Zip

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Builtin plugin: zip

Nvim opens a read-only listing when :edit is used with a zip archive. The listing is a dir buffer with 'filetype' set to "zip"; entries open as read-only zip://{archive}/{path} buffers. Requires the unzip executable.

Recognized extensions include zip, jar, apk, epub, Office and OpenDocument formats, whl, xpi, pkpass, and cbz. Remote archives are fetched by vim.net.

Reading an entry from an encrypted archive prompts for its password.

g:loaded_nvim_zip_plugin
To disable the built-in zip browser, set this before startup:



vim.g.loaded_nvim_zip_plugin = 1

MAPPINGS zip-mappings

The standard dir-buffer-mappings, plus:

x extracts the entry under the cursor into the current directory, discarding its path inside the archive. It never overwrites an existing file.

At the archive root, - opens the containing filesystem directory.

LIMITATIONS zip-limitations

Archive entries cannot be updated. Remote archives are not refetched on reload, and there is no PowerShell fallback, no custom backend command, and no support for the legacy g:zip_* variables. Use old-zip when those features are required.

Only the original zip encryption is supported, not AES.

Legacy plugin: zip old-zip

The legacy Vimscript zip plugin browses, updates, and extracts archive entries. It is not loaded by default; use :packadd to activate it:



vim.cmd.packadd('old-zip')

This can be done at any time. Its manual is then available as :help pi_zip.txt.