Hop (Archive Format)

lastmod 2023-01-26created 2022-07-264 edits

(For a portion of a path in computer networking, see hop)

An archive format 10x faster than tar

Features

• An archive format that quickly reads specific files at random without extracting the whole archive
  • No compression, random access, fast extraction and archiving
  • 25x faster than unzip, 10x faster than tar
• Its drawback compared to tar is that append is not possible
• Stores a hash array of file paths and stores files sorted lexicographically for fast processing
• Planned for use in bun, the fast bundler the author is developing

See also

• tar
• Unblob - a tool that extracts files from various formats

Favorite site

• Github - hop
• hop - an archive format 10x faster than tar | GeekNews