# The `tectonic_io_base` create
This crate is part of [the Tectonic
project](https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/en-US/). It provides basic types
for Tectonic’s pluggable I/O backend system, with implementations for `std` I/O
types as well as `flate2` gzip streams.
[![](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/tectonic_io_base)](https://crates.io/crates/tectonic_io_base)
- [API documentation](https://docs.rs/tectonic_io_base/).
- [Main Git repository](https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/).