ZIP - Empty Archive
A valid ZIP with zero entries — the empty-archive edge case for testing how unarchivers handle a container with nothing inside.
zip
application/zip
- Format
- ZIP
- Members
- 0
- Structure
- no entries (end-of-central-directory only)
Binary zip — no in-browser preview. Download it above to open in a compatible application.
Specifications
- Format
- ZIP
- Members
- 0
- Structure
- no entries (end-of-central-directory only)
What is a .zip file?
ZIP is a widely supported archive format that bundles multiple files and directories into one container, typically with per-file DEFLATE compression and a central directory index. It supports random access to individual entries without decompressing the whole archive. It underlies many document formats such as DOCX and EPUB.
How to use this file
Use an example ZIP to test archive extraction, central-directory parsing, per-entry decompression, and protection against path-traversal (zip-slip) during unpacking.
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- zipZIP - FlatA ZIP archive — 3 files at the root, no directories. Deterministic (fixed member timestamps) and safe to extract anywhere.
- zipZIP - Many Small FilesA ZIP archive — 100 tiny files for throughput testing. Deterministic (fixed member timestamps) and safe to extract anywhere.
- zipZIP - Nested FoldersA ZIP archive — files organised into data/ and docs/ subfolders. Deterministic (fixed member timestamps) and safe to extract anywhere.
- zipZIP - Unicode FilenamesA ZIP archive — UTF-8 filenames: accents, Japanese, emoji. Deterministic (fixed member timestamps) and safe to extract anywhere.
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