zip-files
Command line utilities for creating zip files
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No. While the package is lightweight and permissive-licensed, it has been abandoned since 2021-04-21 with no maintenance, no security updates, and no active development. For command-line zip creation, use Python's built-in zipfile module directly or consider actively maintained alternatives. The lack of maintenance poses a risk if bugs or compatibility issues arise.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Low install friction with a single lightweight dependency (click).
- However, the package is abandoned—last release was 2021-04-21 and no commits since then.
- It will not receive maintenance or security updates.
License · maintenance · safety
BSD license (permissive) — BSD license is permissive and places minimal restrictions on use, modification, and distribution.
last release 2021-04-21 (1941 days) · last repo commit 2021-04-21 · 4 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 98,777 downloads/mo, #13,061 on PyPI
Alternatives
Verify before relying
pip install zip_files
zip-folder --auto-root --outfile docs.zip ./docs
zip-files -o archive.zip ./file1.txt ./file2.txt- Whether the package works reliably with Python versions beyond 3.9
- Whether all compression methods (stored, deflated, bzip2, lzma) are fully functional
What it is and what it does
zip-files is a command-line utility package that wraps Python's zip functionality to make it easy to create zip archives with custom root folder names and compression options. It provides two main commands: `zip-files` to bundle individual files from multiple locations into a single archive, and `zip-folder` to compress an entire directory tree. The package depends only on click for CLI argument handling.
The tool is designed for common tasks like packaging documentation for release or assembling files from scattered locations for distribution. It supports multiple compression methods (stored, deflated, bzip2, lzma), glob-pattern exclusions, version control system filtering, and .gitignore processing. However, the package has been abandoned since 2021-04-21 with no maintenance or updates since then.
Use it for
- Package Sphinx documentation builds as versioned zip archives during Python package releases
- Bundle scattered report files and plots from different directories into a single email-ready archive
- Create deployable zip files with custom root folder names for distribution
- Exclude version control files and dotfiles from archives using command-line flags
- Apply different compression methods to reduce archive size for specific use cases
Worth the install?
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No.
While the package is lightweight and permissive-licensed, it has been abandoned since 2021-04-21 with no maintenance, no security updates, and no active development. For command-line zip creation, use Python's built-in zipfile module directly or consider actively maintained alternatives. The lack of maintenance poses a risk if bugs or compatibility issues arise.
Install
zip-files on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with a single lightweight dependency (click). However, the package is abandoned—last release was 2021-04-21 and no commits since then. It will not receive maintenance or security updates.
License in practice
BSD license is permissive and places minimal restrictions on use, modification, and distribution.
Quickstart
pip install zip_files
zip-folder --auto-root --outfile docs.zip ./docs
zip-files -o archive.zip ./file1.txt ./file2.txtVerify before relying
- Whether the package works reliably with Python versions beyond 3.9
- Whether all compression methods (stored, deflated, bzip2, lzma) are fully functional
Package facts
| License | BSD license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.6 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packageclick |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 1,941 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 98,777 / month, #13,061 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 4 - BetaEnvironment :: ConsoleIntended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: System AdministratorsLicense :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseNatural Language :: EnglishProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Software Development :: Build ToolsTopic :: System :: Archiving :: CompressionTopic :: System :: Archiving :: PackagingTopic :: Utilities |
Evidence: zip_files-0.4.1-py3-none-any.whl
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