diff --git a/apps/files_archive/appinfo/app.php b/apps/files_archive/appinfo/app.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e75f6fa055997c9d3683a8db62490ba4062a7ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/appinfo/app.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_Archive'] = 'apps/files_archive/lib/archive.php';
+foreach(array('ZIP') as $type){
+	OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_Archive_'.$type] = 'apps/files_archive/lib/'.strtolower($type).'.php';
+}
+
+OC::$CLASSPATH['OC_Filestorage_Archive']='apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php';
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/appinfo/info.xml b/apps/files_archive/appinfo/info.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df767d39f6b602d297fb040c3017737b870dfa50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/appinfo/info.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<info>
+	<id>files_archive</id>
+	<name>Archive support</name>
+	<description>Transparent opening of archives</description>
+	<version>0.1</version>
+	<licence>AGPL</licence>
+	<author>Robin Appelman</author>
+	<require>3</require>
+</info>
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/lib/archive.php b/apps/files_archive/lib/archive.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..be89f894fb7ff8c3fcab13a5a81ce9bb53d31100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/lib/archive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+abstract class OC_Archive{
+	/**
+	 * open any of the supporeted archive types
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return OC_Archive
+	 */
+	public static function open($path){
+		$ext=substr($path,strrpos($path,'.'));
+		switch($ext){
+			case '.zip':
+				return new OC_Archive_ZIP($path);
+		}
+	}
+	
+	abstract function __construct($source);
+	/**
+	 * add an empty folder to the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	abstract function addFolder($path);
+	/**
+	 * add a file to the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @param string source either a local file or string data
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	abstract function addFile($path,$source='');
+	/**
+	 * rename a file or folder in the archive
+	 * @param string source
+	 * @param string dest
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	abstract function rename($source,$dest);
+	/**
+	 * get the uncompressed size of a file in the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	abstract function filesize($path);
+	/**
+	 * get the last modified time of a file in the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	abstract function mtime($path);
+	/**
+	 * get the files in a folder
+	 * @param path
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	abstract function getFolder($path);
+	/**
+	 *get all files in the archive
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	abstract function getFiles();
+	/**
+	 * get the content of a file
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	abstract function getFile($path);
+	/**
+	 * extract a single file from the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @param string dest
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	abstract function extractFile($path,$dest);
+	/**
+	 * check if a file or folder exists in the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	abstract function fileExists($path);
+	/**
+	 * remove a file or folder from the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	abstract function remove($path);
+	/**
+	 * get a file handler
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @param string mode
+	 * @return resource
+	 */
+	abstract function getStream($path,$mode);
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php b/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f4c0ef2abe06c941b76d14c24bd557ee412229c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/lib/storage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+class OC_Filestorage_Archive extends OC_Filestorage_Common{
+	/**
+	 * underlying local storage used for missing functions
+	 * @var OC_Archive
+	 */
+	private $archive;
+	private $path;
+	
+	private function stripPath($path){//files should never start with /
+		if(substr($path,0,1)=='/'){
+			return substr($path,1);
+		}
+		return $path;
+	}
+	
+	public function __construct($params){
+		$this->archive=OC_Archive::open($params['archive']);
+		$this->path=$params['archive'];
+	}
+
+	public function mkdir($path){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		return $this->archive->addFolder($path);
+	}
+	public function rmdir($path){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		return $this->archive->remove($path.'/');
+	}
+	public function opendir($path){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		$content=$this->archive->getFolder($path);
+		foreach($content as &$file){
+			if(substr($file,-1)=='/'){
+				$file=substr($file,0,-1);
+			}
+		}
+		$id=md5($this->path.$path);
+		OC_FakeDirStream::$dirs[$id]=$content;
+		return opendir('fakedir://'.$id);
+	}
+	public function stat($path){
+		$ctime=filectime($this->path);
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		if($path==''){
+			$stat=stat($this->path);
+		}else{
+			$stat=array();
+			$stat['mtime']=$this->archive->mtime($path);
+			$stat['size']=$this->archive->filesize($path);
+		}
+		$stat['ctime']=$ctime;
