Free Zstandard compression utility, open, extract ZST files (original) (raw)
- WORK WITH ZSTD FAST COMPRESSOR, OPENER, EXTRACTOR UTILITY
- USE ZSTANDARD COMPRESSION ALGORITHM IN 7Z FORMAT
Work with ZSTD fast compressor, opener, extractor utility
Manage ZST files with PeaZip
PeaZip free archiver utility offers full read / write support (compress, open, decompress) for ZST compressed file format, through the Open Source tool ZSTD from Yann Collet's Zstandard project (released under BSD + GPLv2 dual license) to offer the same GUI frontend to create, browse, and extract .zst files under Windows and Linux operating systems.
ZSTD compressor is multithreaded and provides faster than Deflate (ZIP / GZip) compression, even faster than current Brotli implementation, see PeaZip comparative benchmarkspage for fastest data compression results.
Work with TAR archives compressed with Zstandard algorithm
Zstandard algorithm is a pure single file (or stream) compressor, and does not provide file archiving features: if multiple files are sent to ZSTD compressor PeaZip will automatically switch to solid mode consolidating all input files / directories to a single TAR archive.
Treating the entire input as a whole usually also allows reach better compression ratio that compressing each input file separately.
ZSTD utility does not support encryption (files of .zst type cannot be password protected) as no encryption primitive is offered by Zstandard algorithm.
| Compress files with Zstandard algorithm ZSTD fast data compressor accepts a single file as input, otherwise (to add multiple files and directories) use "TAR before" option to consolidate input in a single TAR package before proceeding with compression stage with Zstandard algorithm. Create ZST files from system's file explorer Use context menu entry PeaZip > Add to archive for archive creation screen, to set compression settings, output destination, and other options. Create ZST files from PeaZip GUI Select files and folders, and use Add button (also in context menu) for archive creation screen Drag and drop files / folders from the system to a PeaZip instance 
How to convert Zstandard files Archive file conversionprocedure using Convert button extracts and then re-pack input archive files into any write-supported format (7z, arc, brotli, pea, tar, zip, zstandard...) 
This utility allows to convert any type supported for reading (ACE, CAB, RAR, TAR, ZIP...) into a new ZST file, as well as to convert existing ZST file into any other write-supported format. | | Open Zstandard ZST files To open ZST file and read its content (a single compresed file in case of plain .zst format, a tar archive opening a tar.zst or .tzst file), open it in PeaZip gui with double click if file extension is associated with the application, or using system context menu "Open as archive" entry, that will attempt to read any user provided file type regardless file associationsExtract ZST files Decompress ZST files from the system Use context menu entry "Extract..." for extraction screen to set output path and other options Select one or more archives and use context menu entry Extract here or Extract here (to new folder) for quick extraction with no further confirmation Decompress Zstandard-compressed files within PeaZip free archiver as GUI frontend Extract button shows archive extraction screen providing access to all extraction options (set output path, open output path after extraction, keep or delete original archives, etc) Extract all to... button activates a simplified procedure only asking for output path Simply drag & drop the compressed file from the application to the system to decompress it 
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Use Zstandard compression algorithm in 7z format
| | Zstandard faster-than-zip compression is available also for 7Z format, with Tino Reichardt's 7Z plugins for 7-Zip / 7Z.exe (supported by PeaZip, providing Brotli, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5, and Zstd algorithms for 7Z API), selecting Zstd compression method in Advanced tab when 7Z format is selected. Zst compression / decompression algorithm in .7z containers is also supported on GNU/Linux systems by szcnick/p7zip fork used by PeaZip for Linux.Read more about how to create 7Z files with ZSTD compression. | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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WORK WITH SUPPORTED FILE TYPES
Create, open, extract 7Z files
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Compress, decompress Bzip2 files
Compress, decompress GZip files
Open and extract DMG, ISO, UDF disk images
Create, open, extract PAQ, LPAQ, ZPAQ files
PEA: Pack Encrypt Authenticate
Create, open, extract TAR, TGZ, TBZ files
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