This article compares several notable file archiver utilities. Unless otherwise noted, comparisons are for full release versions (not prerelease) and for installations without extra aspects such as add-ons, extensions or external programs.
Legend:
Free/no cost Paid Cost depends
Open source (licenses) Proprietary
File archivers | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release version | Latest release date | Status | License | Cost (USD) |
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7-Zip | Igor Pavlov | 1999-01-02 | Cross-platform | 25.01 [1] ![]() | 2025-08-03 | Active | LGPL-2.1-or-later (RAR plugin is proprietary) | No cost |
ALZip | ESTsoft | 1999 [a] | Cross-platform | 12.22 [2] ![]() | 2024-02-07 | Active | Proprietary | No cost [b] |
Archive Manager (File Roller) | Paolo Bacchilega | 2001-05-12 | Cross-platform | 44.3 [3] ![]() | 2024-05-19 | Active | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
Archive Utility | Apple | 2003-10-24 | macOS | Active | Proprietary | Bundled [c] | ||
Ark | KDE team | 1997 | Cross-platform | R14.1.2 [4] ![]() | 2024-04-18 | Active | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
B1 Free Archiver | Adam Buyer | 2011-08 | Cross-platform | (Android), (Linux), (macOS), (Windows) | (Android), (Linux), (macOS), (Windows) | Active | Proprietary | No cost |
BetterZip | MacItBetter | 2006-05 | macOS | 5.3.4 [5] ![]() | 2023-04-11 | Active | Proprietary | $29.95 USD |
Commander One | Eltima Software | 2015-08-04 | macOS | Active | Proprietary | Standard at no cost. $29.95 Pro Pack. | ||
Compressed Folders | Microsoft | 1998-06-25 | Windows | Windows 8.1 | 2013-08-27 | Active | Proprietary | Bundled [d] |
Disk ARchiver | Denis Corbin | 2002 | Cross-platform | 2.7.16 [6] ![]() | 2024-12-08 | Active | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
Expander | Haiku | 2002 | Haiku | R1/beta5 [7] ![]() | 2024-09-13 | Active | MIT | No cost |
Filzip | Philipp Engel | Unknown | Windows | 3.06 [8] ![]() | 2006-07-19 | Inactive | Proprietary | No cost |
FreeArc | Bulat Ziganshin | 2007-11-01 [e] | Cross-platform | 0.666 [9] ![]() | 2010-05-20 | Active | GPL-2.0-only | No cost |
iArchiver | Dare to be Creative Ltd. | 2007-10-21 | macOS | 1.4.1 | 2008-10-30 | Inactive | Proprietary | $26 |
Info-ZIP (Wzip) | Samuel Smith | 1989-03 | Cross-platform | 6.0 | 2009-04-29 | Active | Info-Zip [10] | No cost |
KGB Archiver | Tomasz Pawlak | 2006-04-01 | Cross-platform | Inactive | GPL-2.0-only | No cost | ||
PeaZip | Giorgio Tani | 2006-04-19 | Cross-platform | 10.6.0 [11] ![]() | 2025-08-09 | Active | LGPL-3.0-or-later | No cost |
PKZIP | Phil Katz | 1989 | Cross-platform | 12.4 [12] | 2009-09 | Active | Proprietary | $29.00 |
PowerArchiver | ConexWare | 1999-03 | macOS | 2.00.01 [13] ![]() ![]() | 2021-11-18 (macOS), 2024-12-24 (Windows) | Active | Proprietary | $22.95 |
StuffIt | Smith Micro Software | 1987 | Cross-platform | 15.0.7 [15] | 2011-12-01 | Inactive | Proprietary | $49.99 Deluxe. [16] $79.99 French Deluxe. [17] Windows: $14.99 Standard. [18] $29.99 Deluxe. [19] $49.99 French (or German) Deluxe. [20] [21] No cost for expander. |
TAR | AT&T | 1979, 1987 (pdtar), 1997 (star) | Cross-platform | 3.5.2 (BSD tar), 1.35 [22] ![]() | 2021-08-23 (BSD tar), 2023-07-18 (GNU tar), 2019-04-15 (star) | Active | BSD-2-Clause (BSD tar), GPL-3.0-or-later (GNU tar), public domain (pdtar), CDDL-1.0 (star) | No cost |
The Unarchiver | Circlesoft | 2006-07-01 | Cross-platform | 4.3.8 [23] ![]() | 2024-05-16 | Active | Proprietary | No cost |
Terse | IBM | 1984-07-01 | Active | Proprietary | No cost | |||
TUGZip | Christian Kindahl | 2002-08-18 | Windows | 3.5.0.0 [24] ![]() | 2008-04-02 | Inactive | Proprietary | No cost |