+		return $stat;
+	}
+	public function filetype($path){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		if($path==''){
+			return 'dir';
+		}
+		return $this->archive->fileExists($path.'/')?'dir':'file';
+	}
+	public function is_readable($path){
+		return is_readable($this->path);
+	}
+	public function is_writable($path){
+		return is_writable($this->path);
+	}
+	public function file_exists($path){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		if($path==''){
+			return file_exists($this->path);
+		}
+		return $this->archive->fileExists($path) or $this->archive->fileExists($path.'/');
+	}
+	public function unlink($path){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		return $this->archive->remove($path);
+	}
+	public function fopen($path,$mode){
+		$path=$this->stripPath($path);
+		return $this->archive->getStream($path,$mode);
+	}
+	public function free_space($path){
+		return 0;
+	}
+	public function touch($path, $mtime=null){
+		if(is_null($mtime)){
+			$tmpFile=OC_Helper::tmpFile();
+			$this->archive->extractFile($path,$tmpFile);
+			$this->archive->addfile($path,$tmpFile);
+		}else{
+			return false;//not supported
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php b/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eab101b3a5c0d7ae2bcff246d2527309201eff0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/lib/zip.php
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+class OC_Archive_ZIP extends OC_Archive{
+	/**
+	 * @var ZipArchive zip
+	 */
+	private $zip=null;
+	private $contents=array();
+	private $success=false;
+	private $path;
+	
+	function __construct($source){
+		$this->path=$source;
+		$this->zip=new ZipArchive();
+		if($this->zip->open($source,ZipArchive::CREATE)){
+		}else{
+			OC_LOG::write('files_archive','Error while opening archive '.$source,OC_Log::WARN);
+		}
+	}
+	/**
+	 * add an empty folder to the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	function addFolder($path){
+		return $this->zip->addEmptyDir($path);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * add a file to the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @param string source either a local file or string data
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	function addFile($path,$source=''){
+		if(file_exists($source)){
+			$result=$this->zip->addFile($source,$path);
+		}else{
+			$result=$this->zip->addFromString($path,$source);
+		}
+		if($result){
+			$this->zip->close();//close and reopen to save the zip
+			$this->zip->open($this->path);
+		}
+		return $result;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * rename a file or folder in the archive
+	 * @param string source
+	 * @param string dest
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	function rename($source,$dest){
+		return $this->zip->renameName($source,$dest);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * get the uncompressed size of a file in the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	function filesize($path){
+		$stat=$this->zip->statName($path);
+		return $stat['size'];
+	}
+	/**
+	 * get the last modified time of a file in the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	function mtime($path){
+		$stat=$this->zip->statName($path);
+		return $stat['mtime'];
+	}
+	/**
+	 * get the files in a folder
+	 * @param path
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	function getFolder($path){
+		$files=$this->getFiles();
+		$folderContent=array();
+		$pathLength=strlen($path);
+		foreach($files as $file){
+			if(substr($file,0,$pathLength)==$path and $file!=$path){
+				if(strrpos(substr($file,0,-1),'/')<=$pathLength){
+					$folderContent[]=substr($file,$pathLength);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return $folderContent;
+	}
+	/**
+	 *get all files in the archive
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	function getFiles(){
+		if(count($this->contents)){
+			return $this->contents;
+		}
+		$fileCount=$this->zip->numFiles;
+		$files=array();
+		for($i=0;$i<$fileCount;$i++){
+			$files[]=$this->zip->getNameIndex($i);
+		}
+		$this->contents=$files;
+		return $files;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * get the content of a file
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	function getFile($path){
+		return $this->zip->getFromName($path);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * extract a single file from the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @param string dest
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	function extractFile($path,$dest){
+		$fp = $this->zip->getStream($path);
+		file_put_contents($dest,$fp);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * check if a file or folder exists in the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	function fileExists($path){
+		return $this->zip->locateName($path)!==false;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * remove a file or folder from the archive
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	function remove($path){
+		return $this->zip->deleteName($path);
+	}
+	/**
+	 * get a file handler
+	 * @param string path
+	 * @param string mode
+	 * @return resource
+	 */
+	function getStream($path,$mode){
+		if($mode=='r' or $mode=='rb'){
+			return $this->zip->getStream($path);
+		}else{//since we cant directly get a writable stream, make a temp copy of the file and put it back in the archive when the stream is closed
