PeaZip is a free archiverfile archiver and file managerfile management tools utility, based on solid and proven Open Source technology of 7-Zip and other great Open Source tools (like FreeARC, PAQ, UPX…) for supporting additional file formats and features, in order to provide an all purpose zip utility featuring a powerful unified GUI that, unlike most of other classic file archivers like i.e. WinZip and WinRar, is natively portable and cross-platformwhat is multi platform software, being available for computers or tablets running 32 bit and 64 bit Windows (9x, NT/2K/XP, Vista/7/8/10, ReactOS, Wine), Linux or BSD x86 and x86-64 (desktop neutral application, supports Gnome, KDE and other desktop environments).
Full (read/write) support
7z, FreeArc’s arc/wrc, sfx (7z and arc), Brotli br, bz2, gz, paq/lpaq/zpaq, pea, quad/balz/bcm, rar (if Rar.exe is available on the system), split, tar, upx, wim, zip / zipx, Zstandard zst
Supporyted encryption standards
7Z: 7-Zip AES256 encryption
ZIP: WinZip AES256 AE, and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility; can decrypt PKZip’s AES encryption
RAR, if Rar.exe is available in the system: RAR4 EAS128, RAR5 AES256
ARC: FreeARC AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256
PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption
Read (browse, extract, test)
7z, Google Android’s apk, Google’s Brotli br, bz, bz2, bzip2, tbz2, tbz, Facebook’s Zstandard zst and tzst, gz, gzip, tgz, tpz, tar, zip, zipx, z01, smzip, arj, cab, chm, chi, chq, chw, hxs, hxi, hxr, hxq, hxw, lit, cpio, deb, lzh, lha, rar (and most recent rar 5 revision), r01, 00, rpm, z, taz, tz, iso, Java (jar, ear, war), pet, pup, pak, pk3, pk4, slp, [Content], xpi, wim, u3p, lzma86, lzma, udf, xar, Apple’s dmg, hfs, part1, split, swm, tpz, kmz, xz, txz, vhd, mslz, apm, mbr, fat, ntfs, exe, dll, sys, msi, msp, Open Office / Libre Office (ods, ots, odm, oth, oxt, odb, odf, odg, otg, odp, otp, odt, ott), gnm, Microsoft Office (doc, dot, xls, xlt, ppt, pps, pot, docx, dotx, xlsx, xltx), Flash (swf, flv), quad, balz, bcm, zpaq, paq8f, paq8jd, paq8l, paq8o, lpaq1, lpaq5, lpaq8, ace through separate unace plugin (closed source) available on PeaZip add-ons page, arc, wrc, 001, pea, cbz, cbr, cba, cb7, cbt (and more…)
Repair
FreeArc’s arc/wrc
RAR, if Rar.exe is available in the system
PeaZip can also be used to try to open any arbitrary file extension with “Open as archive” menu entry, as many file formats are simply variants of archive formats (especially of zip standard).
Even more file structures (forensic file types, WavPack compressed files, etc) can be parsed extending PeaZip capabilities via standard 7-Zip Codecs, copying extra codecs to PeaZip’s folder in res\7z\Codecs path.
In example a large family of codecs (compatible with PeaZip and 7-Zip) is available here7Z codecs – please note TC4Shell codecs are free but closed source, so they can be freely downloaded and installed by end users but they cannot be distributed within PeaZip packages.
PeaZip is localized over than 30 languages and is capable of handling all most popular archive formats (200+ file types), supporting a wide array of advanced file and archive management features (search, bookmarks, thumbnail viewer, find duplicate files and compute hash/checksum value, add, update and edit files inside existing archives, convert archive files…), especially focused on security (strong file encryption, two factor authentication, encrypted password manager, secure file deletion…).
The distinctive trait of PeaZip is the innovative and easy to use compression/extraction interface, more similar to CD burners interfaces rather than to a classic file compressor. This design makes extremely simple to check (and update) items set for compression and extraction, integrating a full featured file manager component.
Also, tasks created in the GUI can be easily saved as batch scripts, in order to automate backup operations, or for fine tuning, or for learning purpose, bridging the gap between the ease of use of GUI applications and power and flexibility of console.