libarchive is an open‑source, cross‑platform C library designed for reading and writing a wide variety of archive and compression formats. It provides a unified, streaming‑based API that allows applications to efficiently handle archives without loading entire files into memory.

For qualification needs, Validas provides a specialized libarchive Qualification Kit.

Our Compliance and Safety Framework (COSAFE) aligns requirements from leading standards such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and others.

Matched with a customized Qualification Package for libarchive, it delivers a full Qualification Kit designed to support compliance and boost confidence in safety‑critical applications.