This project started as a coding exercise in the Rust programming language. As such, the code style is probably far from perfect.
It provides a simple CGI executable to browse ZIP archives on a HTTP server. The ZIP content is presented like a regular directory, and archive members can be viewed or downloaded. If an index.html file is found in a zipped directory, it is shown instead of the generic directory listing.
No content is ever written to disk, all listing and unzipping operations are done in memory. Therefore, even as a CGI, Zip browsing is reasonably fast.
Example configuration for Apache
ScriptAlias /zipview /usr/lib/cgi-bin/zipview
<Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
Require all granted
Options +ExecCGI
</Directory>
<Directory "/archives/">
Options Indexes MultiViews SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
Action application/zip /zipview
</Directory>Additionally, an XSLT style sheet is expected in /zipview.xslt for pretty directory listings. See htdocs for an example.