# Linux File & Folder Compression

> Reference for Linux file and folder compression: tar, gzip, xz, zip, compress, zstd, 7z, pigz, bzip2, lz4. Practical real-world example commands. • Safe Coding. • All client-side. No tracking. No data collection.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/linux\_file\_folder\_compression](https://chrome-stats.com/d/linux_file_folder_compression)

## Overview

- **ID:** `linux_file_folder_compression`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Libor Benes (Dr. B)
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,search-tools
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-10
- **First published:** 2026-06-07
- **Size:** 18 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/linux_file_folder_compression/)
- **Website:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/LiborBenes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/LiborBenes)

## Description

🎯 Linux File & Folder Compression brings a clean, practical reference for all major Linux compression tools directly into your Firefox sidebar: tar, gzip, xz, zip, compress, zstd, 7z, pigz, bzip2, lz4.

Whether you're creating backups, packaging software, extracting archives, or writing deployment scripts — the right command is always available without switching tabs or searching the web.

🗂️ WHAT EACH ENTRY CONTAINS:
• Tool name with clear colored header.
• Short description of best use cases.
• Multiple ready-to-copy commands covering:
    • Basic compression.
    • High/maximum compression.
    • Archiving entire folders.
    • Keeping original files.
    • Decompression.
    • Listing archive contents.
    • Advanced options and combinations.

🖥️ FEATURES:
🔎 Live search — Filter instantly across tool names, descriptions and commands.
📋 One-click Copy buttons for every command.
📊 Real-time command counter in the footer.
🌗 Automatic dark mode support.
🧹 Clean, compact and highly readable layout.

🔒 SECURITY-FIRST ARCHITECTURE:
✅ No data collection — explicitly declared in manifest.json.
✅ No telemetry or network requests.
✅ No eval() — safe, audited code.
✅ No innerHTML from user input.
✅ Input validation and length limits.
✅ clipboardWrite permission only.
✅ Flat file structure, no icons, minimal footprint.

🛠️ TECHNICAL:
• Compatibility: Firefox 140.0+ Desktop
• Resource Efficient - Very lightweight:
     • Runtime Execution RAM Footprint: ~13 KB (core scripts: manifest.json + sidebar.html + style.css + script.js).
     • Total Extension Download/Install Size: ~33 KB (including <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/314993ecd4dc7c46957bfef070c95483527be10cfcd1ba8bc21ba2371bf4c365/http%3A//README.md" rel="nofollow">README.md</a>).
• 100% client-side.
• No storage, no background scripts, no external resources.
• ⚠️ Desktop only.

🎯 Best for:
• Linux power users.
• System administrators.
• DevOps &amp; SRE engineers.
• Developers and shell script writers.
• Students learning Linux.

Fast. Clean. Practical.

## Rankings

- #132,188 — Overall
- #152 — folder
- #204 — folders

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `clipboardWrite`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension website URL may be invalid

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/linux_file_folder_compression)