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The UnarchiverPeaZip
Free

Free to download and use. The software is closed source.

 Free

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

macOS Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Opens almost any archive format with no configuration
  • Handles legacy filename encodings that other extractors mangle
  • Works with 200+ archive types and variants and handles spanned archives
  • Native application on Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD, with a portable package
  • Extraction only; it cannot create 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
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Closed source Open source
License not stated License: LGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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