zip
brew install zipCompression and file packaging/archive utility
https://infozip.sourceforge.net/Zip.html
License: Info-ZIP
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/zip.json
Formula code: zip.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 3.0 |
Revision: 2
Patches:
| https://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/z/zip/zip_3.0-16.debian.tar.xz |
| https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/main/Patches/zip/xcode15.diff |
Keg-only because macOS already provides this software.
Uses from macOS: bzip2
Binaries:
zip,
zipcloak,
zipnote,
zipsplit
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 22,406 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 2,019,723 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 2,527 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 8.9× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-10T00:51:00Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-11 to 2026-11-10. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 2,524 | 3,639 | 78,551 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Installs on Request | 1,712 | 2,693 | 10,186 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Build Errors | 0 |
Homebrew ships patches for: CVE-2018-13410.