Linux archivers software

Last updated

xar OpenDarwin XML eXtensible ARchiver

upx The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables

p5-POE-Filter-Zlib A POE filter wrapped around Compress::Zlib

p5-POE-Filter-LZW A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZW

p5-POE-Filter-LZO A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZO

p5-POE-Filter-LZF A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZF

p5-POE-Filter-Bzip2 A POE filter wrapped around Compress::Bzip2

p5-IO-Zlib IO:: style interface to Compress::Zlib

p5-Compress-LZF Extremely light-weight Lempel-Ziv-Free compression

p5-Archive-Extract A generic archive extracting mechanism

All linux archivers software (ordered by name)

9e Explode Plan9 archives

advancecomp Recompression utilities for .ZIP, .PNG, .MNG and .GZ files

alz2zip Convert Alzip files to zip format

arc Create & extract files from DOS .ARC files

arj Open-source ARJ

bicom Data compressor in the PPM family

bsdtar A utility to create and manipulate streaming archive files

bzip A block-sorting file compressor

bzip2 A block-sorting file compressor

cabextract A program to extract Microsoft cabinet (.CAB) files

dact Dynamic Adaptive Compression Tool

deepforest A simple compress utilty using on JDE

fastjar A version of JDK's `jar' command written entirely in C

fileroller An archive manager for zip files, tar, etc

fpc-paszlib Free Pascal unit for native compression IO

freeze Compression program - often used in QNX

gtar GNU version of the traditional tar archiver

gzip A compression utility designed to be a replacement for compress

ha The HA archiver using the HSC compression method

hffzip File compressor based on Huffman coding

hpack.non-usa.only Multi-System Archiver with open keys PGP-based security

jzip.org A WinZip like program written in java

lbrate Extract/decompress CP/M LBR archives

lha Archive files using LZSS and Huffman compression (.lzh files)

libarc Tiny C decompression library for several popular compression formats

libarchive Library to create and read several streaming archive formats

libcabinet A portable library and utility to use Microsoft cabinet files (.cab)

libcomprex Transparently handles automatic compression and decompression of files

linux