Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. File Zipping API launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   ZipLocate▲130

   An API for geolocating zip codes

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   ZipLocate, a free API for zip code geolocation▲140

   2014 · ziplocate.us · its alternatives →

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   Zipped▲89

   Your swiss army knife for ZIP files on iOS

   2017 · eytan.co · its alternatives →

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   789-Zip – A native macOS app for 7-Zip▲25

   A native macOS app for the 7-Zip archiving utility. - AkshayKalose/789-Zip

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   WMaster ZipKing▲53

   Free zip software to zip and unzip files

   2025 · zipking.wmaster.com · its alternatives →

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   A better zip decoder▲35

   Robust ZIP decoder with defenses against dangerous compression ratios, spec deviations, malicious archive signatures, mismatching local and central directory headers, ambiguous UTF-8 filenames, directory and symlink traversals, invalid MS-DOS dates, overlapping headers, overflow, underflow, sparsene

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Zipadee▲68

   View and edit the contents of any ZIP file

   2019 · zipadee.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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   Zipro▲64

   A full-featured zip/archive file tool

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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   ZipTheWeb - Website Copier▲7

   Website copier & downloader API

   2025 · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Open Source PDF Compression API▲5

    2015 · stackhut.com · its alternatives →

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    MyUnzip▲13

    No-Limit Zip Tool: Preserves Folders, Any File Size

    2025 · zip.rxliuli.com · its alternatives →

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    ZipSee – explore remote ZIP archives using HTTP range requests▲5

    A small tool that uses HTTP range requests to explore ZIP archives remotely — list contents and download specific files without fetching the entire archive. Try out this URL (https://docs.python.org/3/archives/python-3.14-docs-text.zip) as an example.

    Apr 2026 · zipsee.pages.dev · its alternatives →

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    Zipora▲10

    Extraction Tool / Instant Folder & Archive Preview

    May 2026 · wangchujiang.com · its alternatives →

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    pzip- blazing fast concurrent zip archiver and extractor▲26

    A blazing fast concurrent zip archiver and extractor. - ybirader/pzip

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    zipasaur.us, a simple postal code API▲11

    2013 · zipasaur.us · its alternatives →

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    Small in-browser editor for ZIP and OLE archives▲8

    2017 · sheetjs.com · its alternatives →

17. 17ZF
    Zip files 4 times faster than 7-Zip with a demo written in JavaScript▲12

    Link to the demo: https://gildas-lormeau.github.io/zip.js/demos/demo-create-file.html To take advantage of this performance gain, you need to add at least 4 files to the zip file and use a Chromium-based browser as the library uses the recent CompressionStream API [1] which allows native file compression. [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CompressionStream

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Budding new file format▲8

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    zipcodestack.com▲6

    Zip code api for global address validation

    2025 · zipcodestack.com · its alternatives →

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    Stream-unzip – stream unZIP files in Python▲27

    Python function to stream unzip all the files in a ZIP archive on the fly - uktrade/stream-unzip

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ExZip▲2

    Free extract zip files & file compression tool

    2025 · extractzipfiles.com · its alternatives →

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    An API to compress images and reduce bandwidth costs▲8

    2014 · tapcelerate.com · its alternatives →

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    Mini_gzip – embeddable, minimal, in-memory Gzip API▲21

    Embeddable minimal in-memory GZIP decompression library for embedded systems - wkoszek/mini_gzip

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ZipPic▲5

    Free, easy-to-use, secure online image compressor

    2025 · zippic.cn · its alternatives →

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