# Compress Commons v1.2.0 [](https://travis-ci.org/archiverjs/node-compress-commons) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ctalkington/node-compress-commons/branch/master) Compress Commons is a library that defines a common interface for working with archive formats within node. [](https://nodei.co/npm/compress-commons/) ## Install ```bash npm install compress-commons --save ``` You can also use `npm install https://github.com/archiverjs/node-compress-commons/archive/master.tar.gz` to test upcoming versions. ## Things of Interest - [Changelog](https://github.com/archiverjs/node-compress-commons/releases) - [Contributing](https://github.com/archiverjs/node-compress-commons/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) - [MIT License](https://github.com/archiverjs/node-compress-commons/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT) ## Credits Concept inspired by [Apache Commons Compress](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/)™. Some logic derived from [Apache Commons Compress](http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/)™ and [OpenJDK 7](http://openjdk.java.net/).