WinRAR AlternativesOnly apps categorised as File Managers

The best File Manager alternative to WinRAR is 7-Zip, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to WinRAR and seven of them are File Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting File Manager alternatives to WinRAR are PeaZip, Zarchiver, Entropy and Oka - unzip file, video player.

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  1. 7-Zip icon

    7-Zip

     4761 likes

    Feature-rich archiving software with top-tier compression in 7z, integration in Windows Shell, AES-256 encryption, and multi-format support, including TAR, ZIP, RAR. Offers strong file management tools and a command line version for Linux/Unix systems.

    111 7-Zip alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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    Comments about 7-Zip as an Alternative to WinRAR
    Top Positive Comment
    KuboFHromoslav
    34

    7-Zip is highly efficient, open source archiver.

    Alex Rumbera
    Positive
    0

    7-Zip offers open-source and free usage, better compression, wider format support, more features like self-extracting archives, solid compression, and a powerful command-line interface, and regular updates. 7-Zip often delivers better performance

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Jason Brown
    Positive
    1

    Open-source. Huge eyes-on code audience. Much, much simpler for new users.

    3 of 25 comments
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    • Almost everyone thinks 7-Zip is a great WinRAR alternative.

    • 7-Zip is Free and Open SourceWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
    • 7-Zip is Security-focusedWinRAR is not according to our users
  2. PeaZip icon

    PeaZip

     656 likes

    PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, PAQ, and PEA projects, for Linux, macOS and Windows.

    97 PeaZip alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about PeaZip as an Alternative to WinRAR
    don1
    Positive
    3

    It is fast, has many file extensions and always updated.

    Ricky Santoso
    Positive
    2

    I think the extract time faster than winrar, also support many file extensions. One of the lightest file manager & archiver that I use.

    G Downs
    Positive
    0

    I've been using PeaZip for about 8 years and during that time I've found it to be rock-solid. I've tried 7Zip and a few others during that time but keep coming back to PeaZip. On installation, PeaZip is vastly customizable and covers all the major archive formats that most people are going to use...

    3 of 4 comments
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    PeaZip icon

    • Almost everyone thinks PeaZip is a great WinRAR alternative.

    • PeaZip is Free and Open SourceWinRAR is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Zarchiver icon

    Zarchiver

     22 likes

    ZArchiver - program to manage archives in android. The program has a simple and functional interface. It lets you create 7z (7zip), zip, bzip2 (bz2), gzip (gz), XZ, tar archives, decompress 7z (7zip), zip, rar, bzip2, gzip, XZ, iso, tar, arj.

    36 Zarchiver alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • iPhone
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
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  5. Entropy icon

    Entropy

     9 likes

    Easily create, open and preview popular archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z, TGZ and more ( 30+ formats supported ).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  7. Ultimate Extract and Recover icon

    Ultimate Extract and Recover

     3 likes

    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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. AndroZip icon

    AndroZip

     6 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
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