ziptools

Modern zip & unzip replacements

Why ziptools?

Ziptools is a lightweight cross platform CLI for managing zip files. For many years, zip and unzip has existed and was provided by info-zip.org. However, it's been lacking in updates and is known for having many CVE's tied to it. Ziptools fixes that by providing a zip and unzip compatible set of commands which are implemented using Zig. Zig, unlike C, is a more modern language and deals better with buffer overflows and similar kinds of exploits.

Replacing zip & unzip

By default, ziptools installs a ziptools command with zip and unzip subcommands. If you're looking to replace the legacy tools with ziptools, the only requirement is to link zip and unzip to the ziptools command like so:

$ ln -s /usr/bin/ziptools /usr/bin/zip
$ ln -s /usr/bin/ziptools /usr/bin/unzip

Building ziptools

The only requirement to building ziptools is Zig 0.15 and running zig build.