Comparison of file archivers

Template:Short description {{#invoke:Hatnote|hatnote}}{{#ifeq:||}} The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up to date. Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes section, comparisons are based on the stable versions—without add-ons, extensions or external programs.

General information

Basic general information about the archivers.

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File archivers	Developer	Initial release	Platform	Latest release version	Latest release date	Status	License	Cost (USD)
7-Zip	Igor Pavlov	1999-01-02	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
ALZip	ESTsoft	1999Template:Efn	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
Archive Manager (File Roller)	Paolo Bacchilega	2001-05-12	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
Archive Utility	Apple	2003-10-24	macOS	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
Ark	KDE team	1997	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
B1 Free Archiver	Adam Buyer	2011-08	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (Linux), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (Linux), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
BetterZip	MacItBetter	2006-05	macOS	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
Commander One	Eltima Software	2015-08-04	macOS	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Depends
Compressed Folders	Microsoft	1998-06-25	Windows	Windows 8.1	2013-08-27	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
Disk ARchiver	Denis Corbin	2002	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
Expander	Haiku	2002	Haiku	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
Filzip	Philipp Engel	Template:Unk	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
FreeArc	Bulat Ziganshin	2007-11-01Template:Efn	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
iArchiver	Dare to be Creative Ltd.	2007-10-21	macOS	1.4.1	2008-10-30	Inactive	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
Info-ZIP (Wzip)	Samuel Smith	1989-03	Cross-platform	6.0	2009-04-29	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
KGB Archiver	Tomasz Pawlak	2006-04-01	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Template:Open source	Template:Free
PeaZip	Giorgio Tani	2006-04-19	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
PKZIP	Phil Katz	1989	Cross-platform	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2009-09	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
PowerArchiver	ConexWare	1999-03	macOS	Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
StuffIt	Smith Micro Software	1987	Cross-platform	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2011-12-01	Inactive	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
TAR	AT&T	1979, 1987 (pdtar), 1997 (star)	Cross-platform	3.5.2 (BSD tar), Template:Wikidata (GNU tar), 1.6.0 (star)	2021-08-23 (BSD tar), Template:Wikidata (GNU tar), 2019-04-15 (star)	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
The Unarchiver	Circlesoft	2006-07-01	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
Terse	IBM	1984-07-01				Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
TUGZip	Christian Kindahl	2002-08-18	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
WinAce	e-merge GmbH	Template:Unk	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Inactive	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
WinRAR	Eugene Roshal Alexander Roshal	1993	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
WinZip	WinZip Computing, Inc	1991	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (iOS), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Template:Wikidata (Android), Template:Wikidata (iOS), Template:Wikidata (macOS), Template:Wikidata (Windows)	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
XAD (XADMaster.library)	Dirk Stoecker	1998	Cross-platform	13.1		Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Nonfree
Xarchiver	Giuseppe Torelli	Template:Unk	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source	Template:Free
ZipGenius	Matteo Riso of M.Dev Software	2003-05	Windows	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Proprietary	Template:Free
ZPAQ	Matt Mahoney	2009-03	Cross-platform	Template:Wikidata	Template:Wikidata	Active	Template:Open source<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Free
File archivers	Developer	Initial release	Platform	Latest release version	Latest release date	Status	License	Cost (USD)

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Operating system support

The operating systems the archivers can run on without emulation or compatibility layer. Ubuntu's own GUI Archive manager, for example, can open and create many archive formats (including Rar archives) even to the extent of splitting into parts and encryption and ability to be read by the native program. This is presumably a "compatibility layer."

File archivers	Windows	DOS	macOS	Linux	BSD	Other Unix	AmigaOS	Android	Windows Mobile	Windows Phone
7-Zip	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
ALZip	Template:Yes	Template:Partial<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
ALZip for Mac	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Archive Manager	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Archive Utility	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Ark	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
B1 Free Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
BetterZip	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
bsdtar/libarchive	Template:Yes, bundledTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:Yes, bundled	Template:Yes	Template:Yes, bundled	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No
Commander One	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Disk ARchiver	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Filzip	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
FreeArc	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
GNU tar	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No
iArchiver	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
Info-ZIP	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No
KGB Archiver	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Partial	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
PeaZip	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:Yes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
PKZIP	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
PowerArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
Star	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
StuffIt	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
The Unarchiver	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:Dunno
TUGZip	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
WinAce	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Partial	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
WinRAR and RAR	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:Partial	Template:Yes<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Yes	Template:Dunno
WinZip	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
XAD	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
Xarchiver	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
ZipGenius	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
ZPAQ	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Dunno
	Windows	DOS	macOS	Linux	BSD	Unix	AmigaOS	Android	Windows Mobile	Windows Phone

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Archiver features

Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). Template:Sort-under

File archivers	Data compression	Shell integration	Password protection	Multiple volumes	Self extraction	File repairing	Batch conversion	Unicode file / directory namesTemplate:Efn	Encryption	Filename Encryption
7-Zip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
ALZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Archive Manager	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Archive Utility	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
ARJ	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Ark	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
B1 Free Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
BetterZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
bsdtar/libarchive	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Partial
Commander One	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes for 7z
Disk ARchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
Filzip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
FreeArc	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
GNU tar	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:PartialSeparate	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
iArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Info-ZIP	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesZipCrypto (weak) and AESTemplate:Efn	Template:No
KGB Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:PartialNot enabled by default	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
PeaZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes
PKZIP	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:PartialSeparate	Template:PartialSeparate	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
PowerArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
StuffIt	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
The Unarchiver	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	some formats	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
TUGZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
WinAce	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
WinRAR and RAR	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
WinZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
XAD	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
Xarchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
ZipGenius	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk
ZPAQ	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk
	Data compression	Shell integration	Password protection	Multiple volumes	Self extraction	File repairing	Batch conversion	Unicode file / directory namesTemplate:Efn	Encryption	Filename Encryption

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Archive format support

Reading

Information about what archive formats the archivers can read. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.

File archivers	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ/BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ
7-Zip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
ALZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
TAR	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Archive Utility	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No
Ark	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
B1 Free Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
BetterZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
bsdtar/libarchive	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
cpio	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Commander One	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Disk ARchiver	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Filzip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
FreeArc	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
GNU tarTemplate:Ref label	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
iArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Info-ZIP	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
KGB Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
PeaZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
PKZIP	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
PowerArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
StarTemplate:Efn	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
StuffIt	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
The Unarchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:PartialTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
TUGZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
WinAce	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
WinRAR	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
WinZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
XAD	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Partial	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No
Xarchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
ZipGenius	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
ZipZip.pro	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ/BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ

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Writing

Information about what archive formats the archiversTemplate:Efn can write and create. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality. Note that gzip, bzip2 and xz are compression formats rather than archive formats.

File archivers	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ	Special
7-Zip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
ALZipTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:No
Archive Manager	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No
Archive Utility	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Ark	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
B1 Free Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
BetterZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
bsdtar/libarchive	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No
Commander One	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Disk ARchiver	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Filzip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No
FreeArc	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
GNU tar	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
iArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
Info-ZIP	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
KGB Archiver	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No
PeaZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes
PKZIP	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No
PowerArchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	.bh (BlakHole) by ZipTV
Star	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
StuffIt	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No
TUGZip	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No
WinAce	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:No
WinRAR	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
WinZip	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	ZIPx
Xarchiver	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:Yes	Template:NoTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:Unk	Template:No
ZipGenius	Template:Yes	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:Yes	Template:Unk	Template:No	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Unk	Template:YesTemplate:Efn	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
ZipZip.pro	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:Yes	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No	Template:No
	ZIP	TAR	GZ	BZ2	7z	XZ	RAR	LHA/LZH	ACE	SIT	SITX	ARJ	KGB	DAR	ARC	CAB	ALZ	ISO/CD Image	ZPAQ	Special

Notes: Template:Notelist

Uncommon archive format support

PeaZip has full support for Brotli, Zstandard, various LPAQ and PAQ formats, QUAD / BALZ / BCM (highly efficient ROLZ based compressors), FreeArc format, and for its native PEA format.

7-Zip includes read support for .msi, cpio and xar, plus Apple's dmg/HFS disk images and the deb/.rpm package distribution formats; beta versions (9.07 onwards) have full support for the LZMA2-compressed .xz format.<ref name="7zipHistory">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Comparison of archive formats
• Lossless compression benchmarks
• Comparison of file systems
• List of archive formats
• List of file systems

Further reading

• Maximum Compression, site benchmarking compressors for several filetypes (text, executable, jpeg etc.).
• Kingsley G. Morse Jr., "Compression Tools Compared", Linux Journal, issue 137, September 2005
• Patrick Schmid, Achim Roos, (March 10, 2010) "Four Compression And Archiving Solutions Compared", Tom's Hardware