Lightweight PeaZip Alternatives

The best alternative to PeaZip is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to PeaZip and 19 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to PeaZip are WinRAR, NanaZip, Keka and MacPacker.

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  1. 7-Zip icon

    7-Zip

     4780 likes

    Feature-rich archiving software with top-tier compression in 7z, integration in Windows Shell, AES-256 encryption, and multi-format support, including TAR, ZIP, RAR. Offers strong file management tools and a command line version for Linux/Unix systems.

    114 7-Zip alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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    7-Zip vs PeaZip Comments
    Gill
    Positive
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    7-Zip is free software with open source. The most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression.

    RemovedUser
    Positive
    1

    7 Zip's UI is significantly more responsive for the same task.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • 7-Zip is Free and Open SourcePeaZip is also Free and Open Source
    • 7-Zip is Security-focusedPeaZip is not according to our users
  2. WinRAR icon

    WinRAR

     1169 likes

    Powerful file compression and archiving tool supporting numerous formats. Offers secure file transfer, efficient storage, cross-platform compatibility, and multi-language support.

    98 WinRAR alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • ReactOS
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    WinRAR vs PeaZip Comments
    Jozef Cifre
    Negative
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    It's a paid app, also it does not support 7z formats.

    • WinRAR is Freemium and ProprietaryPeaZip is Free and Open Source
  4. NanaZip icon

    NanaZip

     63 likes

    NanaZip is an open source file archiver intended for the modern Windows experience, forked from the source code of well-known open source file archiver 7-Zip.

    93 NanaZip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    NanaZip vs PeaZip Comments
    RemovedUser
    Positive
    1

    NanaZip is a lot faster UI-wise than Peazip. Otherwise they have a similar concept (refresh of 7Zip's UX).

    Also NanaZip's checksum works from the context menu. For some reason I got an error (no application found) when trying to generate checksums from PeaZip's context menu. Looking for the Peazip exe manually didn't work either.

    So NanaZip is a bit better for me.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • NanaZip is Free and Open SourcePeaZip is also Free and Open Source
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    WinRAR

    Powerful file compression and archiving tool supporting numerous formats. Offers secure file transfer, efficient storage, cross-platform compatibility, and multi-language support.

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  7. MacPacker icon

    MacPacker

     14 likes

    Archive manager for macOS. Open source, because essential tools should be free. Preview (nested) archives without extracting them.

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    • Mac
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  8. FreeArc icon

    FreeArc

     52 likes

    FreeArc is a free and open source file archiver developed by Bulat Ziganshin. It uses LZMA, PPMD, TrueAudio and GRzip algorithms with automatic switching by file type, and also uses set of filters—for instance it can remove repetitions from text.

    81 FreeArc alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. File Roller icon

    File Roller

     83 likes

    File Roller is the archive manager of the GNOME desktop environment. It can extract, view, create and modify archives. File Roller is only a graphical interface to archiving utilities such as tar and zip.

    88 File Roller alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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  11. Ark icon

    Ark

     25 likes

    Ark is a program for viewing, extracting, creating and modifying archives. Ark can handle various archive formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7zip, xz, rpm, cab and deb (support for certain archive formats depend on the appropriate command-line programs being installed).

    39 Ark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
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    Ark vs PeaZip Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Low format support than peazip, also very buggy

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Ark is Free and Open SourcePeaZip is also Free and Open Source
  13. Zipware icon

    Zipware

     20 likes

    Zipware is simple and free zip software for Microsoft Windows that supports all major archiving formats including the new RAR5 format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  14. Info-ZIP icon

    Info-ZIP

     10 likes

    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

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  15. Xarchiver icon

    Xarchiver

     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
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