File Roller Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to File Roller for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to File Roller and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to File Roller are PeaZip, WinRAR, Ark and FreeArc.

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  1. 7-Zip icon
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    Feature-rich archiving software with top-tier compression in 7z, integration in Windows Shell, AES-256 encryption, and multi-format support, including TAR, ZIP, RAR. Offers strong file management tools and a command line version for Linux/Unix systems.

    134 7-Zip alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2008

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Arch Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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  2. WinRAR icon
     1205 likes

    Powerful file compression and archiving tool supporting numerous formats. Offers secure file transfer, efficient storage, cross-platform compatibility, and multi-language support.

    109 WinRAR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2008

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • visionOS
    • MS-DOS
    • ReactOS
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  3. Ark icon
     29 likes

    Ark is a program for viewing, extracting, creating and modifying archives. Ark can handle various archive formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7zip, xz, rpm, cab and deb (support for certain archive formats depend on the appropriate command-line programs being installed).

    49 Ark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  4. FreeArc icon
     52 likes

    FreeArc is a free and open source file archiver developed by Bulat Ziganshin. It uses LZMA, PPMD, TrueAudio and GRzip algorithms with automatic switching by file type, and also uses set of filters—for instance it can remove repetitions from text.

    85 FreeArc alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2010

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. B1 Free Archiver is a free multi-platform universal archiver. Currently it works on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android; moreover B1 Online Archiver allows you to uncompress .b1, zip, rar or .7z archive from your computer directly online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  6. Xarchiver icon
     28 likes

    Xarchiver is a lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with the GTK+2 toolkit. It was developed with a simple GUI which that could be used with any desktop environment and would operate using the command line rather than API calls.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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  7. p7zip icon
     29 likes

    p7zip is a port of the command line version of the 7-Zip file archiver to POSIX-conforming operating systems like Unix (Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cygwin, AIX, ...), MacOS X and also for BeOS and Amiga.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  8.  5 likes

    is a small perl script which makes extraction of any archive files a bit easier. It support several compressors and archiver programs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    • Terminal
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  9. PKZIP icon
     1 like

    PKZIP by PKWARE is the gold standard in data compression. PKZIP provides exceptional performance and ease of use across all enterprise operating systems.

    105 PKZIP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Info-ZIP icon
     10 likes

    Info-ZIP is a set of open-source software to handle ZIP archives. It has been in circulation since 1989. It consists of 4 separately-installable packages: the Zip and UnZip command-line utilities; and WiZ and MacZip, which are graphical user interfaces for archiving programs in...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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