# System.IO.Compression.ZipFile
Contains convenience methods for extracting and creating zip archives and zip entries to and from file system entries.

Documentation can be found at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.io.compression.zipfile and https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.io.compression.zipfileextensions.

## Contribution Bar
- [x] [We consider new features, new APIs and performance changes](../../libraries/README.md#primary-bar)
- [x] [We consider PRs that target this library for new source code analyzers](../../libraries/README.md#secondary-bars)

See the [Help Wanted](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aarea-System.IO.Compression+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) issues. We don't have a specific label for ZipFile issues so you will need to read through the list and see if something is available.

## Deployment
`System.IO.Compression.ZipFile` is included in the shared framework. The package does not need to be installed into any project compatible with .NET Standard 2.0.

## See also
 - [`System.IO.Compression`](../System.IO.Compression#readme)
