IronZIP: The All-in-One Archive Library for .NET

IronZIP is a comprehensive archive compression and decompression library developed by Iron Software. In addition to the widely-used ZIP format, IronZIP also supports TAR, GZIP, and BZIP2 file formats.

Key Features of IronZIP

  • Extract content from compressed archives
  • Append files to existing ZIP archives and generate new ZIP files
  • Create archives with adjustable compression levels (0-9)

Compatibility

Supports applications and websites developed in:

  • .NET 9, .NET 8, .NET 7, .NET 6, .NET 5, and .NET Core, Standard, and Framework 4.6.2+
  • Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Docker, Azure, and AWS
  • Console, Desktop, and Web Apps. MVC, Blazor, MAUI, Razor Pages, Web Forms

Get Started

C# Code Examples

Create ZIP File

using IronZip;
  
// Create an empty ZIP
using (var archive = new IronZipArchive())
{
    // Add files to the ZIP
    archive.Add("./assets/image1.png");
    archive.Add("./assets/image2.png");
    
    // Export the ZIP file
    archive.SaveAs("output.zip");
}

Extract ZIP File

using IronZip;
  
// Extract ZIP
IronZipArchive.ExtractArchiveToDirectory("output.zip", "extracted");

Add Files to ZIP

using IronZip;

// Open existing ZIP
using (var archive = new IronZipArchive("existing.zip"))
{
    // Add files
    archive.Add("./assets/image3.png");
    archive.Add("./assets/image4.png");

    // Export the ZIP file
    archive.SaveAs("result.zip");
}

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