WinAce | e-merge GmbH | Unknown | Windows | Inactive | Proprietary | $29.00 Standard. $39.00 Plus. No cost for expander. [f] | ||
WinRAR | Eugene Roshal Alexander Roshal | 1993 | Cross-platform | 7.12 [25] ![]() | 2025-06-25 | Active | Proprietary | $29. [26] No cost for expander. |
WinZip | WinZip Computing, Inc | 1991 | Cross-platform | 6.9.0 [27] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | 2023-06-12 (Android), 2023-06-26 (iOS), 2023-03-21 (macOS), 2022-08-23 (Windows) | Active | Proprietary | $29.95 Standard. $49.95 Pro. |
XAD (XADMaster.library) | Dirk Stoecker | 1998 | Cross-platform | 13.1 | Active | Proprietary | Shareware No cost for non-commercial use. | |
Xarchiver | Giuseppe Torelli | Unknown | Cross-platform | 0.5.4.25 [32] ![]() | 2025-03-22 | Active | GPL-2.0-or-later | No cost |
ZipGenius | Matteo Riso of M.Dev Software | 2003-05 | Windows | Active | Proprietary | No cost | ||
ZPAQ | Matt Mahoney | 2009-03 | Cross-platform | 7.15 [33] ![]() | 2016-09-22 | Active | Public domain MIT [34] | No cost |
File archivers | Developer | Initial release | Platform | Latest release version | Latest release date | Status | License | Cost (USD) |
Notes:
The following table identifies the operating systems that archivers can run on directly – without emulation or a compatibility layer.
File archivers | Windows | DOS | macOS | Linux | BSD | Other Unix | AmigaOS | Android | Windows Mobile | Windows Phone |
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7-Zip | Yes [a] | Command-line interface [b] | Yes [b] | Command-line interface [b] | Command-line interface [b] | Command-line interface [b] | Command-line interface | No | Yes | No |
ALZip | Yes | Command-line interface [35] | 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 [c] | No | Yes, bundled | Yes | Yes, bundled | Yes | Partial | Unknown | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
Info-ZIP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [d] | Yes | No | Yes [e] | No |
KGB Archiver | Yes [f] | Partial | Command-line interface | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | ? |
PeaZip | Yes [a] | No | Yes [36] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
PKZIP | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
PowerArchiver | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
Star | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ? |
StuffIt | Yes | Unknown | Yes | X86 only, older version (5.2.0?) | No | older version (5.2.0?) | No | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
The Unarchiver | Command-line interface | No | Yes | Command-line interface | No | No | No | Unknown | No | ? |
TUGZip | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
WinAce | Yes | Command-line interface [g] | Command-line interface expander only [g] | X86, Command-line interface expander only [g] | No | No | Command-line interface expander only | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
WinRAR and RAR | Yes [a] | Yes | Command-line interface [h] | X86 and x86-64, Command-line interface [h] | Command-line interface [h] | Command-line interface [h] | Command-line interface expander only | Yes [37] | Yes | ? |
WinZip | Yes [a] | Command-line interface | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | ? |
XAD | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
Xarchiver | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
ZipGenius | Yes | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
ZPAQ | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | ? |
Windows | DOS | macOS | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS | Android | Windows Mobile | Windows Phone | |
Notes:
The following table indicates which archivers implement various archiver features natively – without third-party add-ons.
