Comparison of file archivers

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Hatnote". The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up to date. Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes section, comparisons are based on the stable versions—without add-ons, extensions or external programs.

General information

Basic general information about the archivers.

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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 Template: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 Template: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 Template:Proprietary No cost
BetterZip MacItBetter 2006-05 macOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Active Template:Proprietary $29.95 USD
Commander One Eltima Software 2015-08-04 macOS Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Active Template:Proprietary Standard at no cost.
$29.95 Pro Pack.
Compressed Folders Microsoft 1998-06-25 Windows Windows 8.1 2013-08-27 Active Template: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 Template: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 Template: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 Template:Proprietary $29.00
PowerArchiver ConexWare 1999-03 macOS Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows) Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows) Active Template:Proprietary $22.95
StuffIt Smith Micro Software 1987 Cross-platform 15.0.7[2] 2011-12-01 Inactive Template: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 Template:Proprietary No cost
Terse IBM 1984-07-01 Active Template:Proprietary No cost
TUGZip Christian Kindahl 2002-08-18 Windows Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Inactive Template:Proprietary No cost
WinAce e-merge GmbH Template:Unk Windows Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Inactive Template: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 Template: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 Template:Proprietary $29.95 Standard.
$49.95 Pro.
XAD
(XADMaster.library) 		Dirk Stoecker 1998 Cross-platform 13.1 Active Template: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 Template: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 operating systems 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."

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

Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). Template:Sort-under

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

Information about what 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.

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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
StarTemplate: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

Information about what archive formats the archiversTemplate:Efn 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.

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
ALZipTemplate: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]

See also

References

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Further reading

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