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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Hatnote". This article compares several notable file archiver utilities. Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are for full release versions (not prerelease) and for installations without extra aspects such as add-ons, extensions or external programs.

General information

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File archivers	Developer	Initial release	Platform	Latest release version	Latest release date	Status	License	Cost (USD)
7-Zip	Igor Pavlov	1999-01-02	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
ALZip	ESTsoft	1999Template:Efn	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	No costTemplate:Efn
Archive Manager (File Roller)	Paolo Bacchilega	2001-05-12	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
Archive Utility	Apple	2003-10-24	macOS	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	BundledTemplate:Efn
Ark	KDE team	1997	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
B1 Free Archiver	Adam Buyer	2011-08	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (Linux), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (Linux), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Active	Proprietary	No cost
BetterZip	MacItBetter	2006-05	macOS	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	$29.95 USD
Commander One	Eltima Software	2015-08-04	macOS	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	Standard at no cost. $29.95 Pro Pack.
Compressed Folders	Microsoft	1998-06-25	Windows	Windows 8.1	2013-08-27	Active	Proprietary	BundledTemplate:Efn
Disk ARchiver	Denis Corbin	2002	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
Expander	Haiku	2002	Haiku	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
Filzip	Philipp Engel	Template:Unk	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Proprietary	No cost
FreeArc	Bulat Ziganshin	2007-11-01Template:Efn	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
iArchiver	Dare to be Creative Ltd.	2007-10-21	macOS	1.4.1	2008-10-30	Inactive	Proprietary	$26
Info-ZIP (Wzip)	Samuel Smith	1989-03	Cross-platform	6.0	2009-04-29	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
KGB Archiver	Tomasz Pawlak	2006-04-01	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Template:Open source	No cost
PeaZip	Giorgio Tani	2006-04-19	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
PKZIP	Phil Katz	1989	Cross-platform	12.4^[1]	2009-09	Active	Proprietary	$29.00
PowerArchiver	ConexWare	1999-03	macOS	Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Active	Proprietary	$22.95
StuffIt	Smith Micro Software	1987	Cross-platform	15.0.7^[2]	2011-12-01	Inactive	Proprietary	$49.99 Deluxe.^[3] $79.99 French Deluxe.^[4] Windows: $14.99 Standard.^[5] $29.99 Deluxe.^[6] $49.99 French (or German) Deluxe.^[7]^[8] No cost for expander.
TAR	AT&T	1979, 1987 (pdtar), 1997 (star)	Cross-platform	3.5.2 (BSD tar), Template:Wikidata (GNU tar), 1.6.0 (star)	2021-08-23 (BSD tar), Template:Wikidata (GNU tar), 2019-04-15 (star)	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
The Unarchiver	Circlesoft	2006-07-01	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	No cost
Terse	IBM	1984-07-01				Active	Proprietary	No cost
TUGZip	Christian Kindahl	2002-08-18	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Proprietary	No cost
WinAce	e-merge GmbH	Template:Unk	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Proprietary	$29.00 Standard. $39.00 Plus. No cost for expander.Template:Efn
WinRAR	Eugene Roshal Alexander Roshal	1993	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	$29.^[9] No cost for expander.
WinZip	WinZip Computing, Inc	1991	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (iOS), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (iOS), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Active	Proprietary	$29.95 Standard. $49.95 Pro.
XAD (XADMaster.library)	Dirk Stoecker	1998	Cross-platform	13.1		Active	Proprietary	Shareware No cost for non-commercial use.
Xarchiver	Giuseppe Torelli	Template:Unk	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	No cost
ZipGenius	Matteo Riso of M.Dev Software	2003-05	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Proprietary	No cost
ZPAQ	Matt Mahoney	2009-03	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source^[10]	No cost
File archivers	Developer	Initial release	Platform	Latest release version	Latest release date	Status	License	Cost (USD)

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Operating system support

The following table identifies the operating systems that archivers can run on directly

