8 Zip Alternatives

8 Zip is described as 'Out with the old, in with the new. The powerful archiver 8 Zip has expanded its set of capabilities with the new Continuum and Windows Hello technologies' and is a File Archiver in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to 8 Zip for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Web-based apps. The best 8 Zip alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like 8 Zip are PeaZip, WinRAR, NanaZip and MacPacker.

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  1. BreeZip icon
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    BreeZip is a free tool to "unarchive" many different kinds of archive files - an alternative to winrar free on Windows 10. It will open common formats such as ZIP, RAR, 7-Zip, TAR, Gzip and more.

    89 BreeZip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. Archive Utility is part of MacOS and supports ZIP, GZIP, and BZIP2 for expansion and CPGZ, CPIO, and ZIP formats for compression.

    74 Archive Utility alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  3. Lightning-fast right-click compression for Windows. Creates and extracts .zgx , extracts .zip and .rar, and preserves timestamps, creation times, attributes, and symlinks exactly.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  4. QuikZip icon
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    Browse archive trees, preview files, edit files inside regular ZIP archives, then save changes to the same archive or a new ZIP.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  5. Effective app designed to decompress archives, like RAR, Zip, 7z, Tar, Tgz, Cbz, Lzh, Lzma, Bzip, iso, HFS, VHD, etc. Supports over 50 kinds of archive files, as well as extract encrypted archives entirely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. Create Zip Files, the free online online zip solution that provides a fast and quality service for all your zipping and unzipping needs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  7. Download NX Free ZIP Archiver - A little utility for compressing and decompressing archives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  8. Zipora icon
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    Native macOS app for compression, extraction, and archive management featuring drag-and-drop, batch archiving, content preview with structure and timestamps, password protection, history tracking, archive editing, folder search, progress display, and multi-format support.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Smart Zipper icon
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    Smart Zipper Pro for Mac is a professional archiving app, which can easily create, extract and preview major archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z and more ( Over 20 popular formats ).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  10. Yemuzip icon
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    YemuZip is an easy-to-use application for making zip files. Just drag, drop, name your zip file and you're done.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
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