WinRAR AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Compressors

The best File Compressor alternative to WinRAR 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 WinRAR and loads of them are File Compressors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Compressor alternatives to WinRAR are PeaZip, WinZip, Bandizip and NanaZip.

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  1. 7-Zip icon

    7-Zip

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    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.

    111 7-Zip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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    Comment summary: 7-Zip, as an open-source alternative to WinRAR, receives praise for its faster compression, better compression algorithms (such as LZMA2), and broader format support. Users emphasize its simplicity, absence of ads, and free availability. It is particularly noted for delivering better performance with features such as self-extracting archives, solid compression, and a command-line interface. However, one noted downside is the lack of automatic file association within Windows Explorer.
    Top Positive Comment
    KuboFHromoslav
    34

    7-Zip is highly efficient, open source archiver.

    Alex Rumbera
    Positive
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    7-Zip offers open-source and free usage, better compression, wider format support, more features like self-extracting archives, solid compression, and a powerful command-line interface, and regular updates. 7-Zip often delivers better performance

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Jason Brown
    Positive
    1

    Open-source. Huge eyes-on code audience. Much, much simpler for new users.

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    • Almost everyone thinks 7-Zip is a great WinRAR alternative.

    • 7-Zip is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to WinRAR.

    • 7-Zip is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinRAR.

    • 7-Zip is Free and Open SourceWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
    • 7-Zip is Security-focusedWinRAR is not according to our users
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    PeaZip

     652 likes
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    PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, PAQ, and PEA projects, for Linux, macOS and Windows.

    97 PeaZip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    don1
    Positive
    3

    It is fast, has many file extensions and always updated.

    Ricky Santoso
    Positive
    2

    I think the extract time faster than winrar, also support many file extensions. One of the lightest file manager & archiver that I use.

    G Downs
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    I've been using PeaZip for about 8 years and during that time I've found it to be rock-solid. I've tried 7Zip and a few others during that time but keep coming back to PeaZip. On installation, PeaZip is vastly customizable and covers all the major archive formats that most people are going to use...

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    • Almost everyone thinks PeaZip is a great WinRAR alternative.

    • PeaZip is Free and Open SourceWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
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    WinZip

     73 likes
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    A versatile file archiver offering compression and decompression, native ZIP/ZIPX support, encryption, and extensive sharing via email, cloud, social media, integrating with various platforms and formats.

    105 WinZip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • ReactOS
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    Guest
    Positive
    1

    similar and friendly interface.. cool!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    The most similar interface to WinRar.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think WinZip is a great WinRAR alternative.

    • WinZip is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to WinRAR.

    • WinZip is the most popular commercial alternative to WinRAR.

    • WinZip is Paid and ProprietaryWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
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    WinZip

    A versatile file archiver offering compression and decompression, native ZIP/ZIPX support, encryption, and extensive sharing via email, cloud, social media, integrating with various platforms and formats.

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    Bandizip

     170 likes
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    Bandizip is a powerful archiver which provides an ultrafast processing speed and convenient features. Available free of charge, and its paid editions support a variety of advanced features.

    91 Bandizip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    yarko
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    Fast, modern, with cool features and FREE! Highly reccomended!

    ichimitch
    Positive
    0

    Supports compressing and decompressing a wide variety of formats and itegrates with the Windows context menu

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Really fasttttttt to compress

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Bandizip is a great WinRAR alternative.

    • Bandizip is Freemium and ProprietaryWinRAR is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    FreeArc

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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    p7zip

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    BetterZip

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    Supports creating and extracting over 30 archive formats, enables archive editing, strong AES-256 encryption, password management, Finder and sharing integration, preview without extraction, Windows compatibility features, ePub modification, and split file joining.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Guest
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    Great, works well, fast, highly configurable and no bloatware!!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • BetterZip is Paid and ProprietaryWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
  12. 7-Zip ZS icon

    7-Zip ZS

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    7-Zip with support for Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression. Open source under LGPL-2.1 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Ark

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    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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    File Roller

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    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.

    87 File Roller alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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    Guest
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    Can't even extract multi-part archives. Can't show CRC or anything at all. Suprised this poor app has that high votes.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Capable of almost nothing, and certainly does not offer the feature range of winrar.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think File Roller is a great WinRAR alternative, some don't.

    • File Roller is Free and Open SourceWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
  15. B1 Free Archiver icon

    B1 Free Archiver

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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    Guest
    Negative
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    it does not uncompress files more than 500MB

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think B1 Free Archiver is a great WinRAR alternative.

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

    • B1 Free Archiver is Free and ProprietaryWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
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