Fasterzip is a self-contained Python3.6+ and pypy3 cython module wrapping a subset of the miniz library to provide fast decompression of ZIP files when compared to the built-in zipfile module. Extraction of ZIP files with many entries is typically around ~33% faster.
| Sample | CPython zipfile | fasterzip | Speedup |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading 100000 1-byte files | ~3.43s | ~1.24s | 63% |