archivemount
A FUSE filesystem that mounts tar, zip and other archives so they can be browsed like folders.
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About archivemount
archivemount connects libarchive and FUSE. It mounts a possibly compressed archive, such as a .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 file, and presents it as an ordinary directory, so you can list, open and copy files with any program instead of extracting the whole archive first. Any format libarchive supports can be mounted.
It suits Linux users who want to look inside large archives or work with their contents from the file manager or shell. It is built from source with autotools and needs the libarchive and FUSE development packages.
Strengths
- Browse archive contents without extracting them
- Works with any format libarchive supports
- Mounted files are usable by any program
Limitations
- Requires FUSE, so mainly for Linux
- Built from source with several dependencies
- Small project with a slow pace of development
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The archivemount contributors
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Browsing and copying files from large archives on Linux without unpacking
- Categories
- Compression, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to archivemount
Compare allSoftware that can replace archivemount for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
ratarmount
A command-line tool that mounts TAR, ZIP, RAR and compressed archives as a read-only filesystem.
ratarmount also mounts archives as a FUSE filesystem, adds an index for quickly reopening large archives and an AppImage build, but its mounts are read-only.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
bsdtar (libarchive)
Command-line archivers built on libarchive that read and write tar, zip, cpio, ISO and more.
GNU Tar
The GNU command-line tool for creating, extracting, updating and listing tar archives.
File Roller
The GNOME desktop's archive manager for creating, browsing and extracting compressed archives.
Ark
KDE's graphical archive manager for browsing, creating, extracting and modifying compressed archives.
Squashfs-tools
Command-line tools for creating and extracting compressed, read-only SquashFS filesystem images.
