression method
pigz --best path/to/fileIdentifyCompress a file using no compression and 4 processors
pigz -0 --processes 4 path/to/fileIdentifyCompress a directory using tar
tar cf - path/to/directory | pigz >path/to/file.tar.gzIdentify-cCreate toybox-ftar FILE (default -) toyboxDecompress a file
pigz --decompress archive.gzIdentifyList the contents of an archive
pigz --list archive.tar.gzIdentify