diff --git a/src/main/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/GZip.groovy b/src/main/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/GZip.groovy
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+/*
+   Copyright 2014-2023 Sam Gleske - https://github.com/samrocketman/jervis
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+   */
+package net.gleske.jervis.tools
+
+import java.util.zip.Deflater
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream
+
+
+/**
+  A class to provide compression features to Jervis, specifically GZip.
+  <tt>GZip</tt> provides groovy-like leftShift for compressing strings.  This
+  class also uses maximum compression by default and provides an easy means to
+  change the compression level.
+
+
+  <h2>Sample usage</h2>
+  <p>To run this example, clone Jervis and execute <tt>./gradlew console</tt>
+  to bring up a <a href="http://groovy-lang.org/groovyconsole.html" target="_blank">Groovy Console</a>
+  with the classpath set up.</p>
+
+  <h4>Write out a compressed file</h4>
+
+<pre><code>
+import net.gleske.jervis.tools.GZip
+
+new File('test.gz').withOutputStream { OutputStream os -&gt;
+    try {
+        (new GZip(os)).withCloseable {
+            it &lt;&lt; 'hello world\n\nMy friend\n'
+        }
+    } finally {
+        os.close()
+    }
+}
+</code></pre>
+
+  <h4>Upload a compressed file</h4>
+  <p>This example uploads compressed data directly to <a href="https://help.sonatype.com/repomanager3" target=_blank>Sonatype Nexus</a>.</p>
+<pre><code>
+import net.gleske.jervis.tools.GZip
+import net.gleske.jervis.tools.SecurityIO
+
+String username = 'your user'
+String password = 'your pass'
+
+URL api_url = new URL('http://localhost:8081/repository/hosted-raw-repo/file.gz')
+HttpURLConnection response = api_url.openConnection().with { conn -&gt;
+    conn.doOutput = true
+    conn.setRequestMethod('PUT')
+    conn.setRequestProperty('Authorization', "Basic " + SecurityIO.encodeBase64("${username}:${password}"))
+    conn.setRequestProperty('Accept', '*&sol;*')
+    conn.setRequestProperty('Expect', '100-continue')
+    conn.outputStream.withCloseable { nexus_os -&gt;
+        new GZip(nexus_os).withCloseable { gzip -&gt;
+            gzip &lt;&lt; 'hello world\n\nMy friend\n'
+        }
+    }
+    conn
+}
+// getting the response code completes the setup and makes the network connection
+assert response.responseCode == 201
+</code></pre>
+ */
+
+ class GZip extends GZIPOutputStream {
+
+    /**
+      Creates a <tt>{@link java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream}</tt> with maximum compression enabled.
+      @param os An <tt>{@link java.io.OutputStream</tt> to wrap which will write out compressed data.
+      @param level A compression level between fastest (<tt>1</tt>) and best compression (<tt>9</tt>).
+      */
+    GZip(OutputStream os, Integer level = Deflater.BEST_COMPRESSION) {
+        super(os)
+        setLevel(level)
+    }
+
+    /**
+      This can change the compression level before you write data to <tt>GZip</tt> after it was instantiated.
+      @param level A compression level between fastest (<tt>1</tt>) and best compression (<tt>9</tt>).
+      */
+    void setLevel(Integer level) {
+        this.@def.setLevel(level)
+    }
+
+    /**
+      Write a <tt>String</tt> similar to how you would write to a file with <tt>leftShift</tt> on a <tt>{@link java.io.Writer}</tt>.
+      @param shiftString A string which will be written out after being compressed.
+      */
+    OutputStream leftShift(String shiftString) {
+        leftShift(shiftString.bytes)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/GZipTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/net/gleske/jervis/tools/GZipTest.groovy
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+/*
+   Copyright 2014-2023 Sam Gleske - https://github.com/samrocketman/jervis
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+   */
+package net.gleske.jervis.tools
+//the GZipTest() class automatically sees the GZip() class because they're in the same package
+
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class GZipTest extends GroovyTestCase {
+    @Test public void test_GZip_utility_decompression() {
+        StringWriter stdout = new StringWriter()
+        StringWriter stderr = new StringWriter()
+        Process proc = 'gunzip'.execute()
+        // write to stdin
+        proc.outputStream.withCloseable { stdin ->
+            new GZip(stdin).withCloseable {
+                it << 'hello\n'
+            }
+        }
+        // capture stdout
+        proc.waitForProcessOutput(stdout, stderr)
+        // stdout is decompressed data by gunzip
+        assert stdout.toString() == 'hello\n'
+        assert stderr.toString() == ''
+        assert proc.isAlive() == false
+        assert proc.exitValue() == 0
+    }
+    @Test public void test_GZip_fast_decompression() {
+        String text_to_compress = ''
+        ByteArrayOutputStream compressed = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        // fast compression
+        new GZip(compressed, 0).withCloseable {
+            it << text_to_compress
+        }
+        ByteArrayInputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(compressed.toByteArray())
+        ByteArrayOutputStream plain = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        GZIPInputStream gunzip = new GZIPInputStream(is)
+        plain << gunzip
+        assert plain.toString() == text_to_compress
+    }
+}