Alternatives to The Unarchiver
macOS extractor that opens archive formats Finder cannot. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
The Unarchiver
macOS extractor that opens archive formats Finder cannot.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as The Unarchiver.
Keka
macOS file archiver for 7z, ZIP, TAR and more, with password protection.
Keka is an open-source macOS archiver that can also create 7z, ZIP and TAR archives with passwords, but costs money on the Mac App Store.
Bandizip
Fast archiver for Windows and macOS with strong Unicode handling.
Bandizip also handles non-Latin filenames well and can create archives on macOS and Windows, but its free edition shows ads and withholds features.
PeaZip
A cross-platform archive manager that reads over two hundred formats and has a real file manager built in.
PeaZip is open source, reads over 200 formats and can create archives on macOS, Windows and Linux, though its macOS build sees less testing.
WinRAR
The archiver that created the RAR format, sold as shareware whose trial has never really expired.
WinRAR can create and repair RAR archives, but it is paid, closed source and offers only a command-line build on macOS.
BetterZip
A macOS archive utility for opening, editing and creating ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR and DMG files.
BetterZip is a paid macOS utility that opens over 30 formats and also creates and edits archives in place, with Quick Look and Spotlight integration.
Archiver
A macOS app for extracting, creating, previewing and encrypting RAR, Zip, 7z and other archives.
Archiver is a paid macOS app that previews, extracts, creates and encrypts archives, and version 5 requires macOS 26.
Archive Extractor
A browser-based tool from 123apps that extracts files from more than 70 archive formats.
Archive Extractor runs in the browser and opens over 70 formats with nothing to install, but needs an internet connection and shows ads.
ezyZip
A browser-based tool for creating ZIP files and extracting ZIP, RAR, 7z and other archives.
ezyZip is a browser-based tool that extracts RAR, 7z and more and creates ZIP files, with ads and file size limits in its free version.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
7-Zip
The small, free archiver that opens practically every archive format and compresses better than ZIP.
p7zip
Command-line port of 7-Zip's compression tools for POSIX systems.
ouch
Command-line tool that compresses and extracts archives without format-specific flags.
Commander One
A dual-pane file manager for macOS with FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, cloud storage and archive support.
bsdtar (libarchive)
Command-line archivers built on libarchive that read and write tar, zip, cpio, ISO and more.
