The Unarchiver Alternatives for Windows

The Unarchiver is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative 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 The Unarchiver and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to The Unarchiver are PeaZip, NanaZip, Bandizip and FreeArc.

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The Unarchiver 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 The Unarchiver.
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The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip and Bzip2. It will also open many...

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The Unarchiver alternatives page was last updated Nov 21, 2023
  1. StuffIt icon
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    StuffIt is the right tool for people who just need very basic compression and expansion features. StuffIt has some great features that help you manage your workflow quickly and efficiently. Create both Zip and StuffIt X archives with or without encryption, and open compressed or...

    82 StuffIt alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    StuffIt Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
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  2.  3 likes

    A new rewritten Alternative for Free ARC by Bulat Ziganshin.

    75 Free ARC NEXT alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The last update is from September 2017.

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  3. Noah icon
     1 like

    Noah is an archiver powered by Common Archivers Library DLLs. If you run Noah in non-Japanese environment, you will get English Interface.

    81 Noah alternatives
    Noah screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Noah Features

    1.  Drag and Drop
    Discontinued

    The authors suspended the development. There are no updates since 2010/11/25 .

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  4. AZip icon
     1 like

    AZip is a free Zip Archive Manager with unique features such as: built-in content Search, smart archive Update, archive Recompression.

    95 AZip alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    AZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
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  5. KingshiperZip icon
     1 like

    KingshiperZip allows you to unzip files in WinZip, RAR, and 7z formats. It is a clean, secure, and ad-free software that offers compression options for images, videos, audio, GIFs, PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel files.

    53 KingshiperZip alternatives
    AI-Powered ZIP Extractor & Compressor

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Live Preview
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Encrypted Backup
    4.  Supports Zip files
    5.  PDF compression
    6.  Lossless Compression
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  6. Bitser icon
     20 likes

    Bitser is free Windows zip software for managing archives and backups. It supports ZIP, ZIPX, 7Z, RAR, ISO, MSI, VHD, GZIP, BZIP2,TAR, LZMA, LZMA2, NTFS, FAT, MBR, SquashFS, CramFS, MSLZ, CAB, CPIO, DEB, LZH, NSIS, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR, XZ, Z.

    85 Bitser alternatives
    Create zip

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Bitser Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Folder Size
    Discontinued

    The last version (1.5.0) is from November 2018.

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  7. TUGZip icon
     19 likes

    TUGZip is a powerful freeware archiving utility for Windows that provides support for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as very powerful features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows Explorer integration.

    81 TUGZip alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TUGZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Windows Explorer Extension
    3.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    Development is discontinued. Last version, 3.5.0.0, released on April 2nd 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  8. ALZip icon
     11 likes

    ALZip is a file compression program that can unzip 40 different zip file archives. ALZip can zip files into 8 different archives such as ZIP, EGG, TAR and others. In ALZip version 8, ALZip’s own EGG format, that Unicode and other powerful function supported, can be used.

    82 ALZip alternatives
    ALZip screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    ALZip Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
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  9. Hamster ZIP Archiver icon
     10 likes

    Hamster ZIP Archiver is a powerful and modern archival program that allows users to easily compress and open files from any archive.

    76 Hamster ZIP Archiver alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hamster ZIP Archiver Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    Warning

    When uninstalling the program run a Trojan.Win32/Occamy.C. See also https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/57672046438d7e3a2bfa13c6d9c4be9e58530622ab970b02074cf2c3fd1b4043/detection

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  10. WinAce icon
     6 likes

    WinAce is not just another archiving shell. With it's own powerful compression format ACE and built-in support for other popular compression types like ZIP, RAR and MS-CAB (to name a few), WinAce could actually become the only archiver you need.

    67 WinAce alternatives
    WinAce screenshot 1

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    WinAce Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Supports RAR files
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 2.69, released in November 2007, can be still downloaded from FileHippo

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  11. WinUHA icon
     6 likes

    WinUHA - powerful GUI (Graphical User Interface) for UHARC. UHarc (Uwe Herklotz archiver) is a high-compression 386+ DOS and Windows file archiver.

    74 WinUHA alternatives
    Main interface

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The software is no longer updated. Last version, 2.0 RC1, released in February 2005, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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  12. Unar icon
     3 likes

    The Unarchiver is a macOS app, but the underlying unarchiving code can run on other OSes, too. There is not yet any GUI app for any other OS, but there are two command-line tools, unar and lsar, which can be used on macOS, Windows and Linux.

    8 Unar alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Unar Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Command line interface
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