ouch-org/ouch
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Painless compression and decompression in the terminal observed · 2026-09-24
Health v2 · maintenance only
92/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 83
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 34
- age_days: 2041
- days_rel: 37
- days_push: 29
- n_releases_24m: 8
Adoption not part of the score
3767 stars · 151 forks observed · 2026-09-24
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Ouch (Obvious Unified Compression Helper) is a Rust command-line tool for compressing and decompressing files and directories across many formats like zip, tar, gz, zst, and 7z. It auto-detects formats from file extensions and offers subcommands for compressing, decompressing, and listing archive contents.
Use cases
- compress files into a zip from the terminal
- decompress a tar.gz without remembering flags
- list contents of an archive with tree formatting
- compress a file with stacked formats like lz4 then zst
- extract archives into a specific directory
- replace multiple compression utilities with one tool
When to choose
- you want a single ergonomic CLI for many compression formats
- you need automatic format detection from extensions
- you want good error messages, shell completions, and an accessibility mode
When to avoid
- you need to create RAR archives (only decompression is supported)
- you need streaming compression for zip or 7z
- you need programmatic library access rather than a CLI
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
compression cli file-system files developer-tools cli windows cross-platform rust archive-management decompression tar zip rust command-line linux macos
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch · fetched 2026-09-24 · 154b30fe0fb9
- registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/ouch · fetched 2026-08-29 · c2a3534131d0
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ouch-org/ouch | main | 92 |
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