Platform Support

zesven supports multiple platforms with varying feature availability.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Architecture	Status
Linux	x86_64	Full support
Linux	aarch64	Full support
macOS	x86_64	Full support
macOS	aarch64 (Apple Silicon)	Full support
Windows	x86_64	Full support
WebAssembly	wasm32	Via wasm feature

Platform-Specific Features

Linux

Full support including:

• Hard links
• Symbolic links
• Unix permissions
• Extended attributes

macOS

Full support including:

• Hard links
• Symbolic links
• Unix permissions
• Resource forks (limited)

Windows

Full support including:

• Hard links (NTFS)
• Symbolic links (requires privileges)
• File attributes
• Alternate data streams

WebAssembly

Limited support:

• No file system access
• Single-threaded only
• Memory constraints

Feature Availability by Platform

Feature	Linux	macOS	Windows	WASM
File I/O	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Parallel	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Hard links	Yes	Yes	Yes (NTFS)	No
Symlinks	Yes	Yes	Limited	No
Async	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Timestamps	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Minimum Requirements

Rust Version

MSRV: Rust 1.85

rust-version = "1.85"

Operating System Versions

Platform	Minimum Version
Linux	glibc 2.17+
macOS	10.15+
Windows	Windows 10+

Cross-Compilation

Linux to Windows

rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
cargo build --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

Linux to macOS

rustup target add x86_64-apple-darwin
cargo build --target x86_64-apple-darwin

Any to WASM

rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features wasm-default

Platform-Specific Code

Handle platform differences:

use zesven::{Archive, ExtractOptions, Result};
use zesven::read::PreserveMetadata;
use std::io::{Read, Seek};

fn extract_with_options<R: Read + Seek>(archive: &mut Archive<R>) -> Result<()> {
    // Preserve all metadata (timestamps, permissions, attributes)
    let options = ExtractOptions::default()
        .preserve_metadata(PreserveMetadata::all());

    archive.extract("./output", (), &options)?;
    Ok(())
}

Testing on Multiple Platforms

CI configuration tests all platforms:

# .github/workflows/ci.yml
jobs:
  test:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: cargo test

See Also

• Feature Flags - Platform-specific features
• WASM - WebAssembly details