minizip-ng ☆

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Description:
Zip file manipulation library with minizip 1.x compatibility layer

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: zip compression library c minizip

Install: brew install minizip-ng

About:
Minizip-ng is a library for ZIP file manipulation that offers a compatibility layer with the widely used minizip 1.x API. It provides modern features like encryption, ZIP64 support, and data integrity checks. This allows developers to upgrade legacy applications to a more secure and capable ZIP implementation without a complete rewrite.

Key Features:

Compatibility with minizip 1.x API
Support for ZIP64, AES encryption, and data integrity checks
Optional zlib-ng backend for improved performance
Cross-platform support

Use Cases:

Adding robust ZIP archive support to C/C++ applications
Migrating legacy projects from minizip 1.x to a modern library
Creating or extracting encrypted and large (>4GB) ZIP files

Alternatives:

minizip – The original library; minizip-ng is a modern fork with more features and security enhancements.
libzip – A mature, feature-rich alternative for ZIP manipulation in C.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 1:01am		0	VERSION_BUMP	76f60d99
Jan 9, 2025 10:03am		0	VERSION_BUMP	8a436013