UPX Alternatives for Windows

Alternatives list

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   FileOptimizer

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   FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting AIR, APK, APNG APPX, BMP, CBZ, DOCX, DLL, EPUB, EXE, GIF, GZ, ICO, JAR, JPEG, MNG, MP3, MPP, PNG, PPTX, ODT, OGG, OGV, PDF, PUB, SCR, SWF, TIF, VSD, WEBP, XAP, XLSX, and ZIP file formats among others.

   66 FileOptimizer alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

   Application types

   • Image Optimizer
   • File Compressor

   Origin

   • Spain
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Wine

   

   

   

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   ExEinfo PE

    15 likes

   Packer, compressor detector / unpack info / internal exe tools.

   Internal Tools and Ripper Menu :

   Borland Delphi ( 2.0 - 7.0 ) Microsoft Visual C++ ver. 5,6,7,8.0 UPX exe/ dll 0.89.6 - 1.02 / 1.05 -3.03 -> Markus & Laszlo Aspack v2.12 -> Alexey Solodovnikov EXECrypto.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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   Negative comment•Feb 16, 2016

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   Exeinfo PE detects the type of packer/compiler etc. used by an executable, but UPX actually "packs" the executable.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • ExEinfo PE is Free and ProprietaryUPX is Free and Open Source
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   Themida

    2 likes

   Advanced Windows software protection system, developed for software developers who wish to protect their applications against advanced reverse engineering and software cracking.

   13 Themida alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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   Negative comment•Aug 23, 2015

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   The main purpose (and intention) of upx is to compress files. The main purpose (and intention) of themida is to obfuscate files and to unnecessarily add a few MB (bloatware).

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Themida is Paid and ProprietaryUPX is Free and Open Source
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   FUPX

    4 likes

   Graphical interface for the UPX packer which offers easy access to all documented and undocumented UPX parameters without the need for command line usage.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • File Compressor

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • PortableApps.com

   

   

   

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   kkrunchy

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   kkrunchy is a small exe packer primarily meant for 64k intros. It's relatively useless for anything else actually, because the depacker was relatively slow in older releases (about 1-2MB per second on my machine) and is dog slow in the newest version (about 90-120k per...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

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   ASPack

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   ASPack is an advanced solution created to provide Win32 EXE file packing and to protect them against non-professional reverse engineering.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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   Alienyze

    1 like

   Alienyze is a software packer and protection solution for native Windows 32-bit executable files. Alienyze allows developers to easily protect their software aginest cracking and reverse engineering, while also providing additional features such as executable compression...

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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    WWPack32

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    WWPack32 - Windows executable files compressor and protector. Compressed exe and dll files run exactly as before!. This program squeezes exe files and protects Win32 applications from cracking.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • File Compressor

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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11. C

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    Crinkler

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    Crinkler is an executable file compressor (or rather, a compressing linker) for Windows specifically targeted towards executables with a size of just a few kilobytes. As of 2020, it is the most widely used tool for compressing 1k/4k/8k intros.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • File Compressor

    Platforms

    • Windows

    C

    

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12. C

    C

    cabextract

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    A library for some loosely related Microsoft compression formats, CAB, CHM, HLP, LIT, KWAJ and SZDD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac

    C

    

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    PECompact

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    PECompact is an advanced Windows executable compressor for use by software developers and vendors. Executable packers compress executable modules (EXE, DLL, etc..) so that their physical size is considerably smaller.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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