archivey 0.1.0a3

Python library for reading zip, tar, rar, 7z and other archives

Archivey

Archivey is a Python library that provides a unified interface for reading various archive formats:

from archivey import open_archive

with open_archive("example.zip") as archive:  # Automatic format detection
    # Extract all files
    archive.extractall("output_dir/")

    # Or process each file in the archive
    for member, stream in archive.iter_members_with_streams():
        print(member.filename, member.type, member.file_size)
        if stream is not None:  # File-like stream for files, None for dirs and links
            data = stream.read()
            print("  ", data[:50])

It wraps built-in modules and optional third-party libraries, adding missing features and fixing limitations in the underlying tools. See the User guide for more details.

Installation

pip install archivey[optional]

The [optional] extra includes all recommended third-party libraries for full format support.

Note: RAR support requires the unrar binary to be available on your system or installed separately.

Resources

• 📖 User guide
• 📘 API reference
• 🛠️ GitHub repository
  ↳ or the development repo, with in-progress work, rougher commits and AI-generated pull requests
• 🤝 Developer guide – for contributors