🗜️ HuffZip — File Compression Tool

Huffman Coding based File Compression Tool with XOR Encryption — built in C++ with a clean web GUI.

🔗 Live Demo: file-compression-tool-neon.vercel.app

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📸 Screenshot

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🚀 Features

• 🧠 Huffman Coding Algorithm — optimal lossless compression
• 🔐 XOR Encryption — optional file encryption on compress
• 📁 Any file type supported — text, binary, images
• 💻 Web GUI — drag & drop interface with live PowerShell command preview
• 📦 Compress & Decompress — full round-trip support

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🛠️ Tech Stack

Layer	Technology
Algorithm	Huffman Coding (C++)
Encryption	XOR Cipher (C++)
Frontend	HTML + JavaScript
Build	Makefile
Deployment	Vercel

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⚙️ Build & Run Locally

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/snehal-thombare08/File-Compression-Tool.git
cd File-Compression-Tool

# Build
make

# Compress a file
.\huffzip -c input.txt output.huf

# Decompress a file
.\huffzip -d output.huf restored.txt

# Compress with encryption
.\huffzip -c input.txt output.huf --encrypt

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📖 Usage (Web GUI)

1. Open file-compression-tool-neon.vercel.app
2. Select Compress or Decompress tab
3. Drop your file or click to browse
4. (Optional) Enable encryption
5. Click Compress file — download output

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👩‍💻 Author

Snehal Thombare — GitHub