About this tool
Some forms want one archive instead of eight separate uploads, and some offices simply want everything in a single file they can pass along. This packages the documents you have already prepared into one ZIP, numbers them in the order you choose, and drops in a plain-text list of what is inside.
The numbering is the useful part. Drop ten files into a folder and a file manager will sort them alphabetically, so a marksheet lands before an application form and a photograph ends up somewhere in the middle. Here you set the order with the arrows, and each file gets a 01-, 02-, 03- prefix that holds that order wherever the archive is opened. The manifest.txt beside them lists each name with its exact byte count, so the person on the other end can see nothing was dropped in transit.
Nothing inside is touched. The bytes of each file are copied into the archive unchanged, and the ZIP is deliberately built without compression — squeezing an already-compressed JPEG or PDF a second time gains a rounding error and costs real seconds on a slow handset. It follows that this tool cannot rescue a file that is too big or in the wrong format. Fix those first, then package. And before you package at all, confirm that the place you are submitting to actually wants a ZIP; a good number of portals want each document on its own and will refuse an archive.
The whole thing is assembled in your browser. Your documents are read into memory on your device, zipped by your own processor, and handed back as a download. Nothing is uploaded, so a large bundle takes as long as your phone needs and not a second more.
How to use this tool
- Add your prepared files. Any file type, in any mix. Up to 50 MB each and 100 MB in total. Get them to their final state first — this step only packages them.
- Put them in the order you want. The arrows beside each file move it earlier or later. That order becomes the numbering inside the ZIP, so put them in the sequence the form lists them.
- Name the ZIP. It starts at “my-application”, up to 60 characters. Spaces and punctuation the filesystem dislikes are replaced with underscores.
- Run it and download. You get one ZIP containing your files renamed 01-, 02-, 03- and so on in your chosen order, plus a manifest.txt listing every file with its exact byte count.
What this tool does not do
- It compresses nothing. The ZIP is about as large as the files inside it.
- It does not resize, convert, rotate or repair anything. Files go in and come out byte for byte identical.
- It validates nothing — not size, not format, not contents — and cannot tell you whether a portal will accept the archive or its contents.
- It cannot set a password on the ZIP or encrypt it.
- Filenames are cleaned up: anything other than letters, numbers, dots, hyphens and underscores becomes an underscore, and long names are shortened.
Common questions
Does packaging make the files smaller?
No. The ZIP is built without compression, so it comes out roughly the sum of what went into it. That is on purpose: re-compressing a JPEG or a PDF inside a ZIP saves almost nothing and costs time on an old phone. If you need smaller files, make them smaller before you package them.
Are my files changed in any way?
The bytes are copied exactly. Nothing is re-encoded, resized, rotated or converted. The only change is the name, which gets a two-digit prefix and has awkward characters replaced. Whatever you put in comes out identical.
What is in manifest.txt?
A plain-text list of every file in the ZIP with its size in bytes, under a short header noting that the files are included as supplied and that you should confirm your portal's requirements. It is there so whoever opens the archive can see at a glance that nothing is missing.
Why are the files renamed with numbers?
So the order survives. A ZIP has no inherent sequence, and file managers sort alphabetically, which scatters documents named after what they are. A 01- to 09- prefix keeps them in the order you set.
Will the portal accept a ZIP?
Only if it asks for one. Plenty of forms want each document uploaded separately and will reject an archive outright. Check the instructions on the site you are applying to before you spend time on this.
Does it check that my documents are correct?
Not at all. It does not look at sizes, formats, dimensions or contents. Use the document size checker before this if you want that pass, and read your portal's own instructions either way.