PeaZip is a free file archiver utility and rar extractor for Linux, macOS, and Windows, which works with 200+ archive types and variants (7z, ace, arc, bz2, cab, gz, iso, paq, pea, rar, tar, wim, zip, zipx...), handles spanned archives (001, r01, z01...), supports multiple archive encryption standards, file hashing, exports tasks as console scripts.
PeaZip offers an LGPLv3 alternative to proprietary software (WinZip, WinRar, etc.),
- Cross-platform running as a native application on:
- Windows/Win64
- Wine/ReactOS
- Linux x86/x86-64 (with Linux ARM and BSD ports also available)
- Darwin/macOS (Intel x86_64 and aarch64, e.g., M1 Apple Silicon SoC)
- Open-source: Uses LGPLv3 license.
- Security-focused: Strong encryption, two-factor authentication, encrypted password manager, and secure deletion.
- Powerful compression: Uses technologies like 7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, UPX, Brotli, and Zstd.
- Sources are available in the peazip-sources Git directory.
- Source snapshots for each release can be found in the Releases section as
peazip-x.y.z.src.zip
packages. - PeaZip is written in Lazarus/FreePascal, and Windows installers are scripted using InnoSetup, also using a Pascal-like syntax.