diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f2bf630..b5355c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,10 @@ target/
 
 # Common folder for generated shell completions and man pages
 artifacts/
+
+# extra files generated by benchmarks
+/benchmarks/compiler/
+/benchmarks/rust/
+/benchmarks/input.*
+/benchmarks/*.md
+!/benchmarks/results.md
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 85af6a5..c9832d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ Categories Used:
 - Show subcommand aliases on --help [\#275](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/275) ([marcospb19](https://github.com/marcospb19))
 - Update dependencies [\#276](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/276) ([figsoda](https://github.com/figsoda))
 - Rewrite progress module [\#280](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/280) ([figsoda](https://github.com/figsoda))
+- Create scripts for benchmarking ouch [\#280](https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/pull/280) ([figsoda](https://github.com/figsoda))
 
 ### Regression
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh b/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..225a60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/run-benchmarks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Input files used:
+# - `compiler` (27 MB) for compressed formats.
+# - `rust`    (229 MB) for uncompressed formats.
+#
+# Compressed formats benchmarked:
+# - .tar.gz
+# - .zip
+#
+# Uncompressed formats benchmarked:
+# - .tar
+
+set -e
+
+DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP="rm output -r"
+
+function call_hyperfine() {
+    hyperfine "$@" \
+        --warmup 4 \
+        --export-markdown "${FUNCNAME[1]}.md"
+}
+
+function tar_compression() {
+    cleanup="rm output.tar"
+
+    call_hyperfine \
+        'ouch compress rust output.tar' \
+        'tar -cvf output.tar rust' \
+        --prepare "$cleanup || true"
+
+    $cleanup
+}
+
+function tar_decompression() {
+    echo "Creating tar archive to benchmark decompression..."
+    ouch compress rust input.tar --yes &> /dev/null
+
+    call_hyperfine \
+        'ouch decompress input.tar --dir output' \
+        'tar -xv -C output -f input.tar' \
+        --prepare "$DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP || true" \
+        --prepare "$DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP || true ; mkdir output"
+
+    $DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP
+}
+
+function tar_gz_compression() {
+    cleanup="rm output.tar.gz"
+
+    call_hyperfine \
+        'ouch compress compiler output.tar.gz' \
+        'tar -cvzf output.tar.gz compiler' \
+        --prepare "$cleanup || true"
+
+    $cleanup
+}
+
+function tar_gz_decompression() {
+    echo "Creating tar.gz archive to benchmark decompression..."
+    ouch compress compiler input.tar.gz --yes &> /dev/null
+
+    call_hyperfine \
+        'ouch decompress input.tar.gz --dir output' \
+        'tar -xvz -C output -f input.tar.gz' \
+        --prepare "$DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP || true" \
+        --prepare "$DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP || true ; mkdir output"
+
+    $DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP
+}
+
+function zip_compression() {
+    cleanup="rm output.zip"
+
+    call_hyperfine \
+        'zip output.zip -r compiler' \
+        'ouch compress compiler output.zip' \
+        --prepare "$cleanup || true"
+
+    $cleanup
+}
+
+function zip_decompression() {
+    echo "Creating zip archive to benchmark decompression..."
+    ouch compress compiler input.zip --yes &> /dev/null
+
+    call_hyperfine \
+        'ouch decompress input.zip --dir output' \
+        'unzip input.zip -d output' \
+        --prepare "$DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP || true"
+
+    $DESCOMPRESSION_CLEANUP
+}
+
+function run_benches() {
+    tar_compression
+    tar_decompression
+    tar_gz_compression
+    tar_gz_decompression
+    zip_compression
+    zip_decompression
+}
+
+function concatenate_results() {
+    cat tar_compression.md <(echo) \
+        tar_decompression.md <(echo) \
+        tar_gz_compression.md <(echo) \
+        tar_gz_decompression.md <(echo) \
+        zip_compression.md <(echo) \
+        zip_decompression.md > results.md
+}
+
+run_benches
+concatenate_results
+
+echo
+echo "check results at results.md"
diff --git a/benchmarks/setup-benchmarks.sh b/benchmarks/setup-benchmarks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ced6f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/setup-benchmarks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Run this script inside of the folder `benchmarks` to download
+# the input files to run the benchmarks.
+#
+# ```
+# cd benchmarks
+# ./setup-benchmarks.sh
+# ```
+#
+# It will download rust-lang's source code.
+#
+# After this, you can run `./run-benchmarks.sh`.
+#
+# Input files downloaded:
+# - `compiler` (27 MB) for compressed formats.
+# - `rust`    (229 MB) for uncompressed formats.
+
+set -e
+
+function setup() {
+    if [[ -d "rust" || -d "compiler" ]]; then
+        echo "Input files already exist, try deleting before downloading again."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Download the Rust 1.65.0 source code
+    git clone -b 1.65.0 https://github.com/rust-lang/rust --depth 1
+
+    # Delete write-protected files to make benchmark cleanup simpler
+    rm rust/.git -fr
+
+    # Separate the compiler code
+    cp rust/compiler -r compiler
+}
+
+setup
+
+echo "tip: if you see a git warning above, you can ignore it"
diff --git a/benchmarks/shell.nix b/benchmarks/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7f37ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }:
+
+with pkgs;
+
+let
+  ouch = rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+    pname = "ouch";
+    inherit ((lib.importTOML ../Cargo.toml).package) version;
+    src = ../.;
+    cargoLock.lockFile = ../Cargo.lock;
+  };
+in
+
+mkShell {
+  packages = [
+    gnutar
+    hyperfine
+    ouch
+    unzip
+    zip
+  ];
+}