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A free lossless compressor you run yourself.

pulsar 2.5.0 ships as a Linux binary and source. You compress on your machine. You restore on your machine.

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What it is

pulsar is the free lossless compressor. Version 2.5.0 ships as a Linux binary and as source under GPLv3. You run it. The file stays on your machine. PCC is the hosted compressor when you want the lab to pack the file. pulsar is the one you pack yourself.

How it works

  1. Download the binary from the pulsar page.
  2. Compress a file you control.
  3. Restore it and compare the bytes.

What you receive

You receive a packed file and a restore, with the source you can read. A closed embed is the paid exception listed on the product page.

Price

The binary and source are free, GPLv3. The closed-embed price is the one printed on /pulsar.

Works with

Hosted packs go to PCC. The local grant engine is TNSSRC.

Open it

pulsar page