Z Extractor
Decompress Unix .Z (compress) files directly in your browser. Open legacy compressed archives from older Unix systems.
Drop .Z file here
.Z (compress) files
Decompression result will appear here
About Unix Compress
Unix compress uses the LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) algorithm, patented until 2003. It was the standard before gzip.
- Legacy format from 1980s Unix systems
- Replaced by gzip for better compression
- Still found in old software archives
- Files use .Z extension (uppercase)