Command-line tool

zpaq

brew/zpaq

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Incremental, journaling command-line archiver

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install zpaq

Linux

brew install zpaq

Add a file or directory to a new or existing archive

zpaq a path/to/archive.zpaq path/to/file_or_directory

Create or add to an encrypted archive

zpaq a -kpassword path/to/archive.zpaq path/to/file_or_directory

Extract the most recent versions of files

zpaq x path/to/archive.zpaq

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