ZIP for Client Delivery

This tool is for the moment a project is finished and needs to leave your hands looking finished. It fits freelancers and agencies handing off design files, developers shipping source code alongside its documentation, photographers sending a final gallery with the raw set, and consultants packaging a report with supporting notes. Instead of a loose pile of files named export_final_v3, the recipient opens one archive with a clear name, a folder layout that matches the type of work, and a README that says what the package is.

It is built around six delivery types, each with its own folder preset: Design files (Final Files, Source Files, Preview, Notes), Website files (Final, Source, Documentation), Source code (Source, Documentation, Notes), Documents (Documents, Notes), Photos (Final Photos, Source Photos, Notes), and a General delivery (Deliverables, Notes). Pick the one closest to your work and the structure and README contents adjust to suit it.

It is not a transfer or hosting service and does not deploy anything. It produces a single ZIP you download and then send through email, a shared drive, or a client portal yourself. There is no account, no link, and nothing is kept after you close the tab.

The flow is short. Drop or select your files (folders are allowed, up to 200 MB per batch), choose a delivery type, and optionally fill in project name, client name, a prepared-by contact, and notes. Two checkboxes control whether a README.txt and a MANIFEST.txt are included, both on by default. The archive filename defaults to client-project-delivery-YYYY-MM-DD.zip using today's date, and you can overwrite it. Click Create delivery ZIP and the file downloads.

The README.txt is plain text in a light Markdown style: a project heading, client, the delivery date, contact, a contents list of the chosen folders, and your notes. The MANIFEST.txt lists every delivered file with its size and a total count, which gives the recipient a quick way to confirm nothing is missing. Compression is standard DEFLATE, so the result is a normal ZIP any operating system can open.

One behavior to understand up front: all your uploaded files are placed inside the first folder of the chosen type, and the remaining folders are created empty as a suggested structure. The tool does not read your files or sort them into Source versus Final versus Preview. It builds the scaffold and the paperwork; deciding what belongs where is still yours.

The most common surprise is expecting automatic sorting. Because everything lands in the main folder and the others ship empty, a client may open Source Files or Documentation and find nothing there. If you want files distributed across folders, organize them into matching subfolders before dropping them in, or treat the empty folders as placeholders you mention in your notes.

The README and MANIFEST are plain text, so do not rely on rich formatting, clickable links, or images rendering. Project, client, contact, and notes are all optional, which means a blank field simply produces a thinner README; fill them in if you want the package to look complete. The date in both files and the default filename is generated automatically, so double-check it reflects the day you intend to send.

Finally, the 200 MB batch limit and the fact that processing happens in your browser mean very large photo or video deliveries can be slow or hit the ceiling. For those, deliver in parts or use a tool meant for heavy archives. This tool also adds no password or encryption, so it is not the right choice when the contents are confidential and need protection in transit.

Before sending, open the ZIP yourself and walk through it as the client would. Confirm the folder you expected holds the actual deliverables, that the empty placeholder folders are intentional, and that the file count and sizes in MANIFEST.txt match what you meant to include. Read the README.txt to check the project name, client name, date, contact, and notes are correct and free of placeholder text, and verify the archive filename is the one you want to appear in their inbox.

It is worth extracting the archive once in a separate location rather than only previewing it, since that is how the recipient will experience it and the surest way to catch a missing or misplaced file. Take a moment to confirm nothing private slipped in among the dropped files, especially if you uploaded a whole folder.

For deliveries tied to official, financial, or legal obligations, such as contract documents, audited figures, or signed records, verify the contents manually and keep your own master copy. This tool packages and labels files; it does not validate that they are complete, accurate, or legally sufficient, so the final responsibility for what is inside remains with you.