Download Multiple Files as a ZIP in React — Including Multi-GB Archives

A “Download all as ZIP” button in React starts simple. A production version also needs progress, cancellation, retry, useful errors, and a plan for archives that are too large for browser memory. In this tutorial, we’ll use Eazip , an open-source ZIP toolkit for JavaScript and React. Its React package gives you a hook for starting ZIP jobs and a ready-made tray for showing their status. Everyday files can be zipped entirely in the browser. When the same feature needs to handle multi-GB archives or thousands of remote URLs, it can move the job to Eazip Cloud without adding any backend code. Install the React package npm install @eazip/react @eazip/react requires React 18 or later. It includes the core ZIP engine, so you do not need to install another Eazip package. Build a working ZIP download component This component lets a user select several files and download them as one ZIP: import { useState } from ' react ' ; import { EazipTray , useEazip } from ' @eazip/react ' ; export function FileZipDownload () { const [ files , setFiles ] = useState < File [] > ([]); const zip = useEazip (); return ( < section > < label > Files to download < input type = "file" multiple onChange = { ( event ) => setFiles ( Array . from ( event . currentTarget . files ?? [])) } /> </ label > < button type = "button" disabled = { files . length === 0 || zip . isBusy } onClick = { () => zip . download ({ files , zipName : ' selected-files.zip ' , }) } > Download { files . length || '' } files as ZIP </ button > < EazipTray /> </ section > ); } There are three Eazip pieces in this example: useEazip() gives the component its download commands and current task. zip.download() starts the ZIP job and returns immediately. <EazipTray /> shows progress, cancel, retry, partial results, errors, and the completed download. No provider or CSS import is required. What happens to the selected files? Without a strategy option, Eazip uses its Local strategy. The selected File objects stay on the user’s devi