Manage ZST files
with PeaZip
PeaZip
free
archiver
utility offers full read /
write support (compress, open, decompress) for ZST compressed files,
through the Open Source tool ZSTD from Facebook's Zstandard project
(released
under BSD + GPLv2 dual license) to offer the same GUI
frontend to
create,
browse, and extract .zst files under Windows
and Linux operating systems.
ZSTD compressor is multithreaded and provides faster than Deflate (ZIP
/ GZip) compression, even faster than current Brotli implementation,
see PeaZip comparative benchmarks
page for fastest data compression results.
Work with TAR archives
compressed with Zstandard algorithm
Zstandard algorithm is a pure single file (or stream) compressor, and
does
not provide file archiving features: if multiple files are sent to
ZSTD compressor PeaZip will automatically switch to solid
mode consolidating all input files / directories to a
single TAR archive.
Treating the entore input as a whole usually also allows reach
better compression ratio that compressing each
input file separately.
ZSTD utility does not support encryption (files of .zst type cannot be
password protected) as no encryption primitive is offered by Zstandard
algorithm.
Compress
files with Zstandard algorithm
ZSTD
fast data compressor accepts a
single file as input,
otherwise (to add multiple files and directories) use "TAR before"
option to consolidate input in a single TAR package before proceeding
with compression stage with Zstandard algorithm.
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How to
convert Zstandard files
Archive file
conversion
procedure using Convert button
extracts and then re-pack input archive files into any write-supported
format (7z, arc, brotli, pea, tar, zip, zstandard...)
This utility allows to convert any type
supported for reading (ACE, CAB, RAR, TAR, ZIP...) into a new ZST file,
as well as to
convert
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Open
Zstandard ZST files
To
open ZST file
and read its content (a
single
compresed file in case of plain .zst format, a tar archive opening a
tar.zst or .tzst file), open it in
PeaZip gui with double click if file extension is associated with the
application, or using system context menu "Open as archive" entry,
that
will attempt to read any user provided file type regardless file
associations
Extract ZST
files
Decompress
ZST files from the
system
-
Use context menu entry "Extract..."
for
extraction screen to set
output path and other options
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Select one or more archives and use
context
menu
entry Extract here or Extract
here (to new folder) for quick extraction with no further
confirmation
Decompress
Zstandard-compressed files within PeaZip free archiver as GUI frontend
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Extract
button shows archive
extraction screen providing access to all extraction options (set
output
path, open output path after extraction, keep or delete original
archives, etc)
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Extract
all to... button activates a
simplified
procedure only asking for output path
- Simply drag & drop the compressed
file
from
the
application to the system to decompress it
TAR and
Zstandard compression
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Zstandard
faster-than-zip compression is
available also for 7Z format, with
Tino
Reichardt's 7Z plugins for 7-Zip / 7Z.exe (supported by PeaZip,
providing Brotli, Lizard,
LZ4, LZ5, and Zstd algorithms for 7Z API), selecting Zstd compression
method in
Advanced tab when 7Z format is selected.
Zst compression / decompression algorithm in .7z
containers is also
supported on GNU/Linux systems by szcnick/p7zip fork used by PeaZip for
Linux.
Read more about how to create 7Z
files with ZSTD compression.
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Synopsis: Free
zstandard file compression utility. How to create zst compressed files
with zstd file compressor tool. Compress TAR archives with ZSTD
compression utility. Convert zst archives to other formats. How to open
zst compressed files. Extract zst files (decompress). How to use PeaZip
as free GUI zst compressor, opener and extractor.
Topics: how to compress
files with zstdandard, open zst files, decompress zstd compressed
files, faster than zip compression algorthm
PeaZip > FAQ >
Free Zstandard compression utility, open, extract ZST files
 WORK WITH
SUPPORTED
FILE TYPES
Create, open, extract 7Z files
Open and extract ACE files
Create, open, extract ARC files
Create, open, extract Brotli files
Compress, decompress Bzip2 files
Open and extract CAB files
Compress, decompress GZip files
Open and extract DMG, ISO, UDF disk images
Create, open, extract PAQ, LPAQ, ZPAQ files
PEA: Pack Encrypt Authenticate
Open
and extract RAR files
Create, open, extract
TAR, TGZ, TBZ files
Create, open, extract WIM disk images
Create, open, extract ZIP files
Create, open, extract ZIPX files
Create, open, extract
Zstandard files
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