PeaZip

PeaZip is 7-Zip with a nice user interface. Not more, not less. It's not only better looking, the whole interface seems to be more thought through. I see no reason why you would not prefer this to 7-Zip. I also see no reason why you would ever want to use WinRAR nowadays.

Edit: After some time of using PeaZip, I find the user interface quite laggy from time to time. I think I will go back to 7-Zip...

No drag & drop on desktop and no multiple selection by mouse, like in Dune 2? In 2024? At this point it's better to use a command line.

Have had zero issues extracting large ZIPs ranging from 10-15GB with no issues that Linux Mint's default ZIP extraction can't do.

Supports a vast variety of formats, including ARC and ZPAQ for those very high compression ratio needs.

What a piece of garbage. Recently I needed to unpack and copy about 100 files to a folder that required administrative rights. Every reasonable archiver will call UAC once and then do his stuff without distracting a user. But not that trash! He calls UAC and user permission to write EVERY-SINGLE-FILE! After clicking "Yes" around a hundred times I hate with all my heart that trash.

Not bad after using WinRar, yet not good after 7zip. 7zip is faster and opens more archives, meanwhile Windows Explorer and PeaZip return errors. But the great advantage is nice interface and more settings.

Strength: • Libre Source (Open Source). If you are not familiar with "Libre Source", it means this software has both stronger security & stronger privacy. Because its code is publicly available for review and contributions at: ___• https://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/ ___• https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip • Attractive GNU General Public License version 2. This means the software code is owned and supported by a friendly not-for-profit community. Instead of a for-profit corporation. https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/blob/sources/LICENSE • Latest Linux version available at https://flathub.org/apps/io.github.peazip.PeaZip • Able to compress and extract in a massive 200+ archive formats. Such as, but not limited to, Tar, 7-Zip, RAR. And convert between those 200+ formats. • Crossplatorm. BSD, Linux, macOS, Windows. • Easy to use interface. • Very fast with compressing and extracting larges files • Stronger security on new archives. With optional two-step verification, add password, built-in encrypts password manager, secure file shredder to permanently erase any data that’s no longer needed. • Multilingual • Schedule archives • Create self-extracting archives • Can be used as a portable program without installation. • One of my favorite feature is its smart extract. If the archive contains multiple files with the same names, during decompression, optionally, PeaZip will automatically create unique folders. In other words, all files are successfully decompressed. • Plug-ins at https://peazip.github.io/peazip-add-ons.html • Themes at https://peazip.github.io/peazip-themes.html

Challenge: • PeaZip is loaded with advanced features. The downside to this is that some pages are heavily cluttered with advanced options. In turn, people not familiar with technologies might be intimidated and confused. To resolve this challenge, how about adding a toggle button to switch between Easy and Advanced interface? The Easy interface would simply hide the advanced features. But when users need advanced features, they could simply use this toggle button. I create a feature request about this at https://sourceforge.net/p/peazip/tickets/780/

Show Your Support: • If you enjoy this application, show your support to the authors & contributors with: ___• Donation at https://peazip.github.io/donations.html ___• Forum support at https://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/support ___• Patch at https://sourceforge.net/projects/peazip/

Review done using: • PeaZip version 9.5