WinRAR AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Managers

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   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.

   134 7-Zip alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-2.1)

   Application typeApplication types

   • File Archiver
   • File Compressor

   Origin

   • Russia

   Since

   • Since 2008

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • PortableApps.com
   • ReactOS
   • Arch Linux

   • Russia

   

   

   

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   7-Zip vs WinRAR Comments

   Top Positive Comment by KuboFHromoslav · May 15, 2017

   7-Zip is highly efficient, open source archiver.

   Positive comment by Alex Rumbera · Oct 9, 2024

   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

   Positive comment by Jason Brown · Aug 22, 2023

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

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   • 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

    698 likes

   PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, .

   112 PeaZip alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (LGPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • File Archiver
   • File Compressor

   Origin

   • Italy
   • EU

   Since

   • Since 2009

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Flatpak
   • Flathub
   • BSD

   • Italy
   • EU

   

   

   

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   PeaZip vs WinRAR Comments

   Positive comment by don1 · Feb 19, 2017

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

   Positive comment by Ricky Santoso · Jul 5, 2018

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

   Positive comment by G Downs · Feb 3, 2019

   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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   • PeaZip is Free and Open SourceWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
   • PeaZip is CustomizableWinRAR is not according to our users
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   Zarchiver

    24 likes

   ZArchiver - program to manage archives in android. The program has a simple and functional interface. It lets you create 7z (7zip), zip, bzip2 (bz2), gzip (gz), XZ, tar archives, decompress 7z (7zip), zip, rar, bzip2, gzip, XZ, iso, tar, arj.

   62 Zarchiver alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • File Archiver
   • File Compressor

   Origin

   • Russia

   Since

   • Since 2013

   Platforms

   • Android
   • Android Tablet
   • HUAWEI AppGallery

   • Russia

   

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   Entropy

    9 likes

   Easily create, open and preview popular archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z, TGZ and more ( 30+ formats supported ).

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • File Archiver
   • File Compressor

   Since

   • Since 2013

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac

   

   

   

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   Oka - unzip file, video player

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   Oka Files is a comprehensive document management application that integrates file browsing, video playback, photo browsing, text editing, and audio recording.

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • File Manager

   Since

   • Since 2020

   Platforms

   • iPhone
   • iPad

   

   

   

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   Ultimate Extract and Recover

    3 likes

   Ultimate Extract and Recover is an application that batch extracts and verifies RAR and ZIP archives without the user's attention. Traverses nested sub directories,supports Unicode file names,directories and passwords.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • File Archiver

   Since

   • Since 2015

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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   AndroZip

    6 likes

   AndroZip is a utility that can unpack/decompress ZIP and other ZIP based archives like APK, JAR, WAR, EAR, TAR, GZIP and RAR. AndroZip can also create ZIP and ZIP based archives like APK, JAR, WAR, EAR, TAR and GZIP. Note only Win.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • File Archiver
   • File Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Since

   • Since 2009

   Platforms

   • Android

   • United States

   

   

   

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