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  1. 7-Zip icon
     4793 likes

    Efficient file archiver offering superior compression and encryption. Supports multiple formats such as TAR, ZIP, with a unique self-extracting feature.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    Main Window
    Add to Archive
    Options
    114 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent138 reviews
  2. PeaZip icon
     675 likes

    PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, PAQ, and PEA projects, for Linux, macOS and Windows.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    PeaZip
    Archive creation
    Archive extraction
    +4
    PeaZip on macOS
    98 alternatives
    4.1
    Very Good47 reviews
  3. WinRAR icon
     1171 likes

    Compress and encrypt files with versatile software, supporting multiple formats for secure data transfer and offering efficient storage options.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • ReactOS
    WinRAR screenshot 1
    WinRAR screenshot 1
    WinRAR screenshot 2
    +4
    WinRAR screenshot 3
    98 alternatives
    3.6
    Good35 reviews
  4. NanaZip icon
     68 likes

    NanaZip is an open source file archiver intended for the modern Windows experience, forked from the source code of well-known open source file archiver 7-Zip.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    NanaZip screenshot 1
    NanaZip screenshot 1
    93 alternatives
    4.6
    Excellent17 reviews
  5. Bandizip icon
     171 likes

    Bandizip is a powerful archiver which provides an ultrafast processing speed and convenient features. Available free of charge, and its paid editions support a variety of advanced features.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Main screen
    Use a right-click menu & Preview an archive
    Password Manager (paid edition)
    +5
    Repair Archive (paid edition)
    92 alternatives
    3.4
    Fair28 reviews
  6. FileOptimizer icon
     66 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    Main Window
    Options
    Processing files
    4.1
    Very Good10 reviews
  7. DropIt icon
     78 likes

    Automates file tasks with 17 available actions, advanced filters, profiles, drag-and-drop support, folder monitoring, scheduling and rule-based sorting.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main UI
    Association
    Options
    20 alternatives
  8. Dinky icon
     11 likes

    Free macOS app that shrinks images, videos, and PDFs by drag-and-drop, supporting various formats, flattening or rewriting PDFs, and removing metadata.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Dinky screenshot 1
    Dinky screenshot 1
    Dinky screenshot 2
    +3
    Dinky screenshot 3
    51 alternatives
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main Window
    FreeAec in Gnu/Linux
    FreeArc screenshot 2
    81 alternatives
  10. Pimosa icon
     6 likes

    Edit and convert video, audio, and images with batch processing, combining, cropping, compression, resizing, text, overlays, filters, and waveform creation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Pimosa screenshot 1
    Pimosa screenshot 1
    Pimosa screenshot 2
    +5
    Pimosa screenshot 3
    39 alternatives
  11. Ark icon
     25 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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
    Ark screenshot 1
    Ark screenshot 1
    39 alternatives
  12. Grizzly icon
     2 likes

    Grizzly is an open-source macOS application designed for browsing and extracting ZIP archives with speed and ease. It provides a clean, Finder-style interface with native system integrations to simplify ZIP file management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Grizzly screenshot 1
    19 alternatives
  13. Zarchiver icon
     24 likes

    ZArchiver - program to manage archives in android. The program has a simple and functional interface. It lets you create 7z (7zip), zip, bzip2 (bz2), gzip (gz), XZ, tar archives, decompress 7z (7zip), zip, rar, bzip2, gzip, XZ, iso, tar, arj.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    Zarchiver screenshot 1
    52 alternatives
  14. Unlike other apps that use slow, bulky, old versions of FFmpeg with software encoding, Compressor uses Android's native Media3 Hardware Acceleration to process video faster than any other app.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • F-Droid
    Compressor Android screenshot 1
    Compressor Android screenshot 1
    Compressor Android screenshot 2
    +9
    Compressor Android screenshot 3
    26 alternatives
  15. WinZip icon
     73 likes

    A file archiver tool enabling compression and decompression, supporting ZIP and ZIPX formats, allowing file encryption and secure sharing via multiple platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • ReactOS
    WinZip screenshot 1
    WinZip screenshot 1
    WinZip screenshot 2
    +4
    WinZip screenshot 3
    106 alternatives
  16. gzip icon
     16 likes

    GNU Gzip is a software application used for file compression and decompression. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    24 alternatives