diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb11610..1946a5b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,4 @@ Zigup is currently built/tested using zig 0.11.0.
 
 # Dependencies
 
-The windows target depends on https://github.com/SuperAuguste/zarc to extract zip files.  This repo might point to my fork if there are needed changes pending the acceptance of a PR: https://github.com/marler8997/zarc.
-
 On linux and macos, zigup depends on `tar` to extract the compiler archive files (this may change in the future).
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 6c0c1f8..7e94d9a 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ fn addZigupExe(
 
     if (target.result.os.tag == .windows) {
         exe.root_module.addImport("win32exelink", win32exelink_mod.?);
-        if (b.lazyDependency("zarc", .{})) |zarc_dep| {
-            exe.root_module.addImport("zarc", zarc_dep.module("zarc"));
-        }
     }
 
     return exe;
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 800c983..21c1c97 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@
     .name = "zigup",
     .version = "0.0.1",
 
-    .dependencies = .{
-        .zarc = .{
-            .url = "https://github.com/marler8997/zarc/archive/6ed370681d0e0c5d8ef32ad63e440d0b3effc8a8.tar.gz",
-            .hash = "1220a69ceaac42e5a3593161c3b4ab1ce7dbc574b1a80398a7cb3100fbfa07baf372",
-            .lazy = true,
-        },
-    },
-
     .paths = .{
         "LICENSE",
         "README.md",
@@ -19,5 +11,6 @@
         "test.zig",
         "win32exelink.zig",
         "zigup.zig",
+        "zip.zig",
     },
 }
diff --git a/zigup.zig b/zigup.zig
index 4923646..cd10800 100644
--- a/zigup.zig
+++ b/zigup.zig
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const mem = std.mem;
 
+const zip = @import("zip.zig");
+
 const ArrayList = std.ArrayList;
 const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
 
-const zarc = @import("zarc");
-
 const fixdeletetree = @import("fixdeletetree.zig");
 
 const arch = switch (builtin.cpu.arch) {
@@ -1007,10 +1007,7 @@ fn installCompiler(allocator: Allocator, compiler_dir: []const u8, url: []const
                     var timer = try std.time.Timer.start();
                     var archive_file = try std.fs.openFileAbsolute(archive_absolute, .{});
                     defer archive_file.close();
-                    const reader = archive_file.reader();
-                    var archive = try zarc.zip.load(allocator, reader);
-                    defer archive.deinit(allocator);
-                    _ = try archive.extract(reader, installing_dir_opened, .{});
+                    try zip.pipeToFileSystem(installing_dir_opened, archive_file);
                     const time = timer.read();
                     loginfo("extracted archive in {d:.2} s", .{@as(f32, @floatFromInt(time)) / @as(f32, @floatFromInt(std.time.ns_per_s))});
                 }
diff --git a/zip.zig b/zip.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e4b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zip.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,484 @@
+/// The .ZIP File Format Specification is found here:
+///    https://pkwaredownloads.blob.core.windows.net/pem/APPNOTE.txt
+const std = @import("std");
+const testing = std.testing;
+
+pub const File = @import("zip/test.zig").File;
+pub const FileCache = @import("zip/test.zig").FileCache;
+pub const writeFile = @import("zip/test.zig").writeFile;
+
+pub const CompressionMethod = enum(u16) {
+    store = 0,
+    deflate = 8,
+    deflate64 = 9,
+    _,
+};
+
+pub const central_file_header_sig = [4]u8{ 'P', 'K', 1, 2 };
+pub const local_file_header_sig = [4]u8{ 'P', 'K', 3, 4 };
+pub const end_of_central_directory_sig = [4]u8{ 'P', 'K', 5, 6 };
+
+pub const LocalFileHeader = struct {
+    signature: [4]u8,
+    minimum_version: u16,
+    flags: u16,
+    compression_method: CompressionMethod,
+    last_modification_time: u16,
+    last_modification_date: u16,
+    crc32: u32,
+    compressed_size: u32,
+    uncompressed_size: u32,
+    filename_len: u16,
+    extra_len: u16,
+    pub fn deserialize(bytes: [30]u8) LocalFileHeader {
+        return .{
+            .signature = bytes[0..4].*,
+            .minimum_version = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[4..6], .little),
+            .flags = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[6..8], .little),
+            .compression_method = @enumFromInt(std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[8..10], .little)),
+            .last_modification_time = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[10..12], .little),
+            .last_modification_date = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[12..14], .little),
+            .crc32 = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[14..18], .little),
+            .compressed_size = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[18..22], .little),
+            .uncompressed_size = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[22..26], .little),
+            .filename_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[26..28], .little),
+            .extra_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[28..30], .little),
+        };
+    }
+    pub fn serialize(self: LocalFileHeader) [30]u8 {
+        var result: [30]u8 = undefined;
+        result[0..4].* = self.signature;
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[4..6], self.minimum_version, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[6..8], self.flags, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[8..10], @intFromEnum(self.compression_method), .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[10..12], self.last_modification_time, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[12..14], self.last_modification_date, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[14..18], self.crc32, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[18..22], self.compressed_size, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[22..26], self.uncompressed_size, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[26..28], self.filename_len, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[28..30], self.extra_len, .little);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+pub const CentralDirectoryFileHeader = struct {
