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Comparison of file archivers

{{Short description|General and technical information for a number of file archivers}}

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up to date. Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes section, comparisons are based on the stable versions—without add-ons, extensions or external programs.

General information

Basic general information about the archivers.

Legend:
{{legend-inline|#DFF|Free/no cost}} {{legend-inline|#FCE|Paid}} {{legend-inline|#FED|Cost depends}}
{{legend-inline|#9EFF9E|Open source (licenses)}} {{legend-inline|#E7E7FF|Proprietary}}

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File archivers

! Developer

! Initial release

! Platform

! Latest release version

! Latest release date

! Status

! License

! Cost (USD)

7-Zip

| Igor Pavlov

| 1999-01-02

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|Q215051|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q215051|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|LGPL-2.1-or-later
(RAR plugin is proprietary)}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

ALZip

| ESTsoft

| 1999{{efn|As a WinZip translation.}}

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|Q294542|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q294542|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost{{efn|A general serial number was published on developer's website altools.com in August 2012.}}}}

Archive Manager
(File Roller)

| Paolo Bacchilega

| 2001-05-12

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1143010|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1143010|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

Archive Utility

| Apple

| 2003-10-24

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q963462|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q963462|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|Bundled{{efn|Included with macOS Core Services.}}}}

Ark

| KDE team

| 1997

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q671759|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q671759|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

B1 Free Archiver

| Adam Buyer

| 2011-08

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q15894894|P400=Q94|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (Android), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q15894894|P400=Q388|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (Linux), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q15894894|P400=Q14116|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (macOS), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q15894894|P400=Q1406|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (Windows)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q15894894|P400=Q94|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (Android), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q15894894|P400=Q388|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (Linux), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q15894894|P400=Q14116|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (macOS), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q15894894|P400=Q1406|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (Windows)

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

BetterZip

| MacItBetter

| 2006-05

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4898429|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4898429|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$29.95 USD}}

Commander One

| Eltima Software

| 2015-08-04

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q21043313|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q21043313|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Depends|Standard at no cost.
$29.95 Pro Pack.}}

Compressed Folders

| Microsoft

| 1998-06-25

| Windows

| Windows 8.1

| 2013-08-27

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|Bundled{{efn|Included in Microsoft Windows Windows Explorer shell since Windows Me.}}}}

Disk ARchiver

| Denis Corbin

| 2002

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3011110|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q3011110|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

Expander

| Haiku

| 2002

| Haiku

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q215448|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q215448|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|MIT}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

Filzip

| Philipp Engel

| {{unk}}

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q4038745|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q4038745|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Inactive

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

FreeArc

| Bulat Ziganshin

| 2007-11-01{{efn|v0.36}}

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q3495962|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q3495962|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|GPL-2.0-only}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

iArchiver

| Dare to be Creative Ltd.

| 2007-10-21

| macOS

| 1.4.1

| 2008-10-30

| Inactive

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$26}}

Info-ZIP
(Wzip)

| Samuel Smith

| 1989-03

| Cross-platform

| 6.0

| 2009-04-29

| Active

| {{open source|Info-Zip{{cite web|url=https://spdx.org/licenses/Info-ZIP.html|title=Info-ZIP License|website=spdx.org}}}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

KGB Archiver

| Tomasz Pawlak

| 2006-04-01

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2493681|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2493681|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Inactive

| {{open source|GPL-2.0-only}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

PeaZip

| Giorgio Tani

| 2006-04-19

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1275912|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1275912|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|LGPL-3.0-or-later}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

PKZIP

| Phil Katz

| 1989

| Cross-platform

| 12.4{{cite web|url=http://www.pkware.com/support-desktop/product-updates|title=Latest Product Updates - Support Center - PKWARE Support Site|access-date=2 July 2016|archive-date=30 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530055049/http://www.pkware.com/support-desktop/product-updates|url-status=dead}}

| 2009-09

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$29.00}}

PowerArchiver

| ConexWare

| 1999-03

| macOS

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q29318|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}} (macOS), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q29318|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}} (Windows)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q29318|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (macOS), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q29318|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (Windows)

