Alternatives to Archiver
A macOS app for extracting, creating, previewing and encrypting RAR, Zip, 7z and other archives. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Archiver
A macOS app for extracting, creating, previewing and encrypting RAR, Zip, 7z and other archives.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Archiver.
BetterZip
A macOS archive utility for opening, editing and creating ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR and DMG files.
BetterZip is another paid macOS archive utility that edits archives in place and integrates with Quick Look, Spotlight and Shortcuts, though creating RAR needs its separate command-line tool.
Keka
macOS file archiver for 7z, ZIP, TAR and more, with password protection.
Keka is an open source macOS archiver, free as a direct download, with encrypted and split archives, but it cannot create RAR archives or preview contents.
The Unarchiver
macOS extractor that opens archive formats Finder cannot.
The Unarchiver is a free macOS extractor that opens almost any format, but it cannot create or encrypt archives the way Archiver does.
PeaZip
A cross-platform archive manager that reads over two hundred formats and has a real file manager built in.
PeaZip is free, open source and runs on macOS, Windows and Linux with over 200 formats, though its macOS build sees less testing and it cannot create RAR.
Bandizip
Fast archiver for Windows and macOS with strong Unicode handling.
Bandizip is a freemium archiver for macOS and Windows with multi-core compression and strong Unicode handling, but its free edition shows ads and withholds features.
WinZip
A commercial archiver for Windows and Mac that zips, unzips, encrypts and shares files.
WinZip is a paid commercial archiver with Windows and Mac editions that combines compression, encryption and backup, and needs purchase after a 21-day trial.
PowerArchiver
A commercial archive manager for Windows and macOS that opens over 60 formats and encrypts archives.
PowerArchiver is a paid archiver for macOS and Windows that opens over 60 formats with AES-256 encryption and a command-line edition, sold in several editions.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Commander One
A dual-pane file manager for macOS with FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, cloud storage and archive support.
Marta
A native, extensible dual-pane file manager for macOS with archive support and a Lua plugin API.
WinRAR
The archiver that created the RAR format, sold as shareware whose trial has never really expired.
p7zip
Command-line port of 7-Zip's compression tools for POSIX systems.