+    signature: [4]u8,
+    version: u16,
+    minimum_version: u16,
+    flags: u16,
+    compression_method: CompressionMethod,
+    last_modification_time: u16,
+    last_modification_date: u16,
+    crc32: u32,
+    compressed_size: u32,
+    uncompressed_size: u32,
+    filename_len: u16,
+    extra_len: u16,
+    comment_len: u16,
+    disk_number: u16,
+    internal_file_attributes: u16,
+    external_file_attributes: u32,
+    local_file_header_offset: u32,
+
+    pub fn deserialize(bytes: [46]u8) CentralDirectoryFileHeader {
+        return .{
+            .signature = bytes[0..4].*,
+            .version = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[4..6], .little),
+            .minimum_version = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[6..8], .little),
+            .flags = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[8..10], .little),
+            .compression_method = @enumFromInt(std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[10..12], .little)),
+            .last_modification_time = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[12..14], .little),
+            .last_modification_date = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[14..16], .little),
+            .crc32 = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[16..20], .little),
+            .compressed_size = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[20..24], .little),
+            .uncompressed_size = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[24..28], .little),
+            .filename_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[28..30], .little),
+            .extra_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[30..32], .little),
+            .comment_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[32..34], .little),
+            .disk_number = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[34..36], .little),
+            .internal_file_attributes = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[36..38], .little),
+            .external_file_attributes = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[38..42], .little),
+            .local_file_header_offset = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[42..46], .little),
+        };
+    }
+    pub fn serialize(self: CentralDirectoryFileHeader) [46]u8 {
+        var result: [46]u8 = undefined;
+        result[0..4].* = self.signature;
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[4..6], self.version, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[6..8], self.minimum_version, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[8..10], self.flags, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[10..12], @intFromEnum(self.compression_method), .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[12..14], self.last_modification_time, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[14..16], self.last_modification_date, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[16..20], self.crc32, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[20..24], self.compressed_size, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[24..28], self.uncompressed_size, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[28..30], self.filename_len, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[30..32], self.extra_len, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[32..34], self.comment_len, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[34..36], self.disk_number, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[36..38], self.internal_file_attributes, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[38..42], self.external_file_attributes, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[42..46], self.local_file_header_offset, .little);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+pub const EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord = struct {
+    disk_number: u16,
+    central_directory_disk_number: u16,
+    record_count_disk: u16,
+    record_count_total: u16,
+    central_directory_size: u32,
+    central_directory_offset: u32,
+    comment_len: u16,
+
+    pub fn read(bytes: [22]u8) EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord {
+        return EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord{
+            .disk_number = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[4..6], .little),
+            .central_directory_disk_number = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[6..8], .little),
+            .record_count_disk = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[8..10], .little),
+            .record_count_total = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[10..12], .little),
+            .central_directory_size = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[12..16], .little),
+            .central_directory_offset = std.mem.readInt(u32, bytes[16..20], .little),
+            .comment_len = std.mem.readInt(u16, bytes[20..22], .little),
+        };
+    }
+    pub fn serialize(self: EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord) [22]u8 {
+        var result: [22]u8 = undefined;
+        result[0..4].* = end_of_central_directory_sig;
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[4..6], self.disk_number, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[6..8], self.central_directory_disk_number, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[8..10], self.record_count_disk, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[10..12], self.record_count_total, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[12..16], self.central_directory_size, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u32, result[16..20], self.central_directory_offset, .little);
+        std.mem.writeInt(u16, result[20..22], self.comment_len, .little);
+        return result;
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn findEocdr(file: std.fs.File) ![22]u8 {
+    // The EOCD record can contain a variable-length comment at the end,
+    // which makes ZIP file parsing ambiguous in general, since a valid
+    // comment could contain the bytes of another valid EOCD record.
