Unzippers

Fastest Unzip library in NodeJS, powered by napi-rs and zip-rs.

Install this package

yarn add @jeanarhancet/unzippers

API

export interface Options {
  target?: string
}
export function unzip(
  entryPath: string,
  options?: Options | undefined | null,
  signal?: AbortSignal | undefined | null,
): Promise<void>

Usage

const { unzip } = require('@jeanarhancet/unzippers')


async function main (){}
  await unzip('./foo.zip', { target: './resources' })
}

main()

Performance

Hardware

MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
Chip Apple M1
Memory 8Gb

Result

Running "Unzip with file 5.076990127563477 MB" suite...
Progress: 100%
  extract-zip with file 5.076990127563477 MB:
    0.4 ops/s, ±1.35%   | slowest, 85.71% slower
  node-stream-zip with file 5.076990127563477 MB:
    1.1 ops/s, ±2.88%   | 60.71% slower
  unzippers with file 5.076990127563477 MB:
    2.8 ops/s, ±0.63%   | fastest
  adm-zip with file 5.076990127563477 MB:
    1.2 ops/s, ±3.12%   | 57.14% slower
Finished 4 cases!
  Fastest: unzippers with file 5.076990127563477 MB
  Slowest: extract-zip with file 5.076990127563477 MB