Editing StuffIt (section)

{{Short description|Compression software}}
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{{Infobox software 
| name = StuffIt 
| logo= [[Image:StuffIt Expander.png|StuffIt Expander|64px]]
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| developer = [[Aladdin Systems]], [[Smith Micro Software]]
| latest release version = 16.2
| operating system = [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| genre = Data compression
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|https://stuffit.com/}}
}}

'''StuffIt''' is a discontinued family of [[computer software]] utilities for archiving and compressing [[computer file|files]]. Originally produced for [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]], versions for [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Linux]] ([[x86]]), and [[Solaris (operating system)|Sun Solaris]] were later created.<ref name="linux_official">{{Cite web |title=Stuffit for Solaris/Linux |url=https://my.smithmicro.com/unix/stuffit/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116011740/http://my.smithmicro.com/unix/stuffit/index.html |archive-date=2008-11-16 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=my.smithmicro.com}}</ref><ref name="linuxmafia">{{Cite web |title=Stuffit Archives |url=http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Apps/stuffit-archives.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=linuxmafia.com}}</ref> The proprietary compression format used by the StuffIt utilities is also termed '''StuffIt'''.

In December 2019, [[Smith Micro Software]], the product's most-recent owner and developer, officially announced that StuffIt had reached its end-of-life and that StuffIt products would no longer be developed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Stuffit End of Life |url=https://support1.smithmicro.com/portal/kb/articles/stuffit |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127092416/https://support1.smithmicro.com/portal/en/kb/articles/stuffit |archive-date=2022-01-27 |website=smithmicro.com}}</ref> One last update did come out in December 2020 after the launch of the [[Apple M1]] architecture to support that and Intel Mac systems through a [[universal binary]] of the program.