A fast, modern archive manager built with Rust
ZipRS is a professional desktop archive manager inspired by WinRAR, built entirely in Rust for maximum performance. It features both a modern dark GUI powered by Tauri v2, Svelte 5, and TailwindCSS 4, and a powerful command-line interface for scripting and terminal workflows.
- Multi-format support — ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.ZST
- Full archive operations — Open, browse, extract, add, delete, create, test
- ZIP with Zstd compression — Level 19 for maximum compression ratio
- Folder navigation — Breadcrumb address bar with back/forward/up history
- File table — Sortable columns, multi-select (Ctrl+Click, Shift+Click), colored file-type icons
- Drag & drop — Drop archives onto the window to open them
- Drag out — Extract files by dragging them out to your file manager
- Context menu — Right-click for quick actions on selected entries
- Keyboard shortcuts — Ctrl+O, Ctrl+N, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+T, Delete, F5, and more
- Progress tracking — Real-time progress bar for all archive operations
- Properties panel — Detailed file info including CRC-32, compression ratio, method
- Integrity testing — Verify archive contents with one click
ziprs list— List archive contents with optional long format and filteringziprs extract— Extract all or specific files to a directoryziprs create— Create archives in any supported formatziprs add— Add files to an existing ZIP archiveziprs delete— Remove entries from a ZIP archiveziprs test— Verify archive integrityziprs info— Detailed archive information and statisticsziprs tree— Display contents as a visual tree with sizesziprs search— Find entries matching a pattern with highlightingziprs cat— Print file contents from archive to stdoutziprs convert— Convert between formats (e.g. ZIP to TAR.GZ)ziprs diff— Compare two archives and show differencesziprs stats— Size distribution, compression stats, top largest filesziprs types— File type breakdown with visual bar chart
| Format | Browse | Extract | Add/Delete | Create |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TAR | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| TAR.GZ | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| TAR.BZ2 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| TAR.ZST | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/CanReader/ZipRS.git
cd ZipRS
# Install frontend dependencies
npm install
# Build for production
npm run build
# The binary is at target/release/ziprs# Symlink to your PATH
ln -sf $(pwd)/target/release/ziprs ~/.local/bin/ziprswebkit2gtk-4.1 libgtk-3-dev libayatana-appindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev
- ripdrag — enables drag-out file extraction from the GUI
# Launch the graphical interface
ziprs# List archive contents
ziprs list archive.zip
ziprs list -l archive.tar.gz # detailed view
ziprs list archive.zip -f "*.rs" # filter by pattern
# Extract
ziprs extract archive.zip # extract to current dir
ziprs extract archive.zip -o ./output # extract to specific dir
ziprs extract archive.zip --files src/main.rs src/lib.rs
# Create
ziprs create backup.zip file1.txt dir/ # create ZIP
ziprs create backup.tar.gz src/ # create TAR.GZ
# Modify (ZIP only)
ziprs add archive.zip newfile.txt
ziprs delete archive.zip old/unwanted.txt
# Inspect
ziprs info archive.zip # format, size, compression ratio
ziprs tree archive.zip -s # visual tree with sizes
ziprs tree archive.zip -d 2 # tree limited to depth 2
ziprs stats archive.zip -n 5 # stats with top 5 largest files
ziprs types archive.zip # file type breakdown
# Search & View
ziprs search archive.zip "main" # find entries matching pattern
ziprs search archive.zip "config" -l # search with sizes and dates
ziprs cat archive.zip src/main.rs # print file to stdout
# Convert & Compare
ziprs convert data.zip data.tar.gz # convert between formats
ziprs diff v1.zip v2.zip # compare two archives
# Test
ziprs test archive.zip # verify integrityAll commands support -v for verbose progress output. Use ziprs help <command> for detailed usage.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+O |
Open archive |
Ctrl+N |
Create new archive |
Ctrl+E |
Extract all |
Ctrl+H |
Extract here |
Ctrl+T |
Test archive integrity |
Ctrl+A |
Select all |
Delete |
Delete selected entries |
Enter |
Open file / Navigate into folder |
Backspace |
Navigate up |
Alt+Left/Right |
Navigate back/forward |
Alt+Enter |
Properties |
F5 |
Refresh |
ZipRS/
├── src-tauri/ # Rust backend (Tauri v2)
│ └── src/
│ ├── main.rs # Entry point (CLI/GUI dispatch)
│ ├── lib.rs # Tauri builder & plugin setup
│ ├── cli.rs # CLI commands (clap)
│ ├── commands.rs # GUI IPC command handlers
│ ├── progress.rs # Progress trait (GUI events / CLI stderr)
│ └── archive/
│ ├── mod.rs # ArchiveBackend trait & format detection
│ ├── entry.rs # ArchiveEntry data model
│ ├── zip_backend.rs # ZIP (Zstd level 19)
│ └── tar_backend.rs # TAR / GZ / BZ2 / ZST
├── src/ # Svelte 5 frontend
│ ├── App.svelte # Main app component
│ ├── app.css # Dark theme & CSS variables
│ ├── main.ts # Svelte mount
│ └── lib/
│ ├── store.svelte.ts # Reactive state (Svelte 5 runes)
│ ├── types.ts # TypeScript interfaces
│ ├── utils.ts # Formatting & icon color helpers
│ └── components/
│ ├── WelcomeScreen.svelte
│ ├── Toolbar.svelte
│ ├── AddressBar.svelte
│ ├── FileTable.svelte
│ ├── StatusBar.svelte
│ ├── ContextMenu.svelte
│ ├── ProgressDialog.svelte
│ └── Dialogs.svelte
└── static/ # Static assets
npm install # install dependencies
npm run dev # development mode with hot reload
npm run build # production build
npm run check # type-check Svelte + Rust
npm run lint # run Clippy
npm run clean # remove build artifacts- Backend — Rust, Tauri v2, Tokio, clap, zip, tar, flate2, bzip2, zstd, colored
- Frontend — Svelte 5, TailwindCSS 4, Lucide icons, TypeScript
- Build — Vite 7, Tauri CLI
MIT