Anyfile
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archive-metadata-viewerprotocol v2workspace: none

How Anyfile's Archive Metadata Viewer Works

The plugin identifies the container, applies safety limits and builds a directory listing without installing packages or executing archive entries.

Viewing architecture

  1. 1Container signatures and headers are checked first.
  2. 2Entry metadata is streamed or indexed under explicit limits.

Main limitations

  • It is a metadata browser, not a universal extractor.
  • Encrypted or extreme archives may be rejected.

MANIFEST

Formats declared by the plugin

ZIP and ZIP-derived archive
.zip.zip64.jar.war.ear.apk.aab.ipa.epub.odt.ods.odp.odg.odf.docx.xlsx.pptx.nupkg.snupkg.vsix.whl.xpi.cbz.kmz.usdz.egg.pyz.pyzw
RAR archive
.rar
TAR archive
.tar
JMOD
.jmod
gzip
.gz.gzip.tgz.tar.gz.crate
XZ
.xz.txz.tar.xz
Zstandard frame
.zst.zstd.tzst.tar.zst.tar.zstd
bzip2
.bz2.bzip2.tbz.tbz2.tar.bz2
LZ4 frame
.lz4.tar.lz4
zlib
.zlib.zz
raw DEFLATE
.deflate.dfl
Brotli
.br