The Best Open Source WinZip AlternativesTop File Archivers & File Compressors like WinZip

The best open source alternative to WinZip is 7-Zip. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to WinZip and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to WinZip are PeaZip, NanaZip, MacPacker and ZipXtract.

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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.

    121 7-Zip alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
     
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    7-Zip vs WinZip Comments
    KuboFHromoslav
    Positive
    3

    7-Zip is highly efficient, open source archiver.

    • 7-Zip is Free and Open SourceWinZip is Paid and Proprietary
    • 7-Zip is Lightweight, Security-focused and Privacy focusedWinZip is not according to our users
  2. PeaZip icon
     686 likes

    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.

    103 PeaZip alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
     
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    PeaZip vs WinZip Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Has all features of 7zip and most of features of WinRAR. And it has a GUI.

    • PeaZip is Free and Open SourceWinZip is Paid and Proprietary
    • PeaZip is Lightweight, Privacy focused and CustomizableWinZip is not according to our users
  3. MacPacker icon
     17 likes

    Browse archives like folders. Preview files without extracting. Drag out only the ones you need, or create and edit ZIP archives.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. ZipXtract icon
     15 likes

    ZipXtract is a comprehensive, open-source file extraction utility designed to handle a wide range of compressed file formats, including RAR, ZIP, TAR, BZ2, GZ, 7Z, XZ, JAR, and Z. This versatile application offers users the ability to extract files from both standard and...

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Ark icon
     26 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).

    42 Ark alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
     
  8. File Roller icon
     84 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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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
     
  9. p7zip icon
     29 likes

    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.

    89 p7zip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  10. Grizzly icon
     2 likes

    Grizzly is an open-source macOS application designed for browsing and extracting ZIP archives with speed and ease. It provides a clean, Finder-style interface with native system integrations to simplify ZIP file management.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  11. Xarchiver icon
     28 likes

    Xarchiver is a lightweight desktop independent archive manager built with the GTK+2 toolkit. It was developed with a simple GUI which that could be used with any desktop environment and would operate using the command line rather than API calls.

    89 Xarchiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Xfce
     
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