+    // Here we just search backwards for the first instance of the EOCD
+    // signature, and return an error if a valid EOCD record doesn't follow.
+
+    // TODO: make this more efficient
+    //       we need a backward_buffered_reader
+    const file_size = try file.getEndPos();
+
+    const record_len = 22;
+    var record: [record_len]u8 = undefined;
+    if (file_size < record_len)
+        return error.ZipTruncated;
+    try file.seekFromEnd(-record_len);
+    {
+        const len = try file.readAll(&record);
+        if (len != record_len)
+            return error.ZipTruncated;
+    }
+
+    var comment_len: u16 = 0;
+    while (true) {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, record[0..4], &end_of_central_directory_sig) and
+            std.mem.readInt(u16, record[20..22], .little) == comment_len)
+        {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (comment_len == std.math.maxInt(u16))
+            return error.ZipMissingEocdr;
+        std.mem.copyBackwards(u8, record[1..], record[0 .. record.len - 1]);
+        comment_len += 1;
+
+        if (@as(u64, record_len) + @as(u64, comment_len) > file_size)
+            return error.ZipMissingEocdr;
+
+        try file.seekFromEnd(-record_len - @as(i64, comment_len));
+        {
+            const len = try file.readAll(record[0..1]);
+            if (len != 1)
+                return error.ZipTruncated;
+        }
+    }
+    return record;
+}
+
+fn LimitedReader(comptime UnderlyingReader: type) type {
+    return struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+
+        underlying_reader: UnderlyingReader,
+        remaining: usize,
+
+        pub const Error = UnderlyingReader.Error;
+        pub const Reader = std.io.Reader(*Self, Error, read);
+        fn read(self: *Self, buffer: []u8) Error!usize {
+            const next_read_len = @min(buffer.len, self.remaining);
+            if (next_read_len == 0) return 0;
+            const len = try self.underlying_reader.read(buffer[0..next_read_len]);
+            self.remaining -= len;
+            return len;
+        }
+        pub fn reader(self: *Self) Reader {
+            return Reader{ .context = self };
+        }
+    };
+}
+fn limited_reader(reader: anytype, limit: usize) LimitedReader(@TypeOf(reader)) {
+    return .{
+        .underlying_reader = reader,
+        .remaining = limit,
+    };
+}
+
+/// `decompress` returns the actual CRC-32 of the decompressed bytes,
+/// which should be validated against the expected entry.crc32 value.
+/// `writer` can be anything with a `writeAll(self: *Self, chunk: []const u8) anyerror!void` method.
