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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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  2. ZIP Extractor is a free, open-source application for decompressing ZIP files into Google Drive.

    101 Google drive open source ZIP EXTRACTOR alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Drive
     
  3. Info-ZIP icon
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. KGB Archiver icon
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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).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Hamster ZIP Archiver is a powerful and modern archival program that allows users to easily compress and open files from any archive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Entropy icon
     9 likes

    Easily create, open and preview popular archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z, TGZ and more ( 30+ formats supported ).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Light archive manager "Kudesnik". Formats: ZIP, JAR, RAR, 7-ZIP. Create and decompress archives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. A new rewritten Alternative for Free ARC by Bulat Ziganshin.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 8 Zip icon
     3 likes

    Out with the old, in with the new. The powerful archiver 8 Zip has expanded its set of capabilities with the new Continuum and Windows Hello technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Phone
     
  10. AZip icon
     1 like

    AZip is a free Zip Archive Manager with unique features such as: built-in content Search, smart archive Update, archive Recompression.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. ToGoZip icon
     1 like

    ToGoZip: Add to Zip for android-s share/send menu.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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