Onionshare is compressing a single file
Author: fredagCreated Sep 19, 2026Updated Sep 19, 2026
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Details about your operating system
Operating system: Linux Version/distribution: Debian Bookworm Version of Onionshare: 2.6.5
How did you install OnionShare
- Pip (command line)
What is the problem
I'm trying to share a single zip-file (size around 2 gb), but Onionshare insists on re-compressing it. According to https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/issues/815 Onionshare default behavior should be no compression when sharing a single file (and it doesn't really make sense to compress a zip-file anyway).
it seems that this problem was also present in v2.6.4 according to https://github.com/onionshare/onionshare/issues/815#issuecomment-5144774540, who experienced the same on v2.6.4.
Can anything be done to avoid re-compression when sharing a single file using onionshare_cli?
Source: onionshare/onionshare