pigz¶
pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data. pigz was written by Mark Adler, and uses the zlib and pthread libraries.
https://zlib.net/pigz/
Available modules¶
The overview below shows which pigz installations are available per target architecture in EESSI, ordered based on software version (new to old).
To start using pigz, load one of these modules using a module load command like:
(This data was automatically generated on Fri, 06 Feb 2026 at 13:12:13 UTC)
| aarch64/generic | aarch64/a64fx | aarch64/neoverse_n1 | aarch64/neoverse_v1 | aarch64/nvidia/grace | x86_64/generic | x86_64/amd/zen2 | x86_64/amd/zen3 | x86_64/amd/zen4 | x86_64/intel/cascadelake | x86_64/intel/haswell | x86_64/intel/icelake | x86_64/intel/sapphirerapids | x86_64/intel/skylake_avx512 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pigz/2.8-GCCcore-13.2.0 | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |