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cabextract vs PeaZip: catalog facts
cabextractPeaZip
Free

Free software under the GNU GPL.

Free

Free and open source under LGPLv3; a portable package that needs no installation is…

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Supports all Microsoft cabinet formats and Windows CE installers
  • Finds cabinets embedded in other files
  • Works with 200+ archive types and variants and handles spanned archives
  • Native application on Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD, with a portable package
  • Extracts only; it cannot create CAB files
  • Releases are infrequent, the latest being 1.11 from February 2023
  • The interface is busy compared with the plain 7-Zip window
  • Creating RAR archives is not possible; RAR is read-only, as it is in other free tools
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL License: LGPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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