WinRAR AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Archivers

The best File Archiver 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 100 alternatives to WinRAR and loads of them are File Archivers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Archiver alternatives to WinRAR are PeaZip, WinZip, Bandizip and NanaZip.

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  1. 7-Zip icon
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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.

    124 7-Zip alternatives

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    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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  2. PeaZip icon
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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.

    104 PeaZip alternatives

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    • Windows
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    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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  3. WinZip icon
     74 likes

    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.

    110 WinZip alternatives

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    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • ReactOS
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  4. Bandizip icon
     172 likes

    Enables ultrafast compression and decompression of over 30 formats, supports multi-core optimization, AES256 encryption, ZIP repair, selective extraction, password management, antimalware scans, image previews, archive integrity checks, and Windows integration.

    96 Bandizip alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  5. NanaZip icon
     73 likes

    NanaZip is an open source file archiver intended for the modern Windows experience, forked from the source code of well-known open source file archiver 7-Zip.

    99 NanaZip alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  6. The Unarchiver icon
     248 likes

    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 older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ and...

    102 The Unarchiver alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  7. FreeArc icon
     52 likes

    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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Ark icon
     27 likes

    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).

    44 Ark alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
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  9. 7-Zip ZS icon
     10 likes

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

    108 7-Zip ZS alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  10. File Roller icon
     85 likes

    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.

    90 File Roller alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
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  11. 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.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  12. Explzh for Windows is a file operation tool created with the concept of treating archive files, CD-ROM virtual disk images (ISO-9660 / ISO-13346), and FTP hosts as virtual folders and handling them like an explorer.

    102 Explzh for Windows alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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