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ZipwarePeaZip
Free

Freeware for personal and commercial use.

 Free

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

Windows Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Extracts a wide range of formats including RAR5
  • Creates AES-256 encrypted and self-extracting archives
  • Works with 200+ archive types and variants and handles spanned archives
  • Native application on Windows, Linux, macOS and BSD, with a portable package
  • Windows only
  • Closed source
  • 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
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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