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. Springy icon
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    Springy is a simple to use, yet powerful archiving and compression utility for Mac OS X. Springy integrates seamlessly with the Finder and includes some very useful features. Springy supports all most widely used archiving and compression formats: ZIP, RAR, TAR, 7-ZIP, PAX...

    76 Springy alternatives
    One right-click and favorite archiving commands are there, waiting for your actions.

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Springy Features

    1.  Supports tar files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Supports RAR files
    4. Finder icon  Apple Finder Integration
    Discontinued

    Springy is deprecated.

    Springy iconGUI Tar Icon

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  2. Ashampoo ZIP icon
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    Put an end to format confusion with a click! ZIP, RAR, TAR, CAB and many more - Ashampoo ZIP opens your files fast and reliably and reassembles multi-part volumes.

    95 Ashampoo ZIP alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Ashampoo ZIP Features

    1.  Virtual Disk
    Ashampoo ZIP iconGUI Tar Icon

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  3. Bandizip X icon
     1 like

    Bandizip X is an easy-to-use, reliable and fast zip unarchiver.

    This unarchiving program can unpack most popular compression formats created by WinZip (.zip), WinRAR (.rar), 7Zip (.7z) and more.

    Features:

    • Unzip archives with the most common formats: ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, 7Z,.

    78 Bandizip X alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Bandizip X Features

    1.  Support for Unicode
    Bandizip X iconGUI Tar Icon

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  4. ArchiDroid icon
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    ArchiDroid is an easy to use archive manager.

    It can:

    1. Unpacking of RAR, ZIP, TAR, GZIP (gz), BZIP2 (bz2), tar.bz2, tar.gz and 7ZIP* (7z) archives.
    2. Unpacking of encrypted ZIP and RAR (password protected) archives.
    3. Support of multi-volume (split) RAR archives.
    4. In som.
    80 ArchiDroid alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    Discontinued

    The application is no longer update. Last version, 1.1.2, released in September 2011, can be still downloaded from Google Play Store.

    ArchiDroid iconGUI Tar Icon

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  5. Create Zip Files icon
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    Create Zip Files, the free online online zip solution that provides a fast and quality service for all your zipping and unzipping needs.

    86 Create Zip Files alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online

    Create Zip Files Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    Create Zip Files iconGUI Tar Icon

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  6. Smart Zipper icon
     1 like

    Smart Zipper Pro for Mac is a professional archiving app, which can easily create, extract and preview major archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z and more ( Over 20 popular formats ).

    88 Smart Zipper alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Mac
    Smart Zipper iconGUI Tar Icon

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  7.  Like this app

    Archive Utility is part of MacOS and supports ZIP, GZIP, and BZIP2 for expansion and CPGZ, CPIO, and ZIP formats for compression.

    78 Archive Utility alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Archive Utility Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
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  8. FastZip icon
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    Support in right-click menu: 7z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, ACE, ISO, CAB, PAX, JAR, AR, CPIO ...

    76 FastZip alternatives
    FastZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    FastZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    3.  Supports tar files
    FastZip iconGUI Tar Icon

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  9. Elimisoft RAR Extractor icon
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    Effective app designed to decompress archives, like RAR, Zip, 7z, Tar, Tgz, Cbz, Lzh, Lzma, Bzip, iso, HFS, VHD, etc. Supports over 50 kinds of archive files, as well as extract encrypted archives entirely.

    86 Elimisoft RAR Extractor alternatives
    Elimisoft RAR Extractor screenshot 1
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Elimisoft RAR Extractor Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    Elimisoft RAR Extractor iconGUI Tar Icon

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  10. ZIP Self Extractor Maker icon
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    Easy to use ZIP Self Extractor maker with many options - Create self-extracting ZIP executable files.

    102 ZIP Self Extractor Maker alternatives
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    Platforms

    • Windows

    ZIP Self Extractor Maker Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    ZIP Self Extractor Maker iconGUI Tar Icon

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  11. 9 ZIP icon
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    9 Zip makes it easy to compress and decompress the Zip file. 9Zip not only works on Zip file but also decompress other files like Rar, Rar5, 7z, Gz, Bz, Tar, Jar.

    102 9 ZIP alternatives
    9 ZIP screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    9 ZIP Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    The official website is dead, and the app is not updated anymore.

    9 ZIP iconGUI Tar Icon

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  12. BreeZip icon
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    BreeZip is a free tool to "unarchive" many different kinds of archive files - an alternative to winrar free on Windows 10. It will open common formats such as ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, TAR, Gzip and more.

    95 BreeZip alternatives
    BreeZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BreeZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    BreeZip iconGUI Tar Icon

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