What is "zlib"?

A massively spiffy yet delicately unobtrusive compression library.

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add zlib

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["zlib"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build zlib
min add --runtime zlib

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Dependencies (7)

Dependencies
Name	Version	Kind
bash-bootstrap	5.3	build
coreutils	9.12	build
glibc	2.44	runtime
make	4.4.1	build
sed	4.10	build
tar CVE:2	1.35	build
toolchain	—	build

Dependency changes

Dependants (65)

Dependants
Name	Version
actions-runner	2.336.0
bat	0.26.1
binutils CVE:12	2.47
binutils-arm-none-eabi CVE:12	2.47
charon	0.1.223
cmake	4.4.2
cups CVE:8	2.4.20
curl	8.22.0
delta	0.19.2
dnsutils	9.20.29
dwarves	1.31
elfutils	0.196
emacs	31.1
eza	0.23.5
ffmpeg	9.0.2
fio	3.43
fontconfig	2.18.3
foundationdb	7.3.79
gcc	15.2.0
gcc-arm-none-eabi	14.2.0
gdb	17.2
ghidra CVE:4	12.1.4
git	2.55.0
glib	2.88.3
graphviz	15.1.1
grpc	1.83.1
haskell-language-server	2.14.0.0
jdk	21.0.12.1
kani	0.68.0
libarchive	3.8.9
libbpf	1.8.0
libgd	2.3.3
libpng CVE:1	1.6.59
libssh2 CVE:5	1.11.1
libvips	8.18.6
libwebp	1.6.0
libxml2 CVE:1	2.15.4
llvm	21.1.8
llvm-bootstrap	21.1.8
mariadb	12.3.3
mesa	26.2.0
mono	6.12.0.206
nano	9.2
nghttp2	1.70.0
nginx	1.31.6
node	26.10.0
node-lts	24.19.0
nss	3.126.1
opencv	4.13.0
or-tools	9.15
pciutils	3.15.0
pcre2	10.49
perl CVE:2	5.44.0
postgres	18.6
protobuf	36.2
python CVE:3	3.14.8
rizin	0.9.1
ruby	4.0.6
rust-nightly-charon	nightly-2026-06-01
sqlite CVE:1	3.53.4
stress-ng	0.22.01
tcl	8.6.18
verus-latest	0.2026.10.04.426d8b0
wget	1.25.0
zstd	1.5.7

No known advisories

We don't track any active CVEs against this package.

Build provenance

For the signed record of what the build used, see the Provenance tab.

45 components

Software Bill of Materials — every package this build depends on
Packages	Version	Repository	License
zlibROOT	1.3.2	github.com/madler/zlib	Zlib
acl	2.4.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/acl-2.4.0.tar.xzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
attr	2.6.0	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/attr-2.6.0.tar.gzMIRROR	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
bash	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
bash-bootstrap	5.3	www.gnu.org/software/bash	GPL-3.0-only
binutils	2.47	www.gnu.org/software/binutils	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.0-only)
bison	3.8.2	www.gnu.org/software/bison	GPL-3.0-only
bzip2	1.0.8	github.com/libarchive/bzip2	bzip2-1.0.6
coreutils	9.12	www.gnu.org/software/coreutils	GPL-3.0-only
diffutils	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/diffutils	GPL-3.0-only
expat	2.8.5	github.com/libexpat/libexpat	MIT
file	5.48	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/file-5.48.tar.gzMIRROR	BSD-2-Clause-Darwin
findutils	4.11.0	www.gnu.org/software/findutils	GPL-3.0-only
flex	2.6.4	github.com/westes/flex	BSD-3-Clause-flex
gawk	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gawk-bootstrap	5.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/gawk	GPL-3.0-only
gcc	15.2.0	www.gnu.org/software/gcc	(GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gdbm	1.26	www.gnu.org/software/gdbm	GPL-3.0-only
glibc	2.44	www.gnu.org/software/glibc	(GPL-2.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
gmp	6.3.0	www.gnu.org/software/gmp	LGPL-3.0-or-later OR GPL-2.0-or-later
grep	3.12	www.gnu.org/software/grep	GPL-3.0-only
gzip	1.15	www.gnu.org/software/gzip	GPL-3.0-only
libcap	2.78	https://storage.googleapis.com/minimal-staging-archives/libcap-2.78.tar.xzMIRROR	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only
libffi	3.8.0	github.com/libffi/libffi	MIT
linux_headers	6.12.43	github.com/torvalds/linux	GPL-2.0-only WITH Linux-syscall-note
lz4	1.10.0	github.com/lz4/lz4	BSD-2-Clause AND GPL-2.0-or-later
m4	1.4.21	www.gnu.org/software/m4	GPL-3.0-only
make	4.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/make	GPL-3.0-only
mpc	1.4.1	www.gnu.org/software/mpc	LGPL-3.0-or-later
mpfr	4.2.2	www.gnu.org/software/mpfr	GPL-3.0-only
ncurses	6.6	www.gnu.org/software/ncurses	X11-distribute-modifications-variant
openssl	3.6.5	github.com/openssl/openssl	Apache-2.0
patch	2.8	www.gnu.org/software/patch	GPL-3.0-only
pcre2	10.49	github.com/PCRE2Project/pcre2	BSD-3-Clause WITH PCRE2-exception
perl	5.44.0	github.com/Perl/perl5	Artistic-1.0-Perl OR GPL-1.0-or-later
pkgconf	3.0.5	github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf	ISC
python	3.14.8	github.com/python/cpython	Python-2.0.1
readline	8.3	www.gnu.org/software/readline	GPL-3.0-only
sed	4.10	www.gnu.org/software/sed	GPL-3.0-only
sqlite	3.53.4	github.com/sqlite/sqlite	blessing
tar	1.35	www.gnu.org/software/tar	GPL-3.0-only
tzdata	2026e	github.com/eggert/tz	LicenseRef-Public-Domain
util-linux	2.42.4	github.com/util-linux/util-linux	GPL-2.0-or-later AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
xz	5.8.4	github.com/tukaani-project/xz	(0BSD AND GPL-2.0-only AND GPL-3.0-only AND LGPL-2.1-only)
zstd	1.5.7	github.com/facebook/zstd	BSD-3-Clause OR GPL-2.0-only

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What is "zlib"?

How to use this package

Quick install

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Build-time vs runtime

Dependencies (7)

Dependency changes

Dependants (65)

Build provenance

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