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fastar

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High-level bindings for the Rust tar crate

Last release 1 months ago
20 Aug 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 8 days to 4 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 13 of 13 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
11 months old
13 releases · first in 2025

Release timeline

13 releases since 2025

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Releases

0.12.020 Aug 2026Deprecated
Replace deprecated hook id by @DoctorJohn in #69
What's Changed

Replace deprecated hook id by @DoctorJohn in #69

Update python dependencies by @DoctorJohn in #70

Update PyO3 to 0.29 by @musicinmybrain in #71

Add Python 3.15 wheel and test coverage by @patrick91 in #72

New Contributors

@musicinmybrain made their first contribution in #71

Full Changelog: v0.11.0...v0.12.0
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0.10.08 Apr 2026

Add option for special sparse file handling by @DoctorJohn in #63

What's Changed

Add option for special sparse file handling by @DoctorJohn in #63
Fix potentially unbound test variable by @DoctorJohn in #64

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v0.10.0

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0.9.020 Mar 2026

Fix tests only used the pinned python version by @DoctorJohn in #51

What's Changed

Fix tests only used the pinned python version by @DoctorJohn in #51
Test zstd with older python versions by @DoctorJohn in #50
Refactor reader and writer tests by @DoctorJohn in #52
Classify as typed by @DoctorJohn in #53
Add GitHub sponsor button by @DoctorJohn in #54
Upgrade python syntax using pyupgrade by @DoctorJohn in #55
Migrate to prek by @DoctorJohn in #56
Add multithreaded tests by @ngoldbaum in #62
Update Pyo3 to v0.28 by @ngoldbaum in #60
ci: add riscv64 target to linux wheel build matrix by @gounthar in #58

New Contributors

@ngoldbaum made their first contribution in #62
@gounthar made their first contribution in #58

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.9.0

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0.8.026 Nov 2025

Link downloads badge to pypi stats by @DoctorJohn in #47

What's Changed

Link downloads badge to pypi stats by @DoctorJohn in #47
Support reading with transparent compression by @DoctorJohn in #48
Document opening modes by @DoctorJohn in #49

Full Changelog: v0.7.0...v0.8.0

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0.7.024 Nov 2025

Fix missing zstd literals and docs by @DoctorJohn in #45

What's Changed

Fix missing zstd literals and docs by @DoctorJohn in #45
Make open methods consistently require a mode by @DoctorJohn in #46

Full Changelog: v0.6.0...v0.7.0

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0.6.018 Nov 2025

Fix CI did not test against Python 3.14 by @DoctorJohn in #42

What's Changed

Fix CI did not test against Python 3.14 by @DoctorJohn in #42
Add support for zstd de-/compression by @DoctorJohn in #41
Fix zstd was not benchmarked by @DoctorJohn in #43

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.6.0

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0.5.014 Nov 2025

Handle arcnames of type pathlib.Path by @DoctorJohn in #37

What's Changed

Handle arcnames of type pathlib.Path by @DoctorJohn in #37
Let ruff sort imports by @DoctorJohn in #38
Update CI to generate as many wheels as possible by @patrick91 in #36
Fix CI depended on unknown job by @DoctorJohn in #40

New Contributors

@patrick91 made their first contribution in #36

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.5.0

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0.4.013 Nov 2025Deprecated

Use OSErrors instead of the deprecated IOErrors by @DoctorJohn in #32

What's Changed

Use OSErrors instead of the deprecated IOErrors by @DoctorJohn in #32
Test archive unpacking errors by @DoctorJohn in #33
Make mtime preservation optional by @DoctorJohn in #34
Benchmark unpacking all without mtime by @DoctorJohn in #35

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.4.0

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0.3.013 Nov 2025Deprecated

Migrate away from deprecated macos-13 runner by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/21

What's Changed

Support Python 3.8 and 3.9 again by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/17
Lint using the minimum supported Python version by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/18
Modularize the Rust lib by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/19
Let CI lint the rust code by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/20
Migrate away from deprecated macos-13 runner by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/21
Simplify error handling for library consumers by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/22
Follow upstream terminology more closely by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/23
Update outdated method names in examples by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/24
Test open overwrites existing archives by default by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/25
Add benchmarks by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/26
Move codspeed badge by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/27
Make parametrized test names more readable by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/28
Document usage with compressed archives by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/29
Tweak readme by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/30
Add Python 3.8 and 3.9 support classifiers by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/31

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/compare/v0.2.0...v0.3.0

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0.2.06 Nov 2025

Add support for writing archives by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/1

What's Changed

Add support for writing archives by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/1
Add support for reading archives by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/2
Add stubs by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/3
Drop python 3.8 and 3.9 by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/4
Add linting pre-commit hooks by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/5
Add lint workflow by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/6
Add general classifiers by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/8
Add test workflow by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/7
Add general metadata by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/9
Add basic docs by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/10
Add badges by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/11
Dereference symlinks optionally by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/12
Fix formatting by @DoctorJohn in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/16

New Contributors

@DoctorJohn made their first contribution in https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/pull/1

Full Changelog: https://github.com/DoctorJohn/fastar/compare/v0.1.0...v0.2.0

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