https://github.com/fox-it/dissect.archive
A Dissect module implementing parsers for various archive and backup formats.
https://github.com/fox-it/dissect.archive
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A Dissect module implementing parsers for various archive and backup formats.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fox-it/dissect.archive
- Owner: fox-it
- License: agpl-3.0
- Created: 2023-10-18T23:02:53.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-11-20T12:37:21.000Z (7 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-11-27T17:48:53.943Z (7 months ago)
- Language: Python
- Size: 133 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 9
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 7
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# dissect.archive
A Dissect module implementing parsers for various archive and backup formats. For more information,
please see [the documentation](https://docs.dissect.tools/en/latest/projects/dissect.archive/index.html).
## Requirements
This project is part of the Dissect framework and requires Python.
Information on the supported Python versions can be found in the Getting Started section of [the documentation](https://docs.dissect.tools/en/latest/index.html#getting-started).
## Installation
`dissect.archive` is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/dissect.archive/).
```bash
pip install dissect.archive
```
This module is also automatically installed if you install the `dissect` package.
## Build and test instructions
This project uses `tox` to build source and wheel distributions. Run the following command from the root folder to build
these:
```bash
tox -e build
```
The build artifacts can be found in the `dist/` directory.
`tox` is also used to run linting and unit tests in a self-contained environment. To run both linting and unit tests
using the default installed Python version, run:
```bash
tox
```
For a more elaborate explanation on how to build and test the project, please see [the
documentation](https://docs.dissect.tools/en/latest/contributing/tooling.html).
## Contributing
The Dissect project encourages any contribution to the codebase. To make your contribution fit into the project, please
refer to [the development guide](https://docs.dissect.tools/en/latest/contributing/developing.html).
## Copyright and license
Dissect is released as open source by Fox-IT () part of NCC Group Plc
().
Developed by the Dissect Team () and made available at .
License terms: AGPL3 (). For more information, see the LICENSE file.