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PeaZip vs Zipware: catalog facts
PeaZip	Zipware
Free Free and open source under LGPLv3; a portable package that needs no installation is…	Free Freeware for personal and commercial use.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows
Works with 200+ archive types and variants and handles spanned archives Native application on Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD, with a portable package	Extracts a wide range of formats including RAR5 Creates AES-256 encrypted and self-extracting archives
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	Windows only Closed source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: LGPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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