LZ4 v1.8.3 provides command-line tools for compressing and decompressing files:
lz4.exe -9 input.db output.lz4
lz4 file.txt # creates file.txt.lz4 lz4 -d file.txt.lz4 # decompress lz4 -9 input.log # slower, better ratio (still faster than gzip) lz4 v1.8.3 win64
Many GitHub Actions self-hosted runners and Azure DevOps agents still pin LZ4 v1.8.3 for caching build artifacts. It’s reliable and doesn’t introduce breaking changes. LZ4 v1