Archive Utility Alternatives

Archive Utility is described as 'Is part of MacOS and supports ZIP, GZIP, and BZIP2 for expansion and CPGZ, CPIO, and ZIP formats for compression' and is a File Archiver in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Archive Utility for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best Archive Utility alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Archive Utility are PeaZip, WinRAR, Bandizip and The Unarchiver.

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Archive Utility is part of MacOS and supports ZIP, GZIP, and BZIP2 for expansion and CPGZ, CPIO, and ZIP formats for compression.

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Archive Utility alternatives page was last updated Sep 14, 2021
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  1. Xarchiver icon

    Xarchiver

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    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.

    89 Xarchiver alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
    Main window

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Supports tar files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Gtk

    Xarchiver VS Archive Utility

     
  2. IZArc icon

    IZArc

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    Zip Utility - NEWS since - "Version 4.2 = NO MORE ADWARE. IZARC INSTALLER IS COMPLETELY ADWARE FREE" No bundleware that is showing in description.

    94 IZArc alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    IZArc screenshot 1

    IZArc Features

    1.  Built-in viewer
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Supports Zip files
    4.  Supports RAR files
    5. Dropbox icon  Dropbox integration
    6.  Multiple languages

    IZArc VS Archive Utility

     
  4. Engrampa icon

    Engrampa

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    A file archiver for MATE, based on File Roller from GNOME 2

    http://www.mate-desktop.org/.

    94 Engrampa alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Engrampa screenshot 1

    Engrampa VS Archive Utility

     
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    WinRAR

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

    https://www.win-rar.com
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  6. p7zip icon

    p7zip

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    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.

    89 p7zip alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2016.

    p7zip Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Supports Zip files

    p7zip VS Archive Utility

     
  7. BetterZip icon

    BetterZip

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    Extract Only Files You Really Need. Create Archives. Update Archives. Protect Your Data. Open Archives Without Extracting (ZIP, SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM).

    77 BetterZip alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    BetterZip screenshot 1

    BetterZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files

    BetterZip VS Archive Utility

     
  8. B1 Free Archiver icon

    B1 Free Archiver

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    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.

    89 B1 Free Archiver alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Main window

    B1 Free Archiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  File preview

    B1 Free Archiver VS Archive Utility

     

    • B1 Free Archiver is the most popular Web-based alternative to Archive Utility.

    • B1 Free Archiver is Free and ProprietaryArchive Utility is also Free and Proprietary
  10. PortableApps.com AppCompactor icon

    PortableApps.com AppCompactor

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    AppCompactor allows you to easily compress applications to decrease size on disk and increase performance when running from slow media, like flash drives. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can work with your apps anywhere.

    71 PortableApps.com AppCompactor alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    Main options

    PortableApps.com AppCompactor Features

    1.  Portable

    PortableApps.com AppCompactor VS Archive Utility

     
  11. ArcThemAll! icon

    ArcThemAll!

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    A simple software to multiple compress files and folders. ArcThemAll provides compression and extraction of batches of multiple folders or files with simple drag&drop loading. It includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, the support to self-extracting archives creation...

    82 ArcThemAll! alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ArcThemAll! screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last updated on October 26, 2013.

    ArcThemAll! Features

    1.  Portable

    ArcThemAll! VS Archive Utility

     
  12. PowerArchiver icon

    PowerArchiver

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    PowerArchiver is a proprietary file archiver for Microsoft Windows. It supports full read-write access to several different archive formats, including ZIP, 7z and Tar. Additionally, read-only (decompression) support includes RAR, ACE and various disk image formats.

    86 PowerArchiver alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PowerArchiver screenshot 1

    PowerArchiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files

    PowerArchiver VS Archive Utility

     
  13. Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR icon

    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR

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    ZIP Extractor is a free, open-source application for decompressing ZIP files into Google Drive.

    104 Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Drive
    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    From GitHub: "No longer maintained. No further updates will be made."

    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR Features

    1.  File Archiving
    2.  File Compression
    3.  Portable
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  AES-256 Encryption

    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR VS Archive Utility

     
  14. KGB Archiver icon

    KGB Archiver

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    KGB Archiver is the compression tool with an unbelievably high compression rate. Unfortunately, in spite of its powerful compression rate, it has high hardware requirements (I recommend processor with 1,5GHz clock and 256MB of RAM as an essential minimum).

    78 KGB Archiver alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    KGB Archiver screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Software no longer updated since 2 years ago. Site domain is on sale.

    KGB Archiver Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  KGB file support

    KGB Archiver VS Archive Utility

     
  15. Info-ZIP icon

    Info-ZIP

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    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...

    87 Info-ZIP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    No updates since 2008

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Cross-Platform

    Info-ZIP VS Archive Utility

     
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