Universal Extractor Alternatives

Universal Extractor is described as 'Program designed to decompress and extract files from any type of archive or installer, such as ZIP or RAR files, self-extracting EXE files, Windows Installer (.msi) packages, etc' and is a very popular File Archiver in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Universal Extractor for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD and Android apps. The best Universal Extractor alternative is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Universal Extractor are PeaZip, WinRAR, Bandizip and The Unarchiver.

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  1. 7zX icon
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    7zX is a file archiver with high compression ratio. Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  2. StuffIt icon
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    StuffIt is the right tool for people who just need very basic compression and expansion features. StuffIt has some great features that help you manage your workflow quickly and efficiently. Create both Zip and StuffIt X archives with or without encryption, and open compressed or...

    80 StuffIt alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  3. Entropy icon
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    Easily create, open and preview popular archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z, TGZ and more ( 30+ formats supported ).

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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  4. ALZip icon
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    ALZip is a file compression program that can unzip 40 different zip file archives. ALZip can zip files into 8 different archives such as ZIP, EGG, TAR and others. In ALZip version 8, ALZip’s own EGG format, that Unicode and other powerful function supported, can be used.

    80 ALZip alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  5. The Archive Browser is a program that lets you browse the contents of archives, as well as extract them. It will let you open files from inside archives, and lets you preview them using Quick Look.

    77 The Archive Browser alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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  6. Zipeg icon
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    Zipeg is a universal open source archive extractor that supports ZIP and RAR (among other archiving formats). With just a click you can open a file and see what is inside.

    71 Zipeg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  7. Ultimate Extract and Recover is an application that batch extracts and verifies RAR and ZIP archives without the user's attention. Traverses nested sub directories,supports Unicode file names,directories and passwords.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  8. AndroZip icon
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    AndroZip is a utility that can unpack/decompress ZIP and other ZIP based archives like APK, JAR, WAR, EAR, TAR, GZIP and RAR. AndroZip can also create ZIP and ZIP based archives like APK, JAR, WAR, EAR, TAR and GZIP. Note only Win.

    77 AndroZip alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
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  9. KGB Archiver icon
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    KGB Archiver is the compression tool with an unbelievably high compression rate. Unfortunately, in spite of its powerful compression rate, it has high hardware requirements (I recommend processor with 1,5GHz clock and 256MB of RAM as an essential minimum).

    76 KGB Archiver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  10. 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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  11. Hamster ZIP Archiver is a powerful and modern archival program that allows users to easily compress and open files from any archive.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Warning

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    • Windows
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  12. GUI Tar icon
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    During the command-line era of computing, archiving files involved cryptic commands such as tar -xvf somefile.tar. However, since those days, the masses have come to use computers, and they expect an easy to use system with graphical elements and interaction.

    72 GUI Tar alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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