+pub fn decompress(
+    method: CompressionMethod,
+    compressed_size: u32,
+    uncompressed_size: u32,
+    reader: anytype,
+    writer: anytype,
+) !u32 {
+    var hash = std.hash.Crc32.init();
+
+    switch (method) {
+        .store => {
+            if (compressed_size != uncompressed_size)
+                return error.ZipUncompressSizeMismatch;
+
+            var buf: [std.mem.page_size]u8 = undefined;
+            var remaining: u32 = compressed_size;
+            while (remaining > 0) {
+                const chunk = buf[0..@min(remaining, buf.len)];
+                try reader.readNoEof(chunk);
+                try writer.writeAll(chunk);
+                hash.update(chunk);
+                remaining -= @intCast(chunk.len);
+            }
+        },
+        .deflate, .deflate64 => {
+            var br = std.io.bufferedReader(reader);
+            var lr = limited_reader(br.reader(), compressed_size);
+            var total_uncompressed: u32 = 0;
+            var decompressor = std.compress.flate.decompressor(lr.reader());
+            while (try decompressor.next()) |chunk| {
+                try writer.writeAll(chunk);
+                hash.update(chunk);
+                total_uncompressed += @intCast(chunk.len);
+            }
+            if (total_uncompressed != uncompressed_size)
+                return error.ZipUncompressSizeMismatch;
+        },
+        _ => return error.UnsupportedCompressionMethod,
+    }
+
+    return hash.final();
+}
+
+pub const Iterator = struct {
+    file: std.fs.File,
+    eocdr: EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord,
+    next_central_header_index: u16,
+    next_central_header_offset: u64,
+
+    pub fn init(file: std.fs.File) !Iterator {
+        const eocdr = blk: {
+            const eocdr_bytes = try findEocdr(file);
+            break :blk EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord.read(eocdr_bytes);
+        };
+
+        // Don't support multi-disk archives.
+        if (eocdr.disk_number != 0 or
+            eocdr.central_directory_disk_number != 0 or
+            eocdr.record_count_disk != eocdr.record_count_total)
+        {
+            return error.ZipUnsupportedMultiDisk;
+        }
+
+        return .{
+            .file = file,
+            .eocdr = eocdr,
+            .next_central_header_offset = 0,
+            .next_central_header_index = 0,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn next(self: *Iterator) !?Entry {
+        if (self.next_central_header_index >= self.eocdr.record_count_total) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        const header_file_offset: u64 = @as(u64, self.eocdr.central_directory_offset) + self.next_central_header_offset;
+        const header = blk: {
+            try self.file.seekTo(header_file_offset);
+            var header: [46]u8 = undefined;
+            const len = try self.file.readAll(&header);
+            if (len != header.len)
+                return error.ZipTruncated;
+            break :blk CentralDirectoryFileHeader.deserialize(header);
+        };
+        if (!std.mem.eql(u8, &header.signature, &central_file_header_sig))
+            return error.ZipHeader;
+
+        self.next_central_header_index += 1;
+        self.next_central_header_offset += 46 + header.filename_len + header.extra_len + header.comment_len;
+
+        if (header.disk_number != 0)
+            return error.ZipUnsupportedMultiDisk;
+        return .{
+            .header_file_offset = header_file_offset,
+            .header = header,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub const Entry = struct {
+        header_file_offset: u64,
+        header: CentralDirectoryFileHeader,
+
+        pub fn extract(self: Entry, zip_file: std.fs.File, filename_buf: []u8, dest: std.fs.Dir) !u32 {
+            if (filename_buf.len < self.header.filename_len)
+                return error.ZipInsufficientBuffer;
+            const filename = filename_buf[0..self.header.filename_len];
+
+            try zip_file.seekTo(self.header_file_offset + 46);
+            {
+                const len = try zip_file.readAll(filename);
+                if (len != filename.len)
+                    return error.ZipTruncated;
+            }
+
+            const local_data_header_offset: u64 = local_data_header_offset: {
+                const local_header = blk: {
+                    try zip_file.seekTo(self.header.local_file_header_offset);
+                    var local_header: [30]u8 = undefined;
+                    const len = try zip_file.readAll(&local_header);
+                    if (len != local_header.len)
+                        return error.ZipTruncated;
+                    break :blk LocalFileHeader.deserialize(local_header);
+                };
+                if (!std.mem.eql(u8, &local_header.signature, &local_file_header_sig))
+                    return error.ZipHeader;
+                // TODO: verify minimum_version
+                // TODO: verify flags
+                // TODO: verify compression method
+                // TODO: verify last_mod_time
+                // TODO: verify last_mod_date
+                // TODO: verify filename_len and filename?
