7-Zip Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to 7-Zip for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is PeaZip, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to 7-Zip and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to 7-Zip are Bandizip, WinRAR, WinZip and Keka.

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

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7-Zip alternatives page was last updated Feb 5, 2025
  1. Entropy icon
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    Easily create, open and preview popular archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z, TGZ and more ( 30+ formats supported ).

    81 Entropy alternatives
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    • Mac

    Entropy Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    Discontinued

    No support for macOS Sierra. No Update since 13.12.2013 so since 3 years. See https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/entropy/id437151949

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  2. FastZip icon
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    Support in right-click menu: 7z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, ACE, ISO, CAB, PAX, JAR, AR, CPIO ...

    76 FastZip alternatives
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    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    FastZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    3.  Supports tar files
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  3. StuffIt icon
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    StuffIt is the right tool for people who just need very basic compression and expansion features. StuffIt has some great features that help you manage your workflow quickly and efficiently. Create both Zip and StuffIt X archives with or without encryption, and open compressed or...

    82 StuffIt alternatives
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    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    StuffIt Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
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  4. The Archive Browser icon
     12 likes

    The Archive Browser is a program that lets you browse the contents of archives, as well as extract them. It will let you open files from inside archives, and lets you preview them using Quick Look.

    77 The Archive Browser alternatives
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    • Mac

    The Archive Browser Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
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  5. Bandizip X icon
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    Bandizip X is an easy-to-use, reliable and fast zip unarchiver.

    This unarchiving program can unpack most popular compression formats created by WinZip (.zip), WinRAR (.rar), 7Zip (.7z) and more.

    Features:

    • Unzip archives with the most common formats: ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, 7Z,.

    78 Bandizip X alternatives
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    • Mac

    Bandizip X Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
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  6. ZipX icon
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    ZipX is a professional, full-featured compression and extraction tool. It help you to Browse, Extract, Create, Modify file archives, view files in archives, support drag and drop files or folders from/to Finder.

    44 ZipX alternatives
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    • Mac

    ZipX Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
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    Comments about ZipX as an Alternative to 7-Zip
     
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    Frugal but sufficient GUI. Browsing works nice, also viewing/editing of zipped files with default app. Also works tar.gz.

    Positive commentJul 17, 2020
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    • ZipX is Paid and Proprietary7-Zip is Free and Open Source
  7. 7zX icon
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    7zX is a file archiver with high compression ratio. Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests.

    79 7zX alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.7.1, released in March 2008, can be still downloaded from MacUpdate.

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