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Keka vs The Unarchiver: catalog facts
Keka	The Unarchiver
Free Free from the developer's site. The Mac App Store listing is a paid way to support…	Free Free to download and use. The software is closed source.
macOS	macOS
Encrypted and split archives without reaching for the command line Drag-and-drop compression straight onto the Dock icon	Opens almost any archive format with no configuration Handles legacy filename encodings that other extractors mangle
Buying it from the Mac App Store costs money while the direct download is free Cannot create RAR archives	Extraction only; it cannot create archives
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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