---
id: fastar
version: "0.11.0"
license: unclear
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# fastar — High-level bindings for the Rust tar crate

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install fastar
uv add fastar
poetry add fastar

## Description

# Fastar

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The `fastar` library wraps the Rust [tar](https://crates.io/crates/tar), [flate2](https://crates.io/crates/flate2), and [zstd](https://crates.io/crates/zstd) crates, providing a high-performance way to work with compressed and uncompressed tar archives in Python.

## Installation

```sh
pip install fastar
```

## Usage

This section shows basic examples of how...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

fastar wraps Rust tar, flate2, and zstd crates to provide high-performance creation and extraction of compressed and uncompressed tar archives in Python.

Verdict: fastar is an actively maintained, zero-dependency Rust-backed archive library with broad platform coverage and permissive licensing. No known vulnerabilities and strong Python version support (3.8–3.14) make it a solid choice for high-performance tar operations, though medium install friction from compilation is typical for native-extension packages.

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