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File archivers	Windows	DOS	macOS	Linux	BSD	Other Unix	AmigaOS	Android	Windows Mobile	Windows Phone
7-Zip	YesTemplate:Efn	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interface	No	Yes	No
ALZip	Yes	Command-line interface^[11]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ALZip for Mac	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Archive Manager	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Archive Utility	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ark	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
B1 Free Archiver	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
BetterZip	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
bsdtar/libarchive	Yes, bundledTemplate:Efn	No	Yes, bundled	Yes	Yes, bundled	Yes	Partial	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No
Commander One	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disk ARchiver	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Filzip	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
FreeArc	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
GNU tar	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
iArchiver	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
Info-ZIP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	YesTemplate:Efn	No
KGB Archiver	YesTemplate:Efn	Partial	Command-line interface	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Template:Unk	?
PeaZip	YesTemplate:Efn	No	Yes^[12]	Yes	Yes	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
PKZIP	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
PowerArchiver	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
Star	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	?
StuffIt	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	X86 only, older version (5.2.0?)	No	older version (5.2.0?)	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
The Unarchiver	Command-line interface	No	Yes	Command-line interface	No	No	No	Template:Unk	No	?
TUGZip	Yes	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
WinAce	Yes	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interface expander onlyTemplate:Efn	X86, Command-line interface expander onlyTemplate:Efn	No	No	Command-line interface expander only	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
WinRAR and RAR	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	X86 and x86-64, Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interfaceTemplate:Efn	Command-line interface expander only	Yes^[13]	Yes	?
WinZip	YesTemplate:Efn	Command-line interface	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	?
XAD	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
Xarchiver	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
ZipGenius	Yes	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
ZPAQ	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	?
	Windows	DOS	macOS	Linux	BSD	Unix	AmigaOS	Android	Windows Mobile	Windows Phone

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Archiver features

The following table indicates which archivers implement various archiver features natively

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File archivers	Data compression	Shell integration	Password protection	Multiple volumes	Self extraction	File repairing	Batch conversion	Unicode file / directory namesTemplate:Efn	Encryption	Filename Encryption
7-Zip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ALZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Archive Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Archive Utility	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	No	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
ARJ	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Ark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
B1 Free Archiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BetterZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
bsdtar/libarchive	non-tar formatsTemplate:Efn	Yes	zip	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	7z, zip, rar	7z, zip, rar
Commander One	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes for 7z
Disk ARchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Filzip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
FreeArc	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GNU tar	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	Yes	No	Separate	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
iArchiver	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Info-ZIP	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	ZipCrypto (weak) and AESTemplate:Efn	No
KGB Archiver	Yes	Not enabled by default	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk
PeaZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes
PKZIP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Separate	Separate	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk
PowerArchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	Yes
StuffIt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk
The Unarchiver	NoTemplate:Efn	some formats	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Template:Unk
TUGZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Template:Unk
WinAce	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Template:Unk
WinRAR and RAR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes
WinZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	Yes
XAD	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Xarchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
ZipGenius	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
ZPAQ	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk
	Data compression	Shell integration	Password protection	Multiple volumes	Self extraction	File repairing	Batch conversion	Unicode file / directory namesTemplate:Efn	Encryption	Filename Encryption

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Archive format support

Reading

The following table identifies the archive formats that each archiver can read. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.

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File archivers	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ/BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ
7-Zip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
ALZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TAR	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Archive Utility	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	NoTemplate:Efn	No
Ark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
B1 Free Archiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	NoTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
BetterZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
bsdtar/libarchive	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	PartialTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
cpio	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Commander One	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disk ARchiver	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Filzip	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
FreeArc	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	No	No	Yes	No	No	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	Yes	No
GNU tar<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^[2]	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iArchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Info-ZIP	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KGB Archiver	Yes	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
PeaZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
PKZIP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
PowerArchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Star Template:Efn	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
StuffIt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
The Unarchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	PartialTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TUGZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
WinAce	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
WinRAR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
WinZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	No	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	Yes	No
XAD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Xarchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
ZipGenius	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ/BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ

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Writing

The following table identifies the archive formats that each archiverTemplate:Efn can write and create. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.

