.ZSTD File Extension
Zstandard Compressed File
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What is a ZSTD file?
A ZSTD file is a data file compressed using the Zstandard (zstd) algorithm, a modern compression method that balances fast read and write speeds with efficient file size reduction. It may contain a single file or a block of data, but it does not store multiple files or directory structures unless it is combined with an archive format such as .TAR. ZSTD files are more commonly saved as .ZST files.
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Developers, system administrators, and data engineers often encounter ZSTD files in Linux and other Unix-like systems when downloading compressed datasets, application resources, or mirrored repositories. Because Zstandard is designed to be fast and efficient, the format is especially useful in performance-sensitive environments, such as server deployments, cloud storage, and high-speed data processing pipelines.
How to open a ZSTD file
You can open ZSTD files by decompressing them with various Zstandard-compatible tools, such as Zstandard ot the zstd command-line utility. On Linux, this can be done in one step using the following command:
zstd -d filename.zstd
On Windows and macOS, third-party utilities, such as Bandizip and PeaZip, can also decompress and extract ZST files.