TC4Shell Alternatives

TC4Shell is described as 'File archive tool that supports a huge array of archive formats and integrates with Windows Explorer for the utmost simplicity' and is a File Archiver in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to TC4Shell for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Android apps. The best TC4Shell alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like TC4Shell are PeaZip, WinRAR, Bandizip and Keka.

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TC4Shell alternatives are mainly File Archivers but may also be File Compressors or File Managers.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of TC4Shell.
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TC4Shell is a file archive tool that supports a huge array of archive formats and integrates with Windows Explorer for the utmost simplicity.

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TC4Shell alternatives page was last updated Sep 8, 2023
  1. gzip icon
     15 likes

    GNU Gzip is a software application used for file compression and decompression. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding.

    24 gzip alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Supports tar files
    gzip iconTC4Shell Icon

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  2. Rapidgzip icon
     1 like

    Rapidgzip: Parallelized Decompression of Gzip Files with Support for Fast Random Access.

    23 Rapidgzip alternatives
    Rapidgzip screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux

    Rapidgzip Features

    1.  Command line interface
    Rapidgzip iconTC4Shell Icon

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  3. 7z SFX-Creator icon
     41 likes

    A simple and easy to use GUI based on 7zip for creating self-extracting archives and self-extracting installers.

    88 7z SFX-Creator alternatives
    7z SFX-Creator screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    7z SFX-Creator Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer maintained. Last version, 1.3, released in October 2012, can be still downloaded from Google Project Hosting.

    7z SFX-Creator iconTC4Shell Icon

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  4. Xarchiver icon
     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.

    89 Xarchiver alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Supports tar files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Gtk
    Xarchiver iconTC4Shell Icon

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  5. Engrampa icon
     11 likes

    A file archiver for MATE, based on File Roller from GNOME 2

    http://www.mate-desktop.org/.

    94 Engrampa alternatives
    Engrampa screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
    Engrampa iconTC4Shell Icon

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  6. IZArc icon
     99 likes

    Zip Utility - NEWS since - "Version 4.2 = NO MORE ADWARE. IZARC INSTALLER IS COMPLETELY ADWARE FREE" No bundleware that is showing in description.

    94 IZArc alternatives
    IZArc screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    IZArc Features

    1.  Built-in viewer
    2.  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Supports Zip files
    4.  Supports RAR files
    5.  Dropbox integration
    6.  Multiple languages
    IZArc iconTC4Shell Icon

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  7. p7zip icon
     28 likes

    p7zip is a port of the command line version of the 7-Zip file archiver to POSIX-conforming operating systems like Unix (Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cygwin, AIX, ...), MacOS X and also for BeOS and Amiga.

    89 p7zip alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku

    p7zip Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Supports Zip files
    Discontinued

    The last update is from 2016.

    p7zip iconTC4Shell Icon

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  8. BetterZip icon
     35 likes

    Extract Only Files You Really Need. Create Archives. Update Archives. Protect Your Data. Open Archives Without Extracting (ZIP, SIT, TAR, GZip, BZip2, RAR, 7-Zip, CPIO, ARJ, LZH/LHA, JAR, WAR, CAB, ISO, CHM).

    76 BetterZip alternatives
    BetterZip screenshot 1

    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac

    BetterZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    BetterZip iconTC4Shell Icon

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  9. B1 Free Archiver icon
     49 likes

    B1 Free Archiver is a free multi-platform universal archiver. Currently it works on Windows, Mac, Linux and Android; moreover B1 Online Archiver allows you to uncompress .b1, zip, rar or .7z archive from your computer directly online.

    89 B1 Free Archiver alternatives
    Main window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet

    B1 Free Archiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  File preview
    B1 Free Archiver iconTC4Shell Icon

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    • B1 Free Archiver is the most popular Web-based alternative to TC4Shell.

    • B1 Free Archiver is Free and ProprietaryTC4Shell is Paid and Proprietary
  10. PortableApps.com AppCompactor icon
     17 likes

    AppCompactor allows you to easily compress applications to decrease size on disk and increase performance when running from slow media, like flash drives. It's packaged as a portable app, so you can work with your apps anywhere.

    71 PortableApps.com AppCompactor alternatives
    Main options

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    PortableApps.com AppCompactor Features

    1.  Portable
    PortableApps.com AppCompactor iconTC4Shell Icon

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  11. ArcThemAll! icon
     9 likes

    A simple software to multiple compress files and folders. ArcThemAll provides compression and extraction of batches of multiple folders or files with simple drag&drop loading. It includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, the support to self-extracting archives creation...

    82 ArcThemAll! alternatives
    ArcThemAll! screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ArcThemAll! Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    Last updated on October 26, 2013.

    ArcThemAll! iconTC4Shell Icon

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  12. zpaq icon
     8 likes

    zpaq is a free and open source incremental, journaling command-line archiver for Windows, Linux and Mac OS/X.

    33 zpaq alternatives
    Archive size vs. time to compress and extract 10 GB (79,431 files) to an external USB hard drive at default and maximum settings on a Dell Latitude E6510 laptop (Core i7 M620, 2+2 hyperthreads, 2.66 GHz, 4 GB, Ubuntu Linux, Wine 1.6).

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    zpaq Features

    1.  Incremental Backup
    2.  File Versioning
    3.  Data deduplication
    Discontinued

    Last update was in 2016, but it can still be downloaded from their website.

    zpaq iconTC4Shell Icon

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