vaqum

Losslessly compress files 5x faster and 12% smaller output than zip/gzip at defaults (optionally encrypted), decompress them, diff (displayed on editor or HTML report), search and find duplicates, and securely shred them — from the command line.

Install

npm i -g @marcdomain/vaqum

This package is a thin wrapper: npm install fetches the real native vaqum binary for your platform from the matching GitHub Release, verifies its checksum, and installs it as the vaqum command.

Usage

vaqum compress <path>... [-o out] [-l 1-22] [--max] [-r] [--dedup] [--exclude <pattern>] [--profile <name>] [-v] [-e] [--key-file <f>] [-q]
vaqum decompress <path.vaqum|.zip|.tar.gz> [-o dir] [--verify] [--key-file <f>] [--max-ratio <n>] [--force] [-q]
vaqum diff <a> <b> [--html report.html] [--open] [--editor]
vaqum dedupe <dir> [--link] [-q]
vaqum search <pattern> [path] [-i] [-E]
vaqum shred <path> [-r] [-p passes] [-y] [-q]
vaqum info <path>
vaqum completions <bash|zsh|fish|powershell|elvish> [--install]
vaqum config <show|path|init>

compress accepts multiple files/directories, bundled into one archive (-o required). --exclude <pattern> (repeatable, end with / for a directory) skips matching paths — also read from a .vaqumignore file at each directory's root.

config persists compress defaults and named profiles (--profile <name>) at ~/.config/vaqum/config.toml; config init scaffolds one, config show prints what's resolved. CLI flags always win over a profile, which wins over the config file's defaults.

info also works on a plain file or directory (not just .vaqum archives), showing size, checksum, and timestamps.

decompress/info also read .zip and .tar.gz/.tgz (detected by content) as a convenience — read-only; vaqum's own format is the only supported output.

completions --install writes the completion script to that shell's standard user directory (auto-detected from $SHELL if omitted) instead of printing it.

A progress bar shows on compress/decompress/dedupe/shred in an interactive terminal; suppress it with -q or by piping output.

Run vaqum <command> --help for full flag documentation.

Full docs, source, and issues: https://github.com/marcdomain/vaqum