+			if(strrpos($path,'.')!==false){
+				$ext=substr($path,strrpos($path,'.'));
+			}else{
+				$ext='';
+			}
+			$tmpFile=OC_Helper::tmpFile($ext);
+			OC_CloseStreamWrapper::$callBacks[$tmpFile]=array($this,'writeBack');
+			if($this->fileExists($path)){
+				$this->extractFile($path,$tmpFile);
+			}
+			self::$tempFiles[$tmpFile]=$path;
+			return fopen('close://'.$tmpFile,$mode);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static $tempFiles=array();
+	/**
+	 * write back temporary files
+	 */
+	function writeBack($tmpFile){
+		if(isset(self::$tempFiles[$tmpFile])){
+			$this->addFile(self::$tempFiles[$tmpFile],$tmpFile);
+			unlink($tmpFile);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e26b5e03b5c430456394f7e28f9a6030beb25d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/archive.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+abstract class Test_Archive extends UnitTestCase {
+	/**
+	 * @var OC_Archive
+	 */
+	protected $instance;
+
+	/**
+	 * get the existing test archive
+	 * @return OC_Archive
+	 */
+	abstract protected function getExisting();
+	/**
+	 * get a new archive for write testing
+	 * @return OC_Archive
+	 */
+	abstract protected function getNew();
+	
+	public function testGetFiles(){
+		$this->instance=$this->getExisting();
+		$allFiles=$this->instance->getFiles();
+		$expected=array('lorem.txt','logo-wide.png','dir/','dir/lorem.txt');
+		$this->assertEqual(4,count($allFiles));
+		foreach($expected as $file){
+			$this->assertNotIdentical(false,array_search($file,$allFiles),'cant find '.$file.' in archive');
+			$this->assertTrue($this->instance->fileExists($file));
+		}
+		$this->assertFalse($this->instance->fileExists('non/existing/file'));
+		
+		$rootContent=$this->instance->getFolder('');
+		$expected=array('lorem.txt','logo-wide.png','dir/');
+		$this->assertEqual(3,count($rootContent));
+		foreach($expected as $file){
+			$this->assertNotIdentical(false,array_search($file,$rootContent),'cant find '.$file.' in archive');
+		}
+
+		$dirContent=$this->instance->getFolder('dir/');
+		$expected=array('lorem.txt');
+		$this->assertEqual(1,count($dirContent));
+		foreach($expected as $file){
+			$this->assertNotIdentical(false,array_search($file,$dirContent),'cant find '.$file.' in archive');
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public function testContent(){
+		$this->instance=$this->getExisting();
+		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
+		$textFile=$dir.'/lorem.txt';
+		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($textFile),$this->instance->getFile('lorem.txt'));
+		
+		$tmpFile=OC_Helper::tmpFile('.txt');
+		$this->instance->extractFile('lorem.txt',$tmpFile);
+		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($textFile),file_get_contents($tmpFile));
+	}
+
+	public function testWrite(){
+		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
+		$textFile=$dir.'/lorem.txt';
+		$this->instance=$this->getNew();
+		$this->assertEqual(0,count($this->instance->getFiles()));
+		$this->instance->addFile('lorem.txt',$textFile);
+		$this->assertEqual(1,count($this->instance->getFiles()));
+		$this->assertTrue($this->instance->fileExists('lorem.txt'));
+		
+		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($textFile),$this->instance->getFile('lorem.txt'));
+		$this->instance->addFile('lorem.txt','foobar');
+		$this->assertEqual('foobar',$this->instance->getFile('lorem.txt'));
+	}
+
+	public function testReadStream(){
+		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
+		$this->instance=$this->getExisting();
+		$fh=$this->instance->getStream('lorem.txt','r');
+		$this->assertTrue($fh);
+		$content=fread($fh,$this->instance->filesize('lorem.txt'));
+		fclose($fh);
+		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($dir.'/lorem.txt'),$content);
+	}
+	public function testWriteStream(){
+		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
+		$this->instance=$this->getNew();
+		$fh=$this->instance->getStream('lorem.txt','w');
+		$source=fopen($dir.'/lorem.txt','r');
+		OC_Helper::streamCopy($source,$fh);
+		fclose($source);
+		fclose($fh);
+		$this->assertTrue($this->instance->fileExists('lorem.txt'));
+		$this->assertEqual(file_get_contents($dir.'/lorem.txt'),$this->instance->getFile('lorem.txt'));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1dfaca2ce5c10428fb93ad1b3109e782ce1d4931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/storage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+class Test_Filestorage_Archive_Zip extends Test_FileStorage {
+	/**
+	 * @var string tmpDir
+	 */
+	public function setUp(){
+		$tmpFile=OC_Helper::tmpFile('.zip');
+		$this->instance=new OC_Filestorage_Archive(array('archive'=>$tmpFile));
+	}
+}
+
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php b/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ff713eda706361be11a668ac37b5b659b835520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/files_archive/tests/zip.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 Robin Appelman <icewind@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+require_once('archive.php');
+
+class Test_Archive_ZIP extends Test_Archive{
+	protected function getExisting(){
+		$dir=OC::$SERVERROOT.'/apps/files_archive/tests/data';
+		return new OC_Archive_ZIP($dir.'/data.zip');
+	}
+
+	protected function getNew(){
+		return new OC_Archive_ZIP(OC_Helper::tmpFile('.zip'));
+	}
+}