freeCodeCamp/freeCodeCamp

Improve solution download format to ZIP project structure

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#65,887 opened on Feb 14, 2026

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Description

Currently, solutions download as a single .txt file containing HTML, CSS, and JS together. It would improve developer experience if the solution downloaded as a ZIP file containing properly separated files like:

  • index.html
  • styles.css
  • script.js

This would make the project immediately runnable and align with real-world project structure.

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Research direction
Investigate how the current solution download endpoint generates the .txt file, then modify it to create a ZIP archive containing separate index.html, styles.css, and script.js files. Consider using a library like 'archiver' or 'jszip'.
Tech stack
typescriptjavascript
Domain
backenddeveloper experience
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Git
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75