File archivers | Data compression | Shell integration | Password protection | Multiple volumes | Self extraction | File repairing | Batch conversion | Unicode file / directory names [a] | Encryption | Filename Encryption |
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7-Zip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ALZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [b] | No | Unknown | Unknown |
Archive Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Archive Utility | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
ARJ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
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 | non-tar formats [c] | Yes | zip | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 7z, zip, rar | 7z, zip, rar |
Commander One | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes for 7z |
Disk ARchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Filzip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
FreeArc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
GNU tar | No [c] | Yes | No | Yes | No | Separate | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
iArchiver | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown |
Info-ZIP | Yes | No [d] | Yes | Yes [e] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [e] | ZipCrypto (weak) and AES [e] | No |
KGB Archiver | Yes | Not enabled by default | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
PeaZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [f] | Yes [g] | Yes |
PKZIP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Separate | Separate | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
PowerArchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [h] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
StuffIt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
The Unarchiver | No [i] | some formats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [i] | Yes | Unknown |
TUGZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown |
WinAce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Unknown |
WinRAR and RAR | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [j] | Yes | Yes [k] | Yes | Yes |
WinZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [g] | Yes | Yes | Yes |
XAD | No [i] | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
Xarchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
ZipGenius | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown |
ZPAQ | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown |
Data compression | Shell integration | Password protection | Multiple volumes | Self extraction | File repairing | Batch conversion | Unicode file / directory names [a] | Encryption | Filename Encryption |
Notes:
The following table identifies the archive formats that each archiver can read. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.
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 |
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7-Zip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [a] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
ALZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | 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 [b] | 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 [c] | 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 [d] | Yes [d] | Yes | Yes [d] | Partial [e] | 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 | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
FreeArc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No [a] | No | No | Yes | No | No | No [f] | Yes | No | Yes | No |
GNU tar [2] | No [h] | Yes | Yes [h] | Yes [h] | No [a] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
iArchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PowerArchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Star [h] | No [h] | Yes | Yes [h] | Yes [h] | Yes [h] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
StuffIt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | 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 [i] | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
TUGZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
WinAce | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | Yes [j] | Yes | No | No | No | Yes [k] | No | No | Yes [k] | Yes | No | Yes | No |
XAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | Yes | Yes [l] | Yes | No | No | Yes [l] | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
ZIP | TAR | GZ | BZ/BZ2 | 7z | XZ | RAR | LHA/LZH | ACE | SIT | SITX | ARJ | KGB | DAR | ARC | CAB | ALZ | ISO/CD Image | ZPAQ |
Notes:
.arc
as its filename extension, but this format is not the same as the traditional ARC file.The following table identifies the archive formats that each archiver [a] can write and create. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.
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 |
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7-Zip | Yes | Yes | Yes [b] | Yes [b] | Yes | Yes [b] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
ALZip [c] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No | |
Archive Manager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [d] | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | No | |
Archive Utility | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Ark | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [e] | 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 [f] | Yes [f] | Yes | Yes [f] | 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 | Unknown | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 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 [g] | Yes [g] | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
iArchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | 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 | Unknown | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | |
PowerArchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [h] | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | .bh (BlakHole) by ZipTV |
Star | No | Yes | Yes [g] | Yes [g] | Yes [g] | Yes [g] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
StuffIt | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No [i] | Yes | No [i] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | |
TUGZip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | No [j] | Yes | No [k] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Unknown | No | |
WinAce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Unknown | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | 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 [l] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ZIPx |
Xarchiver | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [m] | Yes | No | Unknown | Unknown | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | |
ZipGenius | Yes | Yes [n] | Yes [n] | Yes [n] | Yes | Unknown | No | Yes [o] | No | No | No | No | No | No | Unknown | Yes [n] | No | No | No | |
ZIP | TAR | GZ | BZ2 | 7z | XZ | RAR | LHA/LZH | ACE | SIT | SITX | ARJ | KGB | DAR | ARC | CAB | ALZ | ISO/CD Image | ZPAQ | Special |
Notes:
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. [50]
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