[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":130},["ShallowReactive",2],{"tool-content-en-zip-archive":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":120,"extension":121,"locale":122,"meta":123,"navigation":124,"path":125,"seo":126,"stem":127,"toolId":128,"__hash__":129},"tools\u002Ftools\u002Fen\u002Fzip-archive.md","ZIP Archive Tool",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":111},"minimark",[9,14,27,31,55,66,69,73,90,94,101,104,108],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-this-tool-does","What this tool does",[15,16,17,18,22,23,26],"p",{},"Two jobs in one place. ",[19,20,21],"strong",{},"Open & extract"," lets you look inside a ZIP without installing anything: browse every entry, preview text and images, then download individual files or repack a selection. ",[19,24,25],{},"Create ZIP"," packs your own files and folders into an archive. Both run entirely on your device, and the archive is never uploaded.",[10,28,30],{"id":29},"opening-and-extracting","Opening and extracting",[15,32,33,34,38,39,42,43,46,47,50,51,54],{},"Drop a ",[35,36,37],"code",{},".zip"," file, or choose one, and the entries appear with their uncompressed size and folder structure. Type in the filter box to narrow the list by name or path — wildcards work too, for example ",[35,40,41],{},"*.png"," or ",[35,44,45],{},"src\u002F*",". Click any entry to preview it, then select the files you want and either ",[19,48,49],{},"Extract to folder",", which writes them straight into a folder you pick, or ",[19,52,53],{},"Download .zip",", which repacks the selection.",[15,56,57,58,61,62,65],{},"By default the entries are shown as a collapsible folder tree; enable ",[19,59,60],{},"Flatten"," to switch to a flat list. The same switch also drops the directory structure for ",[19,63,64],{},"both"," output actions: every selected file lands at the top level, and files that share a name get a numbered suffix. Extract to folder relies on the File System Access API, so it only appears in Chrome and Edge; in other browsers use the ZIP download.",[15,67,68],{},"Text files open as plain text and common images show inline. Anything else is reported as having no preview; download it to open it. To keep the tab responsive, entries above a size limit are not previewed, and archives that exceed the file-count or total-size caps are rejected with a message pointing you to a desktop tool.",[10,70,72],{"id":71},"creating-an-archive","Creating an archive",[15,74,75,76,78,79,82,83,42,86,89],{},"Switch to ",[19,77,25],{},", then add files, add a folder, or drop files and folders onto the panel. Choose a root folder name to nest everything under one directory, and pick a compression level: ",[19,80,81],{},"Store only"," is fastest and best for already-compressed content like photos, while ",[19,84,85],{},"Normal",[19,87,88],{},"Best"," shrink text and source code. Duplicate target names are renamed automatically instead of overwriting.",[10,91,93],{"id":92},"safety-and-privacy","Safety and privacy",[15,95,96,97,100],{},"Entry paths are sanitized before use. Archive entries that try to escape the archive — absolute paths, ",[35,98,99],{},".."," segments, or backslashes from another platform — are flagged in the list, and the exported ZIP never contains them. Encrypted archives are detected and reported rather than failing silently.",[15,102,103],{},"Nothing is uploaded. Files are read from your disk, processed in memory, and written back through your browser's download.",[10,105,107],{"id":106},"limits","Limits",[15,109,110],{},"Very large archives are limited on purpose: whole-file reading happens in memory, so the tool warns above a few hundred megabytes and refuses archives with too many entries or an oversized uncompressed total. For those, a desktop archive manager is the better tool.",{"title":112,"searchDepth":113,"depth":113,"links":114},"",2,[115,116,117,118,119],{"id":12,"depth":113,"text":13},{"id":29,"depth":113,"text":30},{"id":71,"depth":113,"text":72},{"id":92,"depth":113,"text":93},{"id":106,"depth":113,"text":107},"Open a ZIP to browse, preview, and download its files, or pack files and folders into a new ZIP. Everything runs in your browser.","md","en",{},true,"\u002Ftools\u002Fen\u002Fzip-archive",{"title":5,"description":120},"tools\u002Fen\u002Fzip-archive","zip-archive","kiD19gKy93Fs11Up8Egpm3tEH4kRcqzMPOxW9cVlyps",1792391421833]