archiverjs/node-archiver
a streaming interface for archive generation observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
81/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 51
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5076
- days_rel: 117
- days_push: 29
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
2974 stars · 249 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Archiver is a Node.js library providing a streaming interface for generating archive files such as ZIP and TAR, with optional GZIP compression. It supports appending files, directories, globs, buffers, and streams through a unified composition API and can be extended with custom archive formats.
Use cases
- create zip files in nodejs
- generate tar archives programmatically
- stream files into an archive without loading everything in memory
- compress a directory into a zip for download
- build archives on the fly in an express server
- append streams and buffers to a zip archive
When to choose
- you need to create ZIP or TAR archives in Node.js with streaming, memory-efficient processing
- you want to pipe archive output directly to files, HTTP responses, or other streams
- you need to mix sources like files, directories, globs, buffers, and streams in one archive
When to avoid
- you need to extract or read existing archives rather than create them
- you need archive formats beyond ZIP, TAR, and GZIP without writing a custom format plugin
- you are not working in a Node.js environment
Facets
library · maturity stable
compression file-system streaming files developer-tools backend zip tar gzip archive-generation streams nodejs javascript
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/archiverjs/node-archiver · fetched 2026-08-28 · 201dd93f2929
- homepage: https://www.archiverjs.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7a8fc1e56b26
- site_page: https://www.archiverjs.com/docs/archive-formats · fetched 2026-08-29 · 73d208a757e7
- site_page: https://www.archiverjs.com/docs/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · c3085aea58d8
- site_page: https://www.archiverjs.com/docs/archiver · fetched 2026-08-29 · de37e940dd69
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| archiverjs/node-archiver | main | 81 |
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