Totally agree with this. As someone with a commit bit to the project, as well as a long-time user, I'd like to second the recommendation. Pixz is a terrific parallel XZ compression/expansion tool. I find it indispensable for logs and database backups. Link: https://github.com/vasi/pixz

Fish shell users can take advantage of the Extract and Compress plugins I wrote, which utilize Pixz if installed: https://github.com/justinmayer/tackle/tree/master/plugins/ex...