Crinkler AlternativesFile Compressors and other similar apps like Crinkler

Crinkler is described as '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 the most widely used tool for compressing 1k/4k/8k intros' and is a File Compressor in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Crinkler for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and PortableApps.com apps. The best Crinkler alternative is FileOptimizer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Crinkler are Appetize.io, UPX, ExEinfo PE and Themida.

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  1. FileOptimizer icon
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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.

    60 FileOptimizer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
    • FileOptimizer is the most popular Windows alternative to Crinkler.

    • FileOptimizer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Crinkler.

    • FileOptimizer is Free and Open SourceCrinkler is also Free and Open Source
  2. Appetize.io icon
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    Run iOS & Android Apps in the Browser for Preview, Support, Demos, Testing and Automation using the fastest emulators and simulators. Try the instant online demo at https://appetize.io

    18 Appetize.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Appetize.io is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Crinkler.

    • Appetize.io is Freemium and ProprietaryCrinkler is Free and Open Source
    • Appetize.io is LightweightCrinkler is not according to our users
  3. UPX icon
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    UPX (Ultimate Packer for eXecutables) achieves an excellent compression ratio and offers very fast decompression. Your executables suffer no memory overhead or other drawbacks for most of the formats supported, because of in-place decompression.

    12 UPX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • UPX is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Crinkler.

    • UPX is Free and Open SourceCrinkler is also Free and Open Source
  4. ExEinfo PE icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Themida icon
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    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
     
    • Themida is the most popular commercial alternative to Crinkler.

    • Themida is Paid and ProprietaryCrinkler is Free and Open Source
  6. VMProtect icon
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    VMProtect Ultimate - All-In-One Solution For Software Licensing And Protection. VMProtect protects code by executing it on a virtual machine with non-standard architecture that makes it extremely difficult to analyze and crack the software.

    13 VMProtect alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. FUPX icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  8. ASPack icon
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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

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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
     
  10. Alienyze icon
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    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

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. PECompact icon
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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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