SharpCompress
A pure C# compression library for .NET that reads and writes multiple archive formats with forward-only streaming support.
What is SharpCompress?
SharpCompress is a pure C# library for .NET that provides comprehensive compression and archive handling capabilities. It solves the problem of dealing with multiple archive formats in managed code by offering unified APIs to read and write popular formats like ZIP, RAR, 7Zip, and TAR, with special emphasis on streamable processing for large files.
.NET developers who need to integrate compression or archive extraction into their applications, especially those working with large files, network streams, or multiple archive formats in a cross-platform environment.
Developers choose SharpCompress for its pure C# implementation, broad format support, and forward-only streaming capabilities that avoid memory overhead. Its async APIs and customizable compression providers offer flexibility and performance advantages over built-in .NET compression options.
Overview
SharpCompress is a fully managed C# library to deal with many compression types and formats.
Use Cases
Best For
- Extracting large archive files from network streams without saving to disk first
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