{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/10"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Generates zip archives as an iterator of byte chunks, enabling streaming downloads of large file collections without storing the complete archive in memory or on disk.","skillfed_tags":["streaming","zip-archive","legacy"],"use_cases":["Stream a zip download from a web app without buffering the entire archive in memory","Generate a downloadable archive of user-selected files from a file system on demand","Combine filesystem files and dynamically generated content into a single streamed zip","Serve large file collections as compressed downloads without temporary disk storage"],"what_it_does":"zipstream is a Python library that generates zip archives on-the-fly as an iterator, yielding chunks of bytes that can be streamed to a client or written to disk. Instead of building the entire archive in memory before sending it, you feed it file paths or byte iterables, and it yields the zip data incrementally. This is particularly useful in web applications where you want to let users download dynamically generated archives of large files without consuming server memory or disk space.\n\nThe package wraps Python's standard zipfile.py and supports both file-system paths and in-memory byte iterables as archive contents. It integrates with web frameworks by returning the ZipFile object as an iterator. However, the package has been abandoned since 2016-05-06, with no recent maintenance, making it a legacy choice for new projects.","worth_installing":"No\u2014not for new projects. The package is abandoned (last release 2016-05-06, no maintenance since 2023-04-25), has an unclear license, and requires source compilation (high install friction). Only consider it if you have legacy code already using it and cannot migrate."},"id":"zipstream","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zipstream","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/zipstream.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/zipstream/"},"maintenance":{"status":"abandoned"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2016-05-06","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"zipstream","python_support":"unspecified","summary":"Zipfile generator"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":118492,"position":12115,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"1.1.4"}