ZIP libraries for C#

For .NET there are 3 main choices:

• System.IO.Compression (ZipFile, ZipArchive) is built into .NET. It creates, reads and updates archives, extracts directories safely and has async methods since .NET 10. It doesn’t support passwords. Use it unless you need encryption.
• SharpZipLib reads and writes ZipCrypto and AES-encrypted archives, has stream classes (ZipInputStream, ZipOutputStream) and a one-call FastZip helper. MIT license. Development is slow.
• SharpCompress reads ZIP, RAR, 7z, tar, gzip and more with one API, including forward-only reading from non-seekable streams, and writes ZIP with Deflate, Zstandard and other methods. MIT license.

• SharpCompress SharpCompress is a pure C# library for ZIP, RAR, 7z, tar and gzip. How to extract and create ZIP files, read encrypted archives.
• SharpZipLib SharpZipLib is an open-source C# library for ZIP, gzip, tar and bzip2. How to create and extract password-protected (AES) ZIP files, stream entries.
• System.IO.Compression System.IO.Compression is the built-in .NET API for ZIP archives. How to create and extract ZIP files, list entries, add files to an existing archive.