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ouch vs bsdtar (libarchive): catalog facts
ouch	bsdtar (libarchive)
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source with no paid tier.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, Linux, Command line
One command handles tar, zip, gzip, bzip, xz, zstand and more, picking the format from the file name…	One tool reads many formats, including zip, rar and ISO Automatic format and compression detection
It wraps the common formats rather than replacing specialist tools, and it has no interface beyond the terminal.	Writes fewer formats than it reads; rar is read-only Command-line only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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