Ziplark — Claude Code MCP server: what it does, how to install
Archive server that lets AI agents unpack ZIP, RAR, 7z, tar, and ISO files, or build encrypted archives with AES-256. Useful for inspecting payloads and packaging data.
Open on GitHubWhat Ziplark does
Ziplark connects AI coding tools to archive operations through a Rust engine. It unpacks formats such as ZIP, 7z, tar, gz, xz, zst, lz4, ISO disc images, and RAR versions up to RAR5. When building new archives, it outputs ZIP, 7z, or tar variants, with AES-256 protection available on ZIP and 7z.
RAR and ISO handling is strictly read-only. Creating new RAR files is impossible because the compression format is proprietary. However, reading handles split volumes under standard or legacy names, recovers intact data from incomplete sets, and parses encrypted headers. Archive verification tests files in memory without dumping contents to disk.
Directory escape protection intercepts every extraction path. It validates relative paths and inspects on-disk symlinks before writing. The MCP server runs via the ziplark-mcp binary.
What it helps with
- Extract multi-volume RAR sets or ISO disc images
- Generate encrypted ZIP or 7z archives with AES-256
- Retrieve intact files from damaged or partial archives
- Verify archive integrity without temporary disk writes
Example prompts for the agent
- Extract all files from
archive.part01.rarinto./output - Create a
backup.tar.zstarchive from./srcusing maximum compression - Test the integrity of
download.7zand report broken entries
How to install Ziplark
Install
The MCP registry has no launch command for it: see the repository README
Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about Ziplark
How to install Ziplark for Claude Code?
On macOS, install the CLI and MCP binary with Homebrew using brew install zhitongblog/tap/ziplark. On Windows via Scoop, run scoop bucket add ziplark https://github.com/zhitongblog/scoop-bucket followed by scoop install ziplark.
What does Ziplark do?
It gives agents tools to unpack and generate archives like ZIP, 7z, and tar, plus extract RAR, RAR5, and ISO files.
Can Ziplark create RAR files?
No, creating RAR archives is not supported because the format is proprietary. Ziplark only reads and decompresses RAR files.
