Arqiver
A simple Qt archive manager for Linux built on libarchive, gzip and 7z.
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About Arqiver
Arqiver is a lightweight desktop archive manager written with Qt by Pedram Pourang, also known as Tsu Jan. It opens, browses, creates and extracts archives through a plain window with a file tree.
Instead of implementing formats itself, it uses libarchive through bsdtar, along with gzip and 7z as backends, so the formats it handles depend on those tools. It suits lightweight Qt desktops such as LXQt where a larger archive manager would feel heavy.
Strengths
- Small and fast Qt interface
- Relies on standard tools like bsdtar and 7z
- Fits lightweight Qt desktops
Limitations
- Format support depends on installed backends
- Fewer features than larger archive managers
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Developer
- Pedram Pourang (Tsu Jan)
- Platforms
- Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Lightweight Qt or LXQt desktops that need a simple archive manager
- Categories
- Compression
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Engrampa
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PeaZip
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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.
p7zip
Command-line port of 7-Zip's compression tools for POSIX systems.
archivemount
A FUSE filesystem that mounts tar, zip and other archives so they can be browsed like folders.
GNU Tar
The GNU command-line tool for creating, extracting, updating and listing tar archives.