File archivers	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ	Special
7-Zip	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ALZip Template:Efn	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	No
Archive Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No	No
Archive Utility	Yes	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Ark	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
B1 Free Archiver	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BetterZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
bsdtar/libarchive	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
Commander One	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disk ARchiver	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Filzip	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Template:Unk	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No
FreeArc	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
GNU tar	No	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
iArchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Info-ZIP	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
KGB Archiver	Yes	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No
PeaZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
PKZIP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No
PowerArchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	.bh (BlakHole) by ZipTV
Star	No	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
StuffIt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	Yes	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No
TUGZip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Template:Unk	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Template:Unk	No
WinAce	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Template:Unk	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Yes	Template:Unk	Yes	No
WinRAR	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WinZip	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	NoTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	ZIPx
Xarchiver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	NoTemplate:Efn	Yes	No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	No
ZipGenius	Yes	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	YesTemplate:Efn	Yes	Template:Unk	No	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	No	No	No	No	Template:Unk	YesTemplate:Efn	No	No	No
	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ	Special

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Uncommon archive format support

PeaZip has full support for Brotli, Zstandard, various LPAQ and PAQ formats, QUAD / BALZ / BCM (highly efficient ROLZ based compressors), FreeArc format, and for its native PEA format.

7-Zip includes read support for .msi, cpio and xar, plus Apple's dmg/HFS disk images and the deb/.rpm package distribution formats; beta versions (9.07 onwards) have full support for the LZMA2-compressed .xz format.^[14]

