.XZ File Overview

File Extension:	XZ
File Type Description:	XZ Compressed Archive
File Type Developer:	Various Developers
Primary Associated Software:	7-Zip
Primary Software Developer:	Igor Pavlov

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What is File Extension XZ?

Winrar developed the XZ file extension, also know as a XZ Compressed Archive file, for the RARLAB RAR software package. Website visitor analysis indicates that XZ files are commonly found on Windows 10 user machines, and are most popular in United States. Generally, we have found that most of these people are Google Chrome users.

Associated Developers and Software

	The Unarchiver by Dag Agren, Circlesoft
	7-Zip by Igor Pavlov
	RARLAB RAR by Winrar
	ExtractNow by Open Source
	Tukaani XZ Utils by Open Source
	WinRAR by Eugene Roshal

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Top User Operating Systems


Windows 10	Windows 11	Windows 6	Windows 8.1

Associated Operating Systems

	Windows
	Android
	Linux
	Mac

Other File Types Related to XZ Files

Extension	File Type Developer	File Category	File Type Description
.R81	Eugene Roshal	Compressed Files	RAR Compressed Files From A Multi-Volume Archive
.BZIP2	Julian Seward	Compressed Files	Bzip2 Compressed Archive
.R58	Eugene Roshal	Compressed Files	RAR Compressed Files From A Multi-Volume Archive
.GZ	GNU Project	Compressed Files	Gnu Zipped Archive
.UDF	Open Source	Disk Image Files	Universal Disk Format Image File
.046	bhv	Data Files	Winfunktion Mathematik V8.0 Julia Fractal File
.SFS	Open Source	Compressed Files	Squashfs File Archive
.A05	Robert K. Jung	Compressed Files	Split Multi-volume ARJ Compressed File Archive
.R56	Eugene Roshal	Compressed Files	RAR Compressed Files From A Multi-Volume Archive
.PSZ	Igor Pavlov	Compressed Files	Compressed PostScript File