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$22.95}}

StuffIt

| Smith Micro Software

| 1987

| Cross-platform

| 15.0.7{{cite web |url=http://www.stuffit.com/support/updates.html |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2015-03-15 |title=StuffIt Updates |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206080544/http://www.stuffit.com/support/updates.html |archive-date=2011-12-06 |url-status=dead }}

| 2011-12-01

| Inactive

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$49.99 Deluxe.{{cite web |url=http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=13939 |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2011-12-01 |title=StuffIt Deluxe English|German|Japanese |archive-date=2014-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708003628/http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=13939 |url-status=dead }}
$79.99 French Deluxe.{{cite web |url=http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11883 |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2011-12-01 |title=StuffIt Deluxe Mac French |archive-date=2013-09-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919054319/http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11883 |url-status=dead }}
Windows: $14.99 Standard.{{cite web |url=http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11448 |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2011-12-01 |title=StuffIt Windows (Standard) |archive-date=2014-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707221122/http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11448 |url-status=dead }}
$29.99 Deluxe.{{cite web |url=http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11446 |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2011-12-01 |title=StuffIt Deluxe Windows |archive-date=2015-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116020215/http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=11446 |url-status=dead }}
$49.99 French (or German) Deluxe.{{cite web |url=http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=12525 |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2011-12-01 |title=StuffIt Deluxe Windows French |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191525/http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=12525 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=12526 |publisher=Smith Micro Software |access-date=2011-12-01 |title=StuffIt Deluxe Windows German |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082152/http://store.smithmicro.com/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=12526 |url-status=dead }}
No cost for expander.}}

TAR

| AT&T

| 1979, 1987 (pdtar), 1997 (star)

| Cross-platform

| 3.5.2 (BSD tar), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q21283172|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (GNU tar), 1.6.0 (star)

| 2021-08-23 (BSD tar), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q21283172|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (GNU tar), 2019-04-15 (star)

| Active

| {{open source|BSD-2-Clause (BSD tar), GPL-3.0-or-later (GNU tar), public domain (pdtar), CDDL-1.0 (star)}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

The Unarchiver

| Circlesoft

| 2006-07-01

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q788083|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q788083|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

Terse

| IBM

| 1984-07-01

|

|

|

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

TUGZip

| Christian Kindahl

| 2002-08-18

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q515380|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q515380|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Inactive

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

WinAce

| e-merge GmbH

| {{unk}}

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q2463160|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2463160|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Inactive

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$29.00 Standard.
$39.00 Plus.
No cost for expander.{{efn|Linux & macOS only.}}}}

WinRAR

| Eugene Roshal
Alexander Roshal

| 1993

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q242747|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q242747|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$29.{{cite web|url=http://www.rarlab.com/shop2rarlab.php?prod=winrar|title=WinRAR and RAR support site|access-date=2 July 2016}}
No cost for expander.}}

WinZip

| WinZip Computing, Inc

| 1991

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q688317|P400=Q94|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (Android), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q688317|P400=Q48493|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (iOS), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q688317|P400=Q14116|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (macOS), {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q688317|P400=Q1406|P348|P548=Q2804309}} (Windows)

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q688317|P400=Q94|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (Android), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q688317|P400=Q48493|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (iOS), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q688317|P400=Q14116|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (macOS), {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q688317|P400=Q1406|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}} (Windows)

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|$29.95 Standard.
$49.95 Pro.}}

XAD
(XADMaster.library)

| Dirk Stoecker

| 1998

| Cross-platform

| 13.1

|

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Nonfree|Shareware
No cost for non-commercial use.}}

Xarchiver

| Giuseppe Torelli

| {{unk}}

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q1376913|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1376913|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

ZipGenius

| Matteo Riso of M.Dev Software

| 2003-05

| Windows

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q636579|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q636579|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{Proprietary|Proprietary}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

ZPAQ

| Matt Mahoney

| 2009-03

| Cross-platform

| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q8063260|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q8063260|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| Active

| {{open source|Public domain
MIT}}{{cite web|url=http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html|title=ZPAQ site|access-date=2020-08-04}}

| {{Free|No cost}}

File archivers

! Developer

! Initial release

! Platform

! Latest release version

! Latest release date

! Status

! License

! Cost (USD)

Notes:

{{notelist}}

Operating system support

The operating systems the archivers can run on without emulation or compatibility layer. Ubuntu's own GUI Archive manager, for example, can open and create many archive formats (including Rar archives) even to the extent of splitting into parts and encryption and ability to be read by the native program. This is presumably a "compatibility layer."

