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. Unarchiver One icon
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    Best free compression, encryption and archiving tool for mac and Windows. Unrar and Unzip files in seconds | Unarchiver One can open and extract archive files including RAR, Zip, 7z, gzip, bzip2, ISO and more fast and easily.

    95 Unarchiver One alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  No registration required
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  2. GUI Tar icon
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    During the command-line era of computing, archiving files involved cryptic commands such as tar -xvf somefile.tar. However, since those days, the masses have come to use computers, and they expect an easy to use system with graphical elements and interaction.

    74 GUI Tar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    The project is no longer maintained since 2013. Last version, 1.2.4, is still downloadable together with its source from GitHub

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  3. UnRarX icon
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    If the command line is not your thing - heres a GUI front-end for unrar. Drag-and-Drop extraction. Built-in par2 recovery. Written by Peter Noriega.

    83 UnRarX alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    UnRarX Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
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  4. Elimisoft RAR Extractor icon
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    Effective app designed to decompress archives, like RAR, Zip, 7z, Tar, Tgz, Cbz, Lzh, Lzma, Bzip, iso, HFS, VHD, etc. Supports over 50 kinds of archive files, as well as extract encrypted archives entirely.

    86 Elimisoft RAR Extractor alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Elimisoft RAR Extractor Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
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  5. Smart Zipper icon
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    Smart Zipper Pro for Mac is a professional archiving app, which can easily create, extract and preview major archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z and more ( Over 20 popular formats ).

    88 Smart Zipper alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Zipro icon
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    Zipro is a full-featured archive file viewing, preview, decompression, and creation tool, supports the decompression of dozens of file formats such as Rar / 7z / Zip and the creation of multiple file formats.

    51 Zipro alternatives
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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
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  7. Springy icon
     3 likes

    Springy is a simple to use, yet powerful archiving and compression utility for Mac OS X. Springy integrates seamlessly with the Finder and includes some very useful features. Springy supports all most widely used archiving and compression formats: ZIP, RAR, TAR, 7-ZIP, PAX...

    76 Springy alternatives
    One right-click and favorite archiving commands are there, waiting for your actions.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Springy Features

    1.  Supports tar files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Supports RAR files
    4. Finder icon  Apple Finder Integration
    Discontinued

    Springy is deprecated.

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