UPX AlternativesFile Compressors and other similar apps like UPX

UPX is described as '(Ultimate Packer for eXecutables) achieves an excellent compression ratio and offers very fast decompression. Your executables suffer no memory overhead or other drawbacks for most of the formats supported, because of in-place decompression' and is a File Compressor in the file management category. There are more than 10 alternatives to UPX for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, PortableApps.com and Wine apps. The best UPX alternative is FileOptimizer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UPX are Appetize.io, ExEinfo PE, Themida and FUPX.

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  1. FileOptimizer icon

    FileOptimizer

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    FileOptimizer is a lossless file size optimizer supporting AIR, APK, APNG APPX, BMP, CBZ, DOCX, DLL, EPUB, EXE, GIF, GZ, ICO, JAR, JPEG, MNG, MP3, MPP, PNG, PPTX, ODT, OGG, OGV, PDF, PUB, SCR, SWF, TIF, VSD, WEBP, XAP, XLSX, and ZIP file formats among others.

    65 FileOptimizer alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Wine
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  2. Appetize.io icon

    Appetize.io

     25 likes

    Run iOS & Android Apps in the Browser for Preview, Support, Demos, Testing and Automation using the fastest emulators and simulators. Try the instant online demo at https://appetize.io

    22 Appetize.io alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    ExEinfo PE

     15 likes

    Packer, compressor detector / unpack info / internal exe tools.

    Internal Tools and Ripper Menu :

    Borland Delphi ( 2.0 - 7.0 ) Microsoft Visual C++ ver. 5,6,7,8.0 UPX exe/ dll 0.89.6 - 1.02 / 1.05 -3.03 -> Markus & Laszlo Aspack v2.12 -> Alexey Solodovnikov EXECrypto.

    17 ExEinfo PE alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. Themida icon

    Themida

     2 likes

    Advanced Windows software protection system, developed for software developers who wish to protect their applications against advanced reverse engineering and software cracking.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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  6. FUPX icon

    FUPX

     4 likes

    Graphical interface for the UPX packer which offers easy access to all documented and undocumented UPX parameters without the need for command line usage.

    12 FUPX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
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  7. K

    kkrunchy

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    kkrunchy is a small exe packer primarily meant for 64k intros. It's relatively useless for anything else actually, because the depacker was relatively slow in older releases (about 1-2MB per second on my machine) and is dog slow in the newest version (about 90-120k per...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. ASPack icon

    ASPack

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    ASPack is an advanced solution created to provide Win32 EXE file packing and to protect them against non-professional reverse engineering.

    12 ASPack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Alienyze icon

    Alienyze

     1 like

    Alienyze is a software packer and protection solution for native Windows 32-bit executable files. Alienyze allows developers to easily protect their software aginest cracking and reverse engineering, while also providing additional features such as executable compression...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. W

    WWPack32

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    WWPack32 - Windows executable files compressor and protector. Compressed exe and dll files run exactly as before!. This program squeezes exe files and protects Win32 applications from cracking.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. C

    Crinkler

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    Crinkler is an executable file compressor (or rather, a compressing linker) for Windows specifically targeted towards executables with a size of just a few kilobytes. As of 2020, it is the most widely used tool for compressing 1k/4k/8k intros.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  13. C

    cabextract

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    A library for some loosely related Microsoft compression formats, CAB, CHM, HLP, LIT, KWAJ and SZDD.

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    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  14. PECompact icon

    PECompact

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    PECompact is an advanced Windows executable compressor for use by software developers and vendors. Executable packers compress executable modules (EXE, DLL, etc..) so that their physical size is considerably smaller.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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