ZIP

archive

A popular archive format supported by most modern operating systems. It can contain one or more files and can utilize any of a number of compression methods.

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• AdminerOpen sourcewrites · Apache License
• DearkOpen sourcewrites · MIT License
• libarchiveOpen sourcereads and writes · 2-clause BSD License
• libzipOpen sourcereads and writes · 3-clause BSD License
• ouchOpen sourcereads and writes · MIT License
• PiskelOpen sourcewrites · Apache Software License 2.0
• Q1275912Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0 or later
• Q215051Open sourcereads and writes · GNU Lesser General Public License
• zipOpen sourcewrites · Info-ZIP License
• Apache TikaOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
• ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
• HachoirOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• InvenioOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• MComixOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• nomacsOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
• PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• unzipOpen sourcereads · Info-ZIP License
• ZipegOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
• ACDSeereads and writes · proprietary license
• Adobe Flex Builder 3reads and writes
• Camtasia Studio 3.0reads and writes
• Google Docsreads and writes
• Google Docsreads and writes · proprietary license
• Mathematicareads and writes · proprietary license
• nTiliawrites
• PKZIPreads and writes
• WinZipreads and writes · shareware
• ABViewerreads
• Advanced Guard for Information Securityreads
• AllMyMoviesreads
• Altap Salamanderreads
• ALZipreads · freeware
• Archive Utilityreads
• B1 Free Archiverreads · proprietary license
• ChatGPTreads · proprietary license
• diffoscopereads
• Graphic Workshopreads
• Passcovery Suitereads · shareware
• Photorecoveryreads
• PowerArchiverreads

And 4 more in the JSON record.

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Documentation

• kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/archive/zip.ksy

Versions and variants (20)

• Magisk moduleReadable
• ZIP archive file format, ISO/IEC 21320–1:2015Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 1.0Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 1.1Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 2.0Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 2.1Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 2.5Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 2.7Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 4.5Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 4.6Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 5.0Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 5.1Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 5.2Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.1.0Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.2.0Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.2.1Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.2.2Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.3.0Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.3.1Unknown
• ZIP archive file format, version 6.3.2Unknown

Sources

• File Formats Wiki
• Kaitai Struct: zip
• PRONOM x-fmt/263
• Wikidata Q136218

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), Kaitai Struct format gallery, PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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