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;"
style="width:12em" | File archivers

! Windows

! DOS

! macOS

! Linux

! BSD

! Other Unix

! AmigaOS

! Android

! Windows Mobile

! Windows Phone

7-Zip

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1|A separate 64-bit Windows x64 Edition version is also available.}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2|The Unix-like system port is known as p7zip. p7zip also is provided by FreeDOS.}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

ALZip

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{cite web|url=http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALZip/Features/Command-Line.aspx|title=Command Line ZIP Interface - use scripts to automate zip tasks|access-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227055125/http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALZip/Features/Command-Line.aspx|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

ALZip for Mac

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Archive Manager

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Archive Utility

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Ark

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

B1 Free Archiver

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

BetterZip

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

bsdtar/libarchive

| {{yes}}, bundled{{efn|Bundled with Windows 10 since insider build 17063}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}, bundled

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, bundled

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{no}}

Commander One

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Disk ARchiver

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

Filzip

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

FreeArc

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

GNU tar

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

iArchiver

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

Info-ZIP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Also Acorn RISC OS, Atari, MVS, OS/2, VM/CMS, VMS and others.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|General Windows CE version.}}

| {{no}}

KGB Archiver

| {{yes}}{{efn|This program also has a POSIX version available.}}

| {{partial}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

PeaZip

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|title=PeaZip for Darwin / macOS|url=https://peazip.github.io/peazip-macos.html|access-date=15 December 2021}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

PKZIP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

PowerArchiver

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

Star

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

StuffIt

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|X86 only, older version (5.2.0?)}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial|older version (5.2.0?)}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

The Unarchiver

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

TUGZip

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

WinAce

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winace|The programs for other platforms are called Unace, do not have the same GUI, and can only perform decompression.}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface expander only}}{{efn|name=os-winace}}

| {{partial|X86, Command-line interface expander only}}{{efn|name=os-winace}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface expander only}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

WinRAR and RAR

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar|WinRAR is for Windows, RAR for other platforms.}}

| {{partial|X86 and x86-64, Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface expander only}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rarlab.rar|title=RAR - Android Apps on Google Play|access-date=2 July 2016}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

WinZip

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1}}

| {{partial|Command-line interface}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

XAD

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

Xarchiver

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

ZipGenius

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

ZPAQ

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{dunno}}

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!

! Windows

! DOS

! macOS

! Linux

! BSD

! Unix

! AmigaOS

! Android

! Windows Mobile

! Windows Phone

Notes:

{{notelist}}

Archiver features

Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).

{{sort-under}}

class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;"
File archivers

! Data compression

! Shell
integration

! Password protection

! Multiple volumes

! Self extraction

! File repairing

! Batch conversion

! Unicode file /
directory names{{efn|name=unicode-names|Extracting/adding file and/or directory names into archive in either UTF-7, UTF-8 or UTF-16/UCS-2 encoding to support single file/directory name which contains characters from different languages. More recent versions of the zip file format have support for Unicode filenames.}}

! Encryption

! Filename Encryption

7-Zip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

ALZip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=features-ALZip|Commandline batch compression is available only for ZIP and ALZ formats.}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

Archive Manager

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

Archive Utility

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

ARJ

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

Ark

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

B1 Free Archiver

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

BetterZip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

bsdtar/libarchive

| {{partial|non-tar formats}}{{efn|name=tar-compression|Traditionally, tar, cpio, or pax calls the external programs gzip and bzip2 to perform compression; these external programs usually come with systems that contain the archiver. This is the case for GNU tar. BSD tar uses its own implementation, since it also has to deal with archive formats that do their own compression.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|zip}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|7z, zip, rar}}

