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Archive and Extract Files

Create compressed archives or extract contents from any format in your file processing pipelines.

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Uploaded files
invoice-2026-01.zip340 KB
contract-signed.zip1.1 MB
photo-evidence.zip2.3 MB
report-final.zip210 KB
screenshot.zip680 KB
Multiple formats

Support for ZIP, TAR, 7-Zip, RAR, and many more archive formats for both compression and extraction.

Password protection

Secure your ZIP archives with password encryption to protect sensitive files from unauthorized access.

Pipeline integration

Combine archiving with encoding, resizing, and exporting for complete file processing workflows.

File Compressing

Bundle, secure, and unpack files in any format

Combine processing results, encrypt archives, and extract from 20+ formats — all inside your pipelines.

Create ZIP and TAR archives

Bundle multiple files into a single compressed archive with password protection.

passport.jpg
4.2 MB
taxes.pdf
1.2 MB
nda.docx
0.8 MB
payroll.xlsx
2.1 MB
bundle.zip
3.5 MB ·AES-256

Extract any archive format

Decompress ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, TAR, and 20+ other archive formats.

backup.zip
4.8 MB

Bundle processing results

Combine results from every processing Step into a single archive — automatically.

/image/resize
photo_001.jpg
4.2 MB
cover_v2.png
2.8 MB
banner.jpg
3.1 MB
/document/convert
report.pdf
1.9 MB
invoice.pdf
1.2 MB
notes.docx
0.8 MB
/file/preview
thumb_001.png
0.4 MB
thumb_002.png
0.4 MB
preview.jpg
1.5 MB
results.zip
9 files · 6.8 MB
Robots

Robots for File Compressing

At Transloadit, a Robot is an automated worker that performs a single task in your file pipeline — like creating an archive, decompressing one, or bundling pipeline results.

Compress Files

Bundle files into ZIP or TAR archives with optional password protection and tunable compression levels.

/file/compress

Decompress Archives

Extract files from ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, TAR, ISO, and 20+ other archive formats automatically.

/file/decompress

Transloadit

Stop managing archive infrastructure

Transloadit's file compression service handles all your archiving needs without the complexity of managing compression libraries and tools yourself.
Multiple formats

Create ZIP or TAR archives and extract from ZIP, 7-Zip, RAR, ISO, CAB, LHA, and many more formats.

Password protection

Encrypt ZIP archives with password protection to secure sensitive files during transfer and storage.

Compression levels

Choose from fast compression to maximum compression, or skip compression entirely for already-compressed media.

Flexible file layouts

Organize archive contents with simple flat structure, advanced nested folders, or preserve original paths.

Bundle processing results

Automatically bundle files from multiple processing steps into a single downloadable archive.

Scalable infrastructure

Our cloud infrastructure handles archives of any size, from small bundles to entire media libraries.

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Demos

See it in action

To give you an impression of our versatility, here is a hand-picked overview of live demos.

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Managing compression libraries
Ready-to-use archive service
Complex archive format support
20+ formats supported
Bundling processed files
Automatic result bundling
Archive security concerns
Password encryption
Handling large archives
Scalable cloud processing
Extracting unknown formats
Auto-format detection
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001ISO27001
AES-256
SOC 2 Type II
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