Pi2zip -

Since the Raspberry Pi runs on Linux (Raspbian), users often use the standard zip command to manage files. To zip a directory, you can use the recursive flag -r in the terminal: zip -r archive-name.zip folder-to-compress

For faster, multi-threaded compression on the Pi (especially for large SD card images), tools like pigz are preferred as they utilize all available CPU cores. Pi2 Image Analysis & Compression

into compressed formats to save storage space on local clusters or cloud environments. Related Tools