Aspose.ZIP for Python via .NET is a flexible and easy file compression and archive manipulation API for standard archive formats. API enables your python applications to compress and decompress files/directories, create or extract encrypted archives using different encryption options. API works with many well-known archive formats: ZIP, RAR, 7Zip, GZIP, BZ2. Many formats preferable in Linux are supported as well: CPIO, TAR, Lzip, Bzip2, XZ, Z. API also provides archive protection via user-defined passwords and traditional encryption using ZipCrypto or AES encryption.