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Make ZIP files smaller with ZIP Shrinker

ZIP Shrinker is a tool that reduces ZIP file sizes by recompressing files with optimized settings, offering an easy way to shrink archives beyond standard compression methods.

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  • Evan Hahn built ZIP Shrinker, a browser tool that reduces ZIP file sizes by re-compressing entries with higher compression (via libdeflate), removing metadata, and deleting directory entries. The tool also supports APK, EPUB, and JAR formats. Tests showed savings of 5-30% on files like the Linux source code and an Android APK.