+                // TODO: extra?
+
+                if (local_header.crc32 != 0 and local_header.crc32 != self.header.crc32)
+                    return error.ZipRedundancyFail;
+                if (local_header.compressed_size != 0 and
+                    local_header.compressed_size != self.header.compressed_size)
+                    return error.ZipRedundancyFail;
+                if (local_header.uncompressed_size != 0 and
+                    local_header.uncompressed_size != self.header.uncompressed_size)
+                    return error.ZipRedundancyFail;
+
+                break :local_data_header_offset @as(u64, local_header.filename_len) +
+                    @as(u64, local_header.extra_len);
+            };
+
+            if (filename.len == 0 or filename[0] == '/') {
+                return error.Invalid;
+            }
+
+            // All entries that end in '/' are directories
+            if (filename[filename.len - 1] == '/') {
+                if (self.header.uncompressed_size != 0)
+                    return error.ZipInvalid;
+                try dest.makePath(filename[0 .. filename.len - 1]);
+                return std.hash.Crc32.hash(&.{});
+            }
+
+            const out_file = blk: {
+                if (std.fs.path.dirname(filename)) |dirname| {
+                    var parent_dir = try dest.makeOpenPath(dirname, .{});
+                    defer parent_dir.close();
+
+                    const basename = std.fs.path.basename(filename);
+                    break :blk try parent_dir.createFile(basename, .{ .exclusive = true });
+                }
+                break :blk try dest.createFile(filename, .{ .exclusive = true });
+            };
+            defer out_file.close();
+            const local_data_file_offset: u64 =
+                @as(u64, self.header.local_file_header_offset) +
+                @as(u64, 30) +
+                local_data_header_offset;
+            try zip_file.seekTo(local_data_file_offset);
+            return try decompress(
+                self.header.compression_method,
+                self.header.compressed_size,
+                self.header.uncompressed_size,
+                zip_file.reader(),
+                out_file.writer(),
+            );
+        }
+    };
+};
+
+pub fn pipeToFileSystem(dest: std.fs.Dir, file: std.fs.File) !void {
+    var iter = try Iterator.init(file);
+
+    var filename_buf: [std.fs.MAX_PATH_BYTES]u8 = undefined;
+    while (try iter.next()) |entry| {
+        const crc32 = try entry.extract(file, &filename_buf, dest);
+        if (crc32 != entry.header.crc32)
+            return error.ZipCrcMismatch;
+    }
+}
+
+fn testZip(comptime files: []const File) !void {
+    var cache: [files.len]FileCache = undefined;
+    try testZipWithCache(files, &cache);
+}
+fn testZipWithCache(files: []const File, cache: []FileCache) !void {
+    var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{ .no_follow = true });
+    defer tmp.cleanup();
+    const dir = tmp.dir;
+
+    {
+        var file = try dir.createFile("zip", .{});
+        defer file.close();
+        try writeFile(file, files, cache);
+    }
+
+    var zip_file = try dir.openFile("zip", .{});
+    defer zip_file.close();
+    try pipeToFileSystem(dir, zip_file);
+
+    for (files) |test_file| {
+        var file = try dir.openFile(test_file.name, .{});
+        defer file.close();
+        var buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+        const n = try file.reader().readAll(&buf);
+        try testing.expectEqualStrings(test_file.content, buf[0..n]);
+    }
+}
+
+test "zip one file" {
+    try testZip(&[_]File{
+        .{ .name = "onefile.txt", .content = "Just a single file\n", .compression = .store },
+    });
+}
+test "zip multiple files" {
+    try testZip(&[_]File{
+        .{ .name = "foo", .content = "a foo file\n", .compression = .store },
+        .{ .name = "subdir/bar", .content = "bar is this right?\nanother newline\n", .compression = .store },
+        .{ .name = "subdir/another/baz", .content = "bazzy mc bazzerson", .compression = .store },
+    });
+}
+test "zip deflated" {
+    try testZip(&[_]File{
+        .{ .name = "deflateme", .content = "This is a deflated file.\nIt should be smaller in the Zip file1\n", .compression = .deflate },
