wandio ☆

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Description:
Transparently read from and write to zip, bzip2, lzma or zstd archives

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 4.2.6@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: compression archive cli library data-processing

Install: brew install wandio

About:
Wandio is a command-line utility and library that provides transparent read and write access to various compressed archive formats. It automatically detects and handles compression types like gzip, bzip2, lzma, and zstd, allowing users to process files without manually specifying decompression commands. This simplifies data pipelines by acting as a universal I/O layer for compressed data streams.

Key Features:

Supports multiple compression formats (gzip, bzip2, lzma, zstd, uncompressed)
Automatic compression format detection
Acts as a library for developers to integrate compression I/O
Provides a simple command-line interface for stream processing

Use Cases:

Processing compressed network traces or log files in data analysis pipelines
Creating compression-agnostic tools that read/write data streams
Efficiently handling large archives without manual decompression steps

Alternatives:

pigz – Parallel implementation of gzip, but only handles gzip format, not a multi-format solution
zstd – Modern high-performance compression, but format-specific; wandio provides a unified interface for multiple formats

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 12:19am	4.2.6	0	VERSION_BUMP	94612080