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+This article compares several notable '''[[file archiver]]''' utilities. Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are for full release versions (not prerelease) and for installations without extra aspects such as add-ons, extensions or external programs.
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 == Operating system support ==
-The [[operating system]]s the archivers can run on without emulation or compatibility layer. Ubuntu's own GUI ''Archive manager,'' for example, can  open and create many archive formats (including Rar archives) even to the extent of splitting into parts and encryption and ability to be read by the ''native program''. This is presumably a "compatibility layer."
+The following table identifies the [[operating system]]s that archivers can run on directly {{endash}} without emulation or a compatibility layer.
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 == Archiver features ==
-Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).
+The following table indicates which archivers implement various archiver features natively {{endash}} without third-party add-ons.
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 | {{yes}}
 | {{yes}}
-| {{yes}}{{efn|name=unicode-peazip|UTF-8 file/path-names support was completed in release 3.0.1 on Unix systems, and in release 5.8.0 on Windows systems. GUI UTF-8 support for full internationalization of the application was completed in release 2.2.0. Optionally, extended characters can be set to be replaced by jolly "?" character for exporting scripts to legacy systems; scripts creation screen informs if commands are ANSI-safe, OEM-codepage-safe (on Windows), or requires UTF-8 compliant environment to run (system, command interpreter, etc).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-free-archiver.html|title=Learn more - PeaZip free file archiver utility|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>}}
+| {{yes}}{{efn|name=unicode-peazip|UTF-8 file/path-names support was completed in release 3.0.1 on Unix systems, and in release 5.8.0 on Windows systems. GUI UTF-8 support for full internationalization of the application was completed in release 2.2.0. Optionally, extended characters can be set to be replaced by jolly "?" character for exporting scripts to legacy systems; scripts creation screen informs if commands are ANSI-safe, OEM-codepage-safe (on Windows), or requires UTF-8 compliant environment to run (system, command interpreter, etc).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-free-archiver.html|title=Learn more - PeaZip free file archiver utility|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>}}
 | {{yes}}{{efn|name=batch-winzip|Command-line batch compression and expansion requires free add-on software downloaded from the WinZip website.}}
 | {{yes}}
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 !
 ! [[Data compression]]
-! [[Operating system shell|Shell]]<br/>integration
+! [[Shell (computing)|Shell]]<br/>integration
 ! Password protection
 ! Multiple volumes
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 === Reading ===
-Information about what [[List of archive formats|archive formats]] the archivers can read. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.
+The following table identifies the [[List of archive formats|archive formats]] that each archiver can read. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.
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 |<!--xz-->{{unk}}
 |<!--RAR-->{{yes}}
-|<!--LHA/LZH-->{{yes}}{{efn|name=ZipGenius-external|reference=Requires external program.<ref name="zipgenius-external-reference">{{cite web |url=https://zipgenius.com/overview/supported-file-types/ |title=Supported File Types |website=ZipGenius|date=16 May 2014 }}</ref>}}
+|<!--LHA/LZH-->{{yes}}{{efn|name=ZipGenius-external|reference=Requires external program.<ref name="zipgenius-external-reference">{{cite web |url=https://zipgenius.com/overview/supported-file-types/ |title=Supported File Types |website=ZipGenius |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=3 March 2023 |archive-date=3 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303230347/https://zipgenius.com/overview/supported-file-types/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
 |<!--ACE-->{{yes}}
 |<!--SIT-->{{no}}
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 |<!--ZPAQ-->{{no}}
 |-
-! [[ZipZip.pro]]
-|<!--ZIP-->{{yes}}
-|<!--TAR-->{{yes}}
-|<!--GZ-->{{yes}}
-|<!--BZ/BZ2-->{{yes}}
-|<!--7z-->{{yes}}
-|<!--xz-->{{yes}}
-|<!--RAR-->{{yes}}
-|<!--LHA/LZH-->{{yes}}
-|<!--ACE-->{{no}}{{efn|name=reading-7zip|Used to, but no longer does, due to technical and legal issues.}}
-|<!--SIT-->{{no}}
-|<!--SITX-->{{no}}
-|<!--ARJ-->{{yes}}
-|<!--KGB-->{{no}}
-|<!--DAR-->{{no}}
-|<!--ARC-->{{no}}
-|<!--CAB-->{{yes}}
-|<!--ALZ-->{{no}}
-|<!--ISO/CD Image-->{{yes}}
-|<!--ZPAQ-->{{no}}
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 === Writing ===
-Information about what [[List of archive formats|archive formats]] the archivers{{efn|name=Extractor| The Extractor and XAD are not included in this list because they only expand archives.}} can write and create. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.
+The following table identifies the [[List of archive formats|archive formats]] that each archiver{{efn|name=Extractor| The Extractor and XAD are not included in this list because they only expand archives.}} can write and create. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.
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 |<!--ARC-->{{unk}}
 |<!--CAB-->{{yes}}{{efn|name=zipgenius-updating}}
-|<!--ALZ-->{{no}}
-|<!--ISO/CD Image-->{{no}}
-|<!--ZPAQ-->{{no}}
-|<!--Special-->
-|-
-! [[ZipZip.pro]]
-|<!--ZIP-->{{yes}}
-|<!--TAR-->{{no}}
-|<!--gzip-->{{no}}
-|<!--bzip2-->{{no}}
-|<!--7z-->{{yes}}
-|<!--xz-->{{no}}
-|<!--RAR-->{{no}}
-|<!--LHA-->{{no}}
-|<!--ACE-->{{no}}
-|<!--StuffIt-->{{no}}
-|<!--StuffIt X-->{{no}}
-|<!--ARJ-->{{no}}
-|<!--KGB-->{{no}}
-|<!--DAR-->{{no}}
-|<!--ARC-->{{no}}
-|<!--CAB-->{{no}}
 |<!--ALZ-->{{no}}
 |<!--ISO/CD Image-->{{no}}
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 == Further reading ==
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724035204/http://maximumcompression.com/ Maximum Compression], site benchmarking compressors for several filetypes (text, executable, jpeg etc.).
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111205045332/http://www.maximumcompression.com/index.html Maximum Compression (last archive of site with test data available)], site benchmarking compressors for several filetypes (text, executable, jpeg etc.).
 * Kingsley G. Morse Jr., "[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8051 Compression Tools Compared]", ''[[Linux Journal]]'', issue 137, September 2005
 * Patrick Schmid, Achim Roos, (March 10, 2010) "[http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/archive-zip-compression,2572.html Four Compression And Archiving Solutions Compared]", ''[[Tom's Hardware]]''

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