IronZIP - The C# ZIP Archive Library

IronZIP is a library developed and maintained by Iron Software that helps C# Software Engineers to create, edit, and save Archives easily.

IronZIP excels at:

• Archive various formats: Images (jpg, png, gif, tiff, svg, bmp), Text Files, Documents (PDFs, DOCX, XLSX), Audio (MP3, WAV), and even nested ZIP archives.
• Safeguard your archive with passwords: Supports Traditional, AES128, and AES256 encryption.
• Open password-protected ZIP archives.
• Extract the contents of ZIP, TAR, GZIP, and BZIP2 archives.
• Choose from 9 compression levels.
• Add files to existing archives.

And many more! Visit our website to see all our code examples and a full list of our features

IronZIP has cross platform support compatibility with:

• .NET 8, .NET 7, .NET 6 and .NET 5, Core 2x & 3x, Standard 2, and Framework 4.6.2+
• Windows, macOS, Linux, Docker, Azure, and AWS

Additionally, our full licensing information can easily be found on our website.

Using IronZIP

Installing the IronZIP NuGet package is quick and easy, please install the package like this:

PM> Install-Package IronZIP

Once installed, you can get started by adding using IronZip; to the top of your C# code. Here are examples to get started:

using IronZip;

string file_path = "./archive.zip";
IronZipArchive.ExtractArchiveToDirectory(file_path, "unarchived"); // Extracts files to folder 'unarchived'

// Create a new ZIP archive
using (var archive = new IronZipArchive())
{
    // Add entries
    archive.Add("./assets/doc.pdf");
    archive.Add("./assets/img.png");

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

Features

Building Archives from Files

• Images (JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, SVG, BMP)
• Text files
• Documents (PDF, DOCX, XLSX)
• Audio (MP3, WAV)
• Other Archives

Opening Archives

• ZIP
• TAR
• GZIP
• BZIP2

Export Archives

• ZIP
• TAR
• GZIP
• BZIP2

Licensing & Support available

For code examples, tutorials and documentation visit https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/zip/

For support please email us at support@ironsoftware.com

Documentation Links

• How-To Guides : https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/zip/how-to/
• Code Examples : https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/zip/examples/
• Tutorials : https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/zip/tutorials/
• Licensing : https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/zip/licensing/
• Live Chat Support : https://ironsoftware.com/csharp/zip/#helpscout-support