GUI Tar Alternatives

GUI Tar is described as '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' and is a File Compressor in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GUI Tar for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best GUI Tar alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GUI Tar are PeaZip, WinRAR, NanaZip and FreeCommander.

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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...

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GUI Tar alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. 7-Zip ZS icon
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    7-Zip with support for Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression. Open source under LGPL-2.1 license.

    109 7-Zip ZS alternatives
    ZStandard Support

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Supports tar files
    6.  No registration required
    7.  No Tracking
    8.  AES-256 Encryption
    9.  Portable
    10.  Supports RAR files
    11.  Supports Zip files
    12.  AES Encryption
    7-Zip ZS iconGUI Tar Icon

    7-Zip ZS VS GUI Tar

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  2. 7z SFX-Creator icon
     41 likes

    A simple and easy to use GUI based on 7zip for creating self-extracting archives and self-extracting installers.

    88 7z SFX-Creator alternatives
    7z SFX-Creator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    7z SFX-Creator Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer maintained. Last version, 1.3, released in October 2012, can be still downloaded from Google Project Hosting.

    7z SFX-Creator iconGUI Tar Icon

    7z SFX-Creator VS GUI Tar

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  3. Xarchiver icon
     28 likes

    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
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Supports tar files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Gtk
    Xarchiver iconGUI Tar Icon

    Xarchiver VS GUI Tar

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  4. Engrampa icon
     11 likes

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

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

    94 Engrampa alternatives
    Engrampa screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Engrampa iconGUI Tar Icon

    Engrampa VS GUI Tar

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  5. IZArc icon
     99 likes

    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
    IZArc screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    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 iconGUI Tar Icon

    IZArc VS GUI Tar

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  6. p7zip icon
     28 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.

    89 p7zip alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    p7zip Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Supports Zip files
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2016.

    p7zip iconGUI Tar Icon

    p7zip VS GUI Tar

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  7. BetterZip icon
     35 likes

    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).

    76 BetterZip alternatives
    BetterZip screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    BetterZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    BetterZip iconGUI Tar Icon

    BetterZip VS GUI Tar

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  8. B1 Free Archiver icon
     49 likes

    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
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    B1 Free Archiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  File preview
    B1 Free Archiver iconGUI Tar Icon

    B1 Free Archiver VS GUI Tar

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    • B1 Free Archiver is the most popular Web-based alternative to GUI Tar.

    • B1 Free Archiver is Free and ProprietaryGUI Tar is Free and Open Source
  9. PortableApps.com AppCompactor icon
     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.

    71 PortableApps.com AppCompactor alternatives
    Main options

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    PortableApps.com AppCompactor Features

    1.  Portable
    PortableApps.com AppCompactor iconGUI Tar Icon

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  10. ArcThemAll! icon
     9 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...

    82 ArcThemAll! alternatives
    ArcThemAll! screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ArcThemAll! Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    Last updated on October 26, 2013.

    ArcThemAll! iconGUI Tar Icon

    ArcThemAll! VS GUI Tar

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  11. PowerArchiver icon
     32 likes

    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
    PowerArchiver screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    PowerArchiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    PowerArchiver iconGUI Tar Icon

    PowerArchiver VS GUI Tar

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  12. Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR icon
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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
    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Drive

    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR Features

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

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

    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR iconGUI Tar Icon

    Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR VS GUI Tar

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