# Install unzip with Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, scoop, zypper Extraction utility for .zip compressed archives. Version 6.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:unzip ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install unzip ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install unzip ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: archivers/unzip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add unzip ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: unzip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install unzip ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: unzip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install unzip ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: unzip from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#unzip ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/unzip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S unzip ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: unzip from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install unzip ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unzip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Chocolatey (92%): ```sh choco install unzip ``` Evidence: Chocolatey community package catalog: unzip from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','ubisoft-connect' - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/unzip ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/unzip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:unzip - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 6.0 - **Source summary:** Extraction utility for .zip compressed archives - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Info-ZIP - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - funzip (cli) - unzip (cli) - unzipsfx (cli) - zipgrep (cli) - zipinfo (cli) - funzip (alias) - unzip (alias) - unzipsfx (alias) - zipgrep (alias) - zipinfo (alias) ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 6.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://infozip.sourceforge.net/UnZip.html - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Info-ZIP UnZip is one of the classic cross-platform command-line tools for listing, testing, and extracting ZIP archives. Its package history is unusually broad because ZIP became a de facto exchange format across DOS, Windows, Unix, macOS, mainframes, and embedded or installer workflows. ### Project history The Info-ZIP project describes itself as an Internet-based workgroup formed in 1990 as a mailing list on the original SimTel site. Its purpose was to provide free, portable, high-quality Zip and UnZip utilities compatible with PKWARE's DOS PKZIP and PKUNZIP tools. The UnZip page emphasizes portability and non-MS-DOS behavior as primary objectives. It documents UnZip as an extraction utility for .zip archives that can list, test, or extract files, with defaults that reflect Unix-style directory recreation rather than PKUNZIP's older flat extraction behavior. UnZip 6.0, released in April 2009 according to the official pages, added ZIP64 support for large archives, bzip2 compression-method support, UTF-8 filename handling, Unix symlink and UID/GID restoration improvements, and security fixes around extracted-file attributes and invalid compressed data. ### Adoption history Info-ZIP reports support across a very wide range of systems, from Unix, VMS, OS/2, Windows, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS, Atari TOS, Acorn RISC OS, BeOS, classic Mac OS, MVS, VM/CMS, Tandem NSK, and others. That breadth explains why UnZip became a normal baseline package in operating-system and language-build environments. The supplied package-manager facts list UnZip packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, Arch/pacman, Alpine/apk, Nix, MacPorts, Chocolatey, Scoop, and openSUSE/zypper. In package-manager culture, that makes unzip less a discovery than an assumed primitive: build scripts, release artifacts, installer recipes, and CI jobs frequently expect it to be present or trivially installable. The Info-ZIP home page also records incorporation of Info-ZIP code into products and systems such as IBM OS/2 components, NetWare 6 installation, SAP Business One, WinZip, DynaZIP, and PGP, and notes that its compression engine spun off into zlib. Those examples document how Info-ZIP moved from a command-line utility set into infrastructure software. ### How it is used UnZip is used to inspect ZIP archive contents, test archive integrity, extract files while preserving directory trees, process self-extracting archives through companion tools, and support scripts that receive upstream source or binary releases as .zip files. The Homebrew formula exposes the familiar executable family including unzip, zipinfo, funzip, unzipsfx, and zipgrep. For packagers, its boring reliability is the point. It is often part of bootstrap chains because many upstream projects publish source archives as ZIP files even when the surrounding system is Unix-like. ### Why package nerds care UnZip is significant because it sits below many package recipes rather than beside them. A package manager can install it as a normal formula, but package build logic also uses it as a primitive for unpacking upstream artifacts, testing archive contents, and coping with filename encoding, symlink, timestamp, and large-file edge cases. Its long cross-platform history also makes it a compatibility reference. When modern archive tools disagree about ZIP behavior, Info-ZIP UnZip remains one of the names maintainers recognize from decades of scripts, ports trees, and distribution build farms. ### Timeline - 1990: Info-ZIP workgroup formed as an Internet mailing list. - 2008: Zip 3.00 released, according to the Info-ZIP home page. - 2009: UnZip 6.0 released with ZIP64, bzip2, UTF-8, and security-related changes. - 2026: Supplied input lists UnZip across major Unix, Windows, and macOS package managers. ### Related projects - Info-ZIP treats UnZip as the extraction companion to Info-ZIP Zip. The broader family includes ZipInfo, fUnZip, UnZipSFX, WiZ, MacZip, and the related zlib compression library lineage described by the Info-ZIP home page. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** unzip - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 8 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** yes - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - unzip - 6.0-29: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: unzip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | De-archiver for .zip files | https://infozip.sourceforge.net/UnZip.html - Nix - unzip: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/un/unzip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - unzip - 6.0-28ubuntu4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: unzip from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | De-archiver for .zip files | https://infozip.sourceforge.net/UnZip.html - apk - unzip - 6.0-r16: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: unzip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Extract PKZIP-compatible .zip files | http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html - apk - unzip-doc - 6.0-r16: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: unzip-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Extract PKZIP-compatible .zip files (documentation) | http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html - dnf - unzip - 6.0-69.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: unzip from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A utility for unpacking zip files | http://infozip.sourceforge.net - pacman - unzip - 6.0-23: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: unzip from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | For extracting and viewing files in .zip archives | http://infozip.sourceforge.net/UnZip.html - zypper - unzip - 6.00-45.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unzip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A program to unpack compressed files | http://www.info-zip.org/ - zypper - unzip-doc - 6.00-45.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unzip-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Documentation files for unzip | http://www.info-zip.org/ - zypper - unzip-rcc - 6.00-45.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: unzip-rcc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A program to unpack compressed files | http://www.info-zip.org/ - MacPorts - unzip: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: archivers/unzip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Chocolatey - unzip: normalized package name match | Chocolatey community package catalog: unzip from http://community.chocolatey.org/api/v2/Packages?$filter=IsLatestVersion&$select=Id&$top=1000&$skiptoken='11','ubisoft-connect' - Scoop - main/unzip: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/unzip.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Archive and compression packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/archive-compression-tools/) - Matched archive or compression metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [cabextract](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cabextract/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archive-extraction, archives, cli, compression, system. - [atool](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/atool/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archives, cli, compression, system. - [fuse-zip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/fuse-zip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archives, cli, system, zip. - [t2sz](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/t2sz/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archives, cli, compression, system. - [libzip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libzip/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, compression, system, zip. - [ratarmount](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ratarmount/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archives, cli, system. - [unp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/unp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archive-extraction, cli, compression, system. - [unshield](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/unshield/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: archives, cli, system. - [decompress-zip](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/decompress-zip/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: archive, archives, cli, system, unzip. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/unzip.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/unzip.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph