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== Operating system support == The [[operating system]]s 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." {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;" |- ! style="width:12em" | File archivers ! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ! [[DOS]] ! [[macOS]] ! [[Linux]] ! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] ! Other [[Unix]] ! [[AmigaOS]]<br /> ! [[Android (operating system)|Android]]<br /> ! [[Windows Mobile]] ! [[Windows Phone]] |- ! [[7-Zip]] | {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1|A separate 64-bit [[Windows XP editions#Windows XP Professional x64 Edition|Windows x64 Edition]] version is also available.}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2|The [[Unix-like]] system port is known as [[p7zip]]. p7zip also is provided by FreeDOS.}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-2}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |- ! [[ALZip]] | {{yes}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALZip/Features/Command-Line.aspx|title=Command Line ZIP Interface - use scripts to automate zip tasks|access-date=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227055125/http://www.altools.com/ALTools/ALZip/Features/Command-Line.aspx|archive-date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[ALZip for Mac]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Archive Manager]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Archive Utility]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Ark (software)|Ark]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[B1 Free Archiver]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[BetterZip]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Tar (file format)#Key implementations|bsdtar/libarchive]] | {{yes}}, bundled{{efn|Bundled with Windows 10 since insider build 17063}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, bundled | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, bundled | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Commander One]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[DAR (Disk Archiver)|Disk ARchiver]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Filzip]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[FreeArc]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[Tar (file format)#Key implementations|GNU tar]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |- ! [[iArchiver]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[Info-ZIP]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|Also Acorn RISC OS, Atari, MVS, OS/2, VM/CMS, VMS and others.}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}{{efn|General [[Windows CE]] version.}} | {{no}} |- ! [[KGB Archiver]] | {{yes}}{{efn|This program also has a [[POSIX]] version available.}} | {{partial}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[PeaZip]] | {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=PeaZip for Darwin / macOS|url=https://peazip.github.io/peazip-macos.html|access-date=15 December 2021}}</ref> | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[PKZIP]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[PowerArchiver]] | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[Tar (file format)#Key implementations|Star]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[StuffIt]] | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|[[X86]] only, older version (5.2.0?)}} | {{no}} | {{partial|older version (5.2.0?)}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[The Unarchiver]] | {{partial|Command-line interface}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[TUGZip]] | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[WinAce]] | {{yes}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winace|The programs for other platforms are called Unace, do not have the same [[GUI]], and can only perform decompression.}} | {{partial|Command-line interface expander only}}{{efn|name=os-winace}} | {{partial|[[X86]], Command-line interface expander only}}{{efn|name=os-winace}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial|Command-line interface expander only}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[WinRAR]] and RAR | {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar|WinRAR is for Windows, RAR for other platforms.}} | {{partial|[[X86]] and [[x86-64]], Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}}{{efn|name=os-winrar}} | {{partial|Command-line interface expander only}} | {{yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rarlab.rar|title=RAR - Android Apps on Google Play|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref> | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[WinZip]] | {{yes}}{{efn|name=os-7zip-1}} | {{partial|Command-line interface}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[XAD (software)|XAD]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[Xarchiver]] | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[ZipGenius]] | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |- ! [[ZPAQ]] | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{dunno}} |-class="sortbottom" ! ! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] ! [[DOS]] ! [[macOS]] ! [[Linux]] ! [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]] ! [[Unix]] ! [[AmigaOS]] ! [[Android (operating system)|Android]] ! [[Windows Mobile]] ! [[Windows Phone]] |- |} '''Notes:''' {{notelist}}
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