Open Source File Roller Alternatives for Windows

File Roller is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best open source Windows alternative is 7-Zip. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to File Roller and 16 are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to File Roller are PeaZip, NanaZip, FreeArc and 7-Zip ZS.

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  1. 7-Zip icon

    7-Zip

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    Feature-rich archiving software with top-tier compression in 7z, integration in Windows Shell, AES-256 encryption, and multi-format support, including TAR, ZIP, RAR. Offers strong file management tools and a command line version for Linux/Unix systems.

    110 7-Zip alternatives

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    Comments about 7-Zip as an Alternative to File Roller
    Barrett
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    Works on my Linux command line without getting in the way of File Roller. Certainly my go-to for large extractions. It even provides a small GTK interface that looks like the Windows version. Well done!

    Guest
    Positive
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    it does not depend on gnome interface, gtk+ should be enough.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • 7-Zip is Free and Open SourceFile Roller is also Free and Open Source
    • 7-Zip is Security-focused and Privacy focusedFile Roller is not according to our users
  2. PeaZip icon

    PeaZip

     658 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.

    97 PeaZip alternatives

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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. FreeArc icon

    FreeArc

     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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  6. 7-Zip ZS icon

    7-Zip ZS

     9 likes

    7-Zip with support for Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression. Open source under LGPL-2.1 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  7. Ark icon

    Ark

     23 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).

    39 Ark alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
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  9. p7zip icon

    p7zip

     29 likes

    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  10. ArcThemAll! icon

    ArcThemAll!

     10 likes

    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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  12. 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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  13. KGB Archiver icon

    KGB Archiver

     16 likes

    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

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    • Free
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  14. PortableApps.com AppCompactor icon

    PortableApps.com AppCompactor

     17 likes

    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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