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, FreeCommander and NanaZip.

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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. Noah icon
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    Noah is an archiver powered by Common Archivers Library DLLs. If you run Noah in non-Japanese environment, you will get English Interface.

    81 Noah alternatives
    Noah screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Noah Features

    1.  Drag and Drop
    Discontinued

    The authors suspended the development. There are no updates since 2010/11/25 .

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

    95 AZip alternatives
    AZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    AZip iconGUI Tar Icon

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

    91 ToGoZip alternatives
    ToGoZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    ToGoZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    Discontinued

    Last commit and version is from April 2023

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  4. Archiver icon
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    ?? Extract Archives: So you downloaded this file you can't open? Don't be fooled by the name — Archiver is a highly versatile unarchiver that can unpack pretty much any archive you throw at it. With Archiver, you can extract RAR, StuffIt, Zip, 7zip and many more popular...

    84 Archiver alternatives
    Archiver 4 brings you a smooth interface, a blazing fast workflow and a convenient quick preview.,

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Archiver Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    3.  Supports tar files
    4.  Protected by Password
    5.  DMS
    6.  Debian package
    7.  Drag and Drop
    Archiver iconGUI Tar Icon

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  5. UnRarX icon
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    If the command line is not your thing - heres a GUI front-end for unrar. Drag-and-Drop extraction. Built-in par2 recovery. Written by Peter Noriega.

    83 UnRarX alternatives
    UnRarX screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    UnRarX Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    UnRarX iconGUI Tar Icon

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  6. Bitser icon
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    Bitser is free Windows zip software for managing archives and backups. It supports ZIP, ZIPX, 7Z, RAR, ISO, MSI, VHD, GZIP, BZIP2,TAR, LZMA, LZMA2, NTFS, FAT, MBR, SquashFS, CramFS, MSLZ, CAB, CPIO, DEB, LZH, NSIS, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR, XZ, Z.

    85 Bitser alternatives
    Create zip

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Bitser Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Folder Size
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.5.0) is from November 2018.

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  7. TUGZip icon
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    TUGZip is a powerful freeware archiving utility for Windows that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as very powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

    81 TUGZip alternatives
    TUGZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TUGZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    Development is discontinued. Last version, 3.5.0.0, released on April 2nd 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  8. ALZip icon
     11 likes

    ALZip is a file compression program that can unzip 40 different zip file archives. ALZip can zip files into 8 different archives such as ZIP, EGG, TAR and others. In ALZip version 8, ALZip’s own EGG format, that Unicode and other powerful function supported, can be used.

    82 ALZip alternatives
    ALZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ALZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
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  9. Hamster ZIP Archiver icon
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    Hamster ZIP Archiver is a powerful and modern archival program that allows users to easily compress and open files from any archive.

    76 Hamster ZIP Archiver alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hamster ZIP Archiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    Warning

    When uninstalling the program run a Trojan.Win32/Occamy.C. See also https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/57672046438d7e3a2bfa13c6d9c4be9e58530622ab970b02074cf2c3fd1b4043/detection

    Hamster ZIP Archiver iconGUI Tar Icon

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  10. WinUHA icon
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    WinUHA - powerful GUI (Graphical User Interface) for UHARC. UHarc (Uwe Herklotz archiver) is a high-compression 386+ DOS and Windows file archiver.

    74 WinUHA alternatives
    Main interface

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The software is no longer updated. Last version, 2.0 RC1, released in February 2005, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  11. AndroZip icon
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    AndroZip is a utility that can unpack/decompress ZIP and other ZIP based archives like APK, JAR, WAR, EAR, TAR, GZIP and RAR. AndroZip can also create ZIP and ZIP based archives like APK, JAR, WAR, EAR, TAR and GZIP. Note only Win.

    82 AndroZip alternatives
    AndroZip screenshot 1
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    AndroZip screenshot 3

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    AndroZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
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  12. 7zX icon
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    7zX is a file archiver with high compression ratio. Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests.

    79 7zX alternatives
    Processing

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.7.1, released in March 2008, can be still downloaded from MacUpdate.

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