# peazip/PeaZip

Free Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor. Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, Brotli, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, Zstandard.

Repository: https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/peazip
Homepage: https://peazip.github.io
Language: Pascal
License: LGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: peazip, rar, zip, paq, compression, extractor, archiver, encryption, brotli, zstandard
Last push: 2026-08-26T06:36:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5772, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 52, "gap_med": 51, "n_releases_24m": 14}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7793, forks 399 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:05.066693+00:00)

## What it is
PeaZip is a free, open-source, cross-platform file archiver and archive manager supporting 200+ formats including 7z, RAR, ZIP, TAR, and Zstandard. It offers strong authenticated encryption, archive conversion, file splitting, and a built-in file manager, with GUI tasks exportable as CLI scripts.

## Use cases
- extract rar files for free
- compress files to 7z or zip
- open iso and cab archives
- encrypt archives with password and keyfile
- split large files into volumes
- batch convert archives between formats
- find duplicate files and manage archives with a gui
- automate compression tasks via cli scripts

## When to choose
- you need a free cross-platform alternative to WinZip or WinRAR
- you must handle many obscure archive formats in one tool
- you want strong encryption with two-factor (password + keyfile) support
- you want to script archive tasks by exporting GUI operations as CLI commands

## When to avoid
- you need only a lightweight command-line compressor without a GUI
- you require deep integration into a specific desktop environment's native file manager
- you need programmatic library access rather than a desktop application

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: compression, cryptography, file-system, gui, cli, security
- domain: files, security, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: windows, bsd, cli
- tags: archiver, file-manager, 7zip, rar-extractor, zip, tar, zstandard, brotli, two-factor-authentication, portable, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- peazip/PeaZip (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:05.066693+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:34:38.858570+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:05.066693+00:00, sha 67733dbc2521)
  - homepage: https://peazip.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T08:30:52.773656+00:00, sha 8a2c360bc504)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.