Warning

This is intentionally terrible software. Do NOT use for actual data compression. Made with ❤️.

An archiver with its own format (.baz), which is not archiving, but creates a large archive.

A reverse archiver that guarantees to make your files 2x bigger. Perfect for:

• Pranking coworkers
• Wasting disk space
• Testing "how bad can code be?" scenarios

Installation

From Source (Requires Rust)

git clone https://github.com/synthous/bigahhzip.git
cd bigahhzip
cargo build

Usage

Create Bloated Archive

bigahhzip make ./your_folder  # Creates your_folder.baz (2x larger!)

bigahhzip unmake ./your_folder.baz  # Extracts to your_folder/

How It Works

• Doubles every byte (adds null bytes)

• Preserves directory structure

• Uses custom .baz format (Big Ahh Zip)

Example Workflow

# Create test files
mkdir test_data
echo "Hello World" > test_data/file.txt

Archive (2x size)

bigahhzip make test_data # Creates test_data.baz

Verify disaster

ls -lh test_data.baz # Should be ~2x original size

Extract

bigahhzip unmake test_data.baz # Creates test_data/ with original files

Why?

• Demonstrate Rust file I/O

• Ultimate anti-productivity tool

• Because why not?

License

see LICENSE