+        .{ .name = "deflateme64", .content = "The 64k version of deflate!\n", .compression = .deflate64 },
+        .{ .name = "raw", .content = "Not all files need to be deflated in the same Zip.\n", .compression = .store },
+    });
+}
diff --git a/zip/test.zig b/zip/test.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5fae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zip/test.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const zip = @import("../zip.zig");
+
+pub const File = struct {
+    name: []const u8,
+    content: []const u8,
+    compression: zip.CompressionMethod,
+};
+pub const FileCache = struct {
+    offset: u32,
+    crc: u32,
+    compressed_size: u32,
+};
+
+pub fn writeFile(
+    out_file: std.fs.File,
+    files: []const File,
+    cache: []FileCache,
+) !void {
+    if (cache.len < files.len) return error.FileCacheTooSmall;
+
+    var bw = std.io.bufferedWriter(out_file.writer());
+    var counting = std.io.countingWriter(bw.writer());
+    const writer = counting.writer();
+
+    for (files, 0..) |file, i| {
+        cache[i].offset = @intCast(counting.bytes_written);
+        cache[i].crc = std.hash.Crc32.hash(file.content);
+
+        {
+            const hdr: zip.LocalFileHeader = .{
+                .signature = zip.local_file_header_sig,
+                .minimum_version = 0,
+                .flags = 0,
+                .compression_method = file.compression,
+                .last_modification_time = 0,
+                .last_modification_date = 0,
+                .crc32 = cache[i].crc,
+                .compressed_size = 0,
+                .uncompressed_size = @intCast(file.content.len),
+                .filename_len = @intCast(file.name.len),
+                .extra_len = 0,
+            };
+            try writer.writeAll(&hdr.serialize());
+        }
+        try writer.writeAll(file.name);
+        switch (file.compression) {
+            .store => {
+                try writer.writeAll(file.content);
+                cache[i].compressed_size = @intCast(file.content.len);
+            },
+            .deflate, .deflate64 => {
+                const offset = counting.bytes_written;
+                var fbs = std.io.fixedBufferStream(file.content);
+                try std.compress.flate.deflate.compress(.raw, fbs.reader(), writer, .{});
+                std.debug.assert(fbs.pos == file.content.len);
+                cache[i].compressed_size = @intCast(counting.bytes_written - offset);
+            },
+            else => unreachable,
+        }
+    }
+
+    const cd_offset = counting.bytes_written;
+    for (files, 0..) |file, i| {
+        {
+            const hdr: zip.CentralDirectoryFileHeader = .{
+                .signature = zip.central_file_header_sig,
+                .version = 0,
+                .minimum_version = 0,
+                .flags = 0,
+                .compression_method = file.compression,
+                .last_modification_time = 0,
+                .last_modification_date = 0,
+                .crc32 = cache[i].crc,
+                .compressed_size = cache[i].compressed_size,
+                .uncompressed_size = @intCast(file.content.len),
+                .filename_len = @intCast(file.name.len),
+                .extra_len = 0,
+                .comment_len = 0,
+                .disk_number = 0,
+                .internal_file_attributes = 0,
+                .external_file_attributes = 0,
+                .local_file_header_offset = cache[i].offset,
+            };
+            try writer.writeAll(&hdr.serialize());
+        }
+        try writer.writeAll(file.name);
+    }
+    const cd_end = counting.bytes_written;
+
+    {
+        const hdr: zip.EndOfCentralDirectoryRecord = .{
+            .disk_number = 0,
+            .central_directory_disk_number = 0,
+            .record_count_disk = @intCast(files.len),
+            .record_count_total = @intCast(files.len),
+            .central_directory_size = @intCast(cd_end - cd_offset),
+            .central_directory_offset = @intCast(cd_offset),
+            .comment_len = 0,
+        };
+        try writer.writeAll(&hdr.serialize());
+    }
+    try bw.flush();
+}