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. CabPack icon
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    A freeware compression program with which you can create cabinet (.CAB) files. With just a few mouse clicks you specify which files to compress, which compression method to use, where the output files should go and whether or not the cabinet files should span multiple disks.

    72 CabPack alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    CabPack Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    No update since 2001.

    CabPack iconGUI Tar Icon

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  2. SimplyRar icon
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    A small software utility that enables you to easily create RAR archives.

    73 SimplyRar alternatives
    SimplyRar screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    SimplyRar Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    The Reflections Visual Multimedia website is down but last version of SimplyRar, 1.0.8, released in November 2008, can be still downloaded from MacUpdate.

    SimplyRar iconGUI Tar Icon

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  3. ezyZip icon
     4 likes

    ezyZip is a file compression tool that lets you zip files into an archive. It also supports unzip, allowing you to uncompress archived zip files.

    84 ezyZip alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    ezyZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    ezyZip iconGUI Tar Icon

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  4. Archiv icon
     9 likes

    With Archiv your can create archives in different popular formats and extract them easily. Because of using native disk utilities of Mac, Archiv is very reliable and secure! Password protection make your archives also safe. Convenient Drag & Drop support!

    53 Archiv alternatives
    Archiv screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Archiv Features

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

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  5. BitZipper icon
     4 likes

    Unzip WinZip, WinRAR, WinAce and many other types of archives as easy as 1-2-3! If you download files from the Internet, BitZipper is what you need to access them.

    78 BitZipper alternatives
    Main screen

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BitZipper Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    BitZipper iconGUI Tar Icon

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  6. ArKiwi icon
     1 like

    A lightweight and very fast file archiver, where you can add, compress, extract, delete, password protect, and blazing fast search all your files.

    93 ArKiwi alternatives
    ArKiwi screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    ArKiwi Features

    1.  Protected by Password
    2.  Extract files
    ArKiwi iconGUI Tar Icon

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  7. TC4Shell icon
     3 likes

    TC4Shell is a file archive tool that supports a huge array of archive formats and integrates with Windows Explorer for the utmost simplicity.

    96 TC4Shell alternatives
    TC4Shell screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TC4Shell Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    TC4Shell iconGUI Tar Icon

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  8. Free RAR Extract Frog icon
     2 likes

    Free RAR Extract Frog is a beautiful decompression tool for RAR-archives that supports spanned archives as well as the extraction of password protected files.

    79 Free RAR Extract Frog alternatives
    Free RAR Extract Frog screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Free RAR Extract Frog Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    It seems this tool doesn't exist anymore.

    Free RAR Extract Frog iconGUI Tar Icon

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  9. Ultimate Extract and Recover icon
     3 likes

    Ultimate Extract and Recover is an application that batch extracts and verifies RAR and ZIP archives without the user's attention. Traverses nested sub directories,supports Unicode file names,directories and passwords.

    91 Ultimate Extract and Recover alternatives
    Ultimate Extract and Recover screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Ultimate Extract and Recover Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Portable
    3.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    The last update is from October 2019.

    Ultimate Extract and Recover iconGUI Tar Icon

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  10. PKZIP icon
     1 like

    PKZIP by PKWARE is the gold standard in data compression. PKZIP provides exceptional performance and ease of use across all enterprise operating systems.

    102 PKZIP alternatives
    PKZIP screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    PKZIP Features

    1.  Unzip multiple zip files
    PKZIP iconGUI Tar Icon

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  11. Express Zip icon
     3 likes

    Express Zip is one of the most stable, easy-to-use and comprehensive file archive and compression tools available. Create, manage and extract zipped files and folders. Reduce file space needed by zipping big files before sending them.

    59 Express Zip alternatives
    View and manage the contents of any zip file

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Express Zip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    3.  Supports tar files
    4.  Folders
    5.  Encrypt Folder
    Express Zip iconGUI Tar Icon

    Express Zip VS GUI Tar

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  12. AutoUnpack icon
     2 likes

    AutoUnpack is a freeware utility that can be used to automatically download, repair, and unpack all RAR-, 7z-, zip-, TS - archives, or splitted files (e.g. *.001). Which is especially useful for usenet binaries.

    39 AutoUnpack alternatives
    AutoUnpack screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AutoUnpack Features

    1.  PAR2
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.5.2, was released on February 2008, but it can still be downloaded from Wayback Machine.

    AutoUnpack iconGUI Tar Icon

    AutoUnpack VS GUI Tar

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