| {{partial|7z, zip, rar}}

Commander One

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}} for 7z

Disk ARchiver

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

Filzip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

FreeArc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

GNU tar

| {{no}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial

}Separate

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! iArchiver

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! Info-ZIP

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{efn|Many shells have built-in zip file support. Windows Explorer has "Send To"->"ZIP-compressed folder".}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=infozip-since|Unicode and volumes since version 3.0 (2008). AES since 3.1 (in beta).}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=infozip-since}}

| {{yes|}}ZipCrypto (weak) and AES{{efn|name=infozip-since}}

| {{no}}

|-

! KGB Archiver

| {{yes}}

| {{partial|}}Not enabled by default

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! PeaZip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=unicode-peazip|UTF-8 file/path-names support was completed in release 3.0.1 on Unix systems, and in release 5.8.0 on Windows systems. GUI UTF-8 support for full internationalization of the application was completed in release 2.2.0. Optionally, extended characters can be set to be replaced by jolly "?" character for exporting scripts to legacy systems; scripts creation screen informs if commands are ANSI-safe, OEM-codepage-safe (on Windows), or requires UTF-8 compliant environment to run (system, command interpreter, etc).{{cite web|url=http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-free-archiver.html|title=Learn more - PeaZip free file archiver utility|access-date=2 July 2016}}}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=batch-winzip|Command-line batch compression and expansion requires free add-on software downloaded from the WinZip website.}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! PKZIP

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial|}}Separate

| {{partial|}}Separate

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! PowerArchiver

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Does support Unicode names, but not under the default (initial) option settings: the user must tick "Use OEM conversion for filenames" under "General" on the "Miscellaneous" tab in the Configuration dialog to enable Unicode name support. Full support for Unicode files names by default is supported only for 7-Zip and RAR archive formats.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! StuffIt

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! The Unarchiver

| {{no}}{{efn|name=decompress-only|Application is only for decompression.}}

| some formats

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=decompress-only}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! TUGZip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! WinAce

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! WinRAR and RAR

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Allows for a variable amount of error correction. See also RAR (file format).}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=winrar-7z|In WinRAR 3.60, when opening 7-Zip archives which contains Unicode file/directory names, they will not be displayed correctly. There will be no problem extracting them, however.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! WinZip

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|name=batch-winzip}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! XAD

| {{no}}{{efn|name=decompress-only}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! Xarchiver

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! ZipGenius

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

|-

! ZPAQ

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{unk}}

| {{unk}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{unk}}

|-class="sortbottom"

!

! Data compression

! Shell
integration

! Password protection

! Multiple volumes

! Self extraction

! File repairing

! Batch conversion

! Unicode file /
directory names{{efn|name=unicode-names}}

! Encryption

! Filename Encryption

|}

Notes:

{{notelist}}

Archive format support

= Reading =

Information about what archive formats the archivers can read. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.

{{sort-under}}

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style="width:12em" | File archivers

! ZIP

! TAR

! GZ

! BZ/BZ2

! 7z

! XZ

! RAR

! LHA/LZH

! ACE

! SIT

! SITX

! ARJ

! KGB

! DAR

! ARC

! CAB

! ALZ

! ISO/CD Image

! ZPAQ

7-Zip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=reading-7zip|Used to, but no longer does, due to technical and legal issues.}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

ALZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

TAR

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

Archive Utility

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=ArchiveUtility-ISO|Archive Utility itself is unable to open ISO files, but Disk Utility, which also comes with macOS, is able to mount them as virtual disks.}}

|{{no}}

Ark

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

B1 Free Archiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=B1 Free Archiver-ARJ|B1 Free Archiver for Android and B1 Online Archiver support ARJ format.}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

BetterZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

bsdtar/libarchive

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=stream-compression|Supports these formats as compression stream of other archive formats like tar.bz2 or iso.xz but does not support the format as an archive itself, as they are not archive formats. See the above explanation for tar.}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=stream-compression}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=stream-compression}}

|{{partial}}{{efn|libarchive has issues reading RAR formats, some partial reads are unsupported hence broken for generic usage.{{cite web|url=https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/373|title=Subfile in certain RAR cannot be read|website=GitHub}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

! cpio

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|{{no}}

Commander One

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

Disk ARchiver

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

Filzip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

FreeArc

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=reading-7zip}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=reading-arc|FreeARC uses .arc as its filename extension, but this format is not the same as the traditional ARC file.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

GNU tar{{Ref label|tar-compression|2}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=tar-compression|Tar implementations call external programs (like compress, gzip or bzip2 or any other programs working with abstract streams and supporting the "-d" option) to perform (de)compression, and allowing you to implement your own filters.{{efn|name=tar-custom|GNU tar lets you implement your own filters,{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/tar.html#use_002dcompress_002dprogram|title=--use-compress-command option|work=GNU tar: an archiver tool|version=1.34|date=2021-03-01}} allowing you to use other compression programs (p7zip, ...) and filters (GPG, ...).}} These external programs may be shipped with your operating system.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=reading-7zip}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

iArchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

Info-ZIP

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

KGB Archiver

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

PeaZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

PKZIP

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

PowerArchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

Star{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

StuffIt

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

The Unarchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{Partial}}

|{{yes}}

|{{Partial}}{{efn|name=Unarchiver-SITX|Only partial support for reading proprietary SITX format.{{cite web |url=http://wakaba.c3.cx/sup/kareha.pl/1151796773/ |title=The Unarchiver |website=Wakaba and Kareha support board}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

TUGZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

WinAce

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

WinRAR

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

WinZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=reading-winzip-1|Starting from version 11.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=reading-winzip-2|Requires external program.{{cite web |url=https://kb.corel.com/en/125854 |title=Other Archive Support |website=Corel Knowledge Base |date=September 6, 2021}}}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=reading-winzip-2}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

XAD

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{Partial}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

Xarchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

ZipGenius

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=ZipGenius-external|reference=Requires external program.{{cite web |url=https://zipgenius.com/overview/supported-file-types/ |title=Supported File Types |website=ZipGenius|date=16 May 2014 }}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=ZipGenius-external}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

ZipZip.pro

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=reading-7zip|Used to, but no longer does, due to technical and legal issues.}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

class="sortbottom"

!

! ZIP

! TAR

! GZ

! BZ/BZ2

! 7z

! XZ

! RAR

! LHA/LZH

! ACE

! SIT

! SITX

! ARJ

! KGB

! DAR

! ARC

! CAB

! ALZ

! ISO/CD Image

! ZPAQ

Notes:

{{notelist}}

= Writing =

Information about what archive formats the archivers{{efn|name=Extractor| The Extractor and XAD are not included in this list because they only expand archives.}} can write and create. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.

class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;"
style="width:12em" | File archivers

! ZIP

! TAR

! GZ

! BZ2

! 7z

! XZ

! RAR

! LHA/LZH

! ACE

! SIT

! SITX

! ARJ

! KGB

! DAR

! ARC

! CAB

! ALZ

! ISO/CD Image

! ZPAQ

! Special

7-Zip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing-7-Zip| If there are more than one, files must be grouped in a .tar before being compressed.}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing-7-Zip}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing-7-Zip}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

ALZip{{efn|name=ALZip| ALZip can also write to the following formats: BH, JAR, and LZH}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

Archive Manager

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=writing-archivemanager| Archive Manager (previously known as "File Roller") is a front-end only and requires appropriate command-line programs be installed. Programs like bzip2, gzip, tar, zip usually come with systems that contain Archive Manager. writing in .rar format requires a commercial program.{{Cite web|url=https://fileroller.sourceforge.net/features.html|title=File Roller|website=fileroller.sourceforge.net}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Archive Utility

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Ark

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=writing-ark| Ark is a front-end only and requires appropriate command-line programs be installed. Programs like bzip2, gzip, tar, zip usually come with systems that contain Ark; writing in .rar format requires a commercial program.{{cite web |url=https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/ark/ark/introduction.html |title=Chapter 1. Introduction |work=The Ark Handbook |version=16.12 |date=2016-09-10}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

B1 Free Archiver

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

BetterZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

bsdtar/libarchive

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing-bsdtar| supports the formats as stream compression of other archive format and can create compressed format like tar.bz2 or iso.xz but cannot create an archive in these formats}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing-bsdtar}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing-bsdtar}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

Commander One

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Disk ARchiver

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Filzip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

FreeArc

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

GNU tar

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression-w| Tar implementations call the external programs gzip and bzip2, 7z, xz, ... to perform compression; these external programs usually come with systems that contain tar.}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression-w}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

iArchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

Info-ZIP

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

KGB Archiver

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

PeaZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|

PKZIP

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

PowerArchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=writing_PowerArchiever_rar| it require console rar.exe, and the path to it -- specified in Options . it can be taken from WinRAR software . PowerArchiever also doesn't support separate definition of the Dictionary Size and Compression Method .}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|.bh (BlakHole) by ZipTV

Star

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression-w}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression-w}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression-w}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=tar-compression-w}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

StuffIt

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=StuffIt|Stuffit supported file formats{{cite web |url=http://my.smithmicro.com/stuffitcompression/fileformats.html |title=StuffIt File Formats |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227045316/http://my.smithmicro.com/stuffitcompression/fileformats.html |archive-date=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=StuffIt}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

TUGZip

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=writing-tugzip| Requires rar.exe from WinRAR.}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=writing-tugzipace| Requires Ace32.exe from WinAce.}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

WinAce

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|

WinRAR

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

WinZip

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=writing-winzip| Requires external program(if you are using WinZip 11.1 or earlier).{{cite web |url=http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/107 |title=Where can I find the external programs required for ARC, ARJ, and LHA files? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421005023/http://kb.winzip.com/kb/entry/107 |archive-date=2013-04-21 |url-status=dead}}}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|ZIPx

Xarchiver

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}{{efn|name=writing-xarchiver| Xarchiver is a front-end only and requires appropriate command-line programs be installed. Programs like bzip2, gzip, tar, zip usually come with systems that contain Xarchiver; writing in .rar format requires a commercial program.{{cite web |url=http://xarchiver.xfce.org/doc/ch01.html |title=Chapter 1. Introduction |work=Xarchiver 0.5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629200239/http://xarchiver.xfce.org/doc/ch01.html |archive-date=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://xarchiver.xfce.org/doc/ch03s03.html |title=Chapter 3. Usage |work=Xarchiver 0.5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629195522/http://xarchiver.xfce.org/doc/ch03s03.html |archive-date=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead}}}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|

ZipGenius

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=zipgenius-updating| Updating archives is not supported.}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=zipgenius-updating}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=zipgenius-updating}}

|{{yes}}

|{{unk}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=zipgenius-external| Requires external program.}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{unk}}

|{{yes}}{{efn|name=zipgenius-updating}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

ZipZip.pro

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|{{no}}

|

class="sortbottom"

!

! ZIP

! TAR

! GZ

! BZ2

! 7z

! XZ

! RAR

! LHA/LZH

! ACE

! SIT

! SITX

! ARJ

! KGB

! DAR

! ARC

! CAB

! ALZ

! ISO/CD Image

! ZPAQ

! Special

Notes:

{{notelist}}

= Uncommon archive format support =

PeaZip has full support for Brotli, Zstandard, various LPAQ and PAQ formats, QUAD / BALZ / BCM (highly efficient ROLZ based compressors), FreeArc format, and for its native PEA format.

7-Zip includes read support for .msi, cpio and xar, plus Apple's dmg/HFS disk images and the deb/.rpm package distribution formats; beta versions (9.07 onwards) have full support for the LZMA2-compressed .xz format.{{cite web | url =http://www.7-zip.org/history.txt | title =HISTORY of the 7-Zip | publisher =www.7-zip.org | date =2010-04-15 | access-date =2010-04-24 }}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

Further reading

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724035204/http://maximumcompression.com/ Maximum Compression], site benchmarking compressors for several filetypes (text, executable, jpeg etc.).
  • Kingsley G. Morse Jr., "[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8051 Compression Tools Compared]", Linux Journal, issue 137, September 2005
  • Patrick Schmid, Achim Roos, (March 10, 2010) "[http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/archive-zip-compression,2572.html Four Compression And Archiving Solutions Compared]", Tom's Hardware

{{Compression software implementations}}

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