Editing List of archive formats (section)

===Software packaging and distribution===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; table-layout: fixed;"
! Format
! Filename<br /> extension
! Created<br /> by
! Introduced in
! Based on
! Integrity check
! Recovery record
! Encryption supported
! [[Unicode]] filenames
! Modification date resolution
|-
! [[Deb (file format)|Debian package]] (deb)
| .deb
| [[Debian]]
| 1994 [[Debian]] 0.91 <!-- Correct version? -->
| [[Ar (Unix)|ar]], [[Tar (file format)|tar]], and [[gzip]], [[XZ Utils|xz]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 1 s
|-
! [[Installer (macOS)|Macintosh Installer]]
|.pkg, .mpkg (metapackage)
| [[NeXT]]
| 1989 [[NeXTSTEP]] 1.0 <!-- Correct version? -->
| [[Pax (command)|pax]] and [[gzip]] <!-- The payload file in any .pkg is always called Archive.pax.gz -->
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[RPM Package Manager]] (RPM)
| .rpm
| [[Red Hat]]
| 1995 [[Red Hat Linux]] 1.0 <!-- Version of RHL -->
| [[cpio]] and [[gzip]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| 1 s
|-
! [[Slackware]] Package
| .tgz
| [[Patrick Volkerding]]
| 1993 [[Slackware]] 1.0 <!-- Version of Slackware -->
| [[Tar (file format)|tar]] and [[gzip]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Windows Installer]] (also MSI)
| .msi
| [[Microsoft]]
| 2000 [[Windows 2000]]
| OLE Structured Storage, [[Cabinet (file format)|Cabinet]] and [[SQL]]
| {{optional}} PKCS7 [[Authenticode]] Signature
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| 2 s
|-
! [[MSIX]]
|  .appx, .appxbundle, .emsix, .emsixbundle, .msix, .msixbundle
| [[Microsoft]]
| 2012 [[Windows 8]]
| [[.zip|Zip]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| 1 s
|-
! [[JAR (file format)|Java Archive]] (JAR{{efn|name=b1| Not to be confused with the archiver [[JAR (software)|JAR]] written by Robert K. Jung, which produces ".j" files.}})
| .jar
| [[Sun Microsystems]]
| 1997 [[JDK]] 1.1
| [[PKZIP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Google Chrome]] [[Chrome Web Store|extension]] package
| .crx
| [[Google]]
| 2009 (Chrome 4.0)
| [[.zip|Zip]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! [[Arch Linux#Pacman|Pacman]]
| .pkg.tar.zst, .pkg.tar (no compression)
| [[Judd Vinet]]
| 2001 (before ArchLinux 0.1)
| [[Tar (file format)|tar]] and [[Zstandard|zstd]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archlinux.org/news/now-using-zstandard-instead-of-xz-for-package-compression/|title=Arch Linux - News: Now using Zstandard instead of xz for package compression|website=archlinux.org}}</ref> (formerly [[XZ Utils|xz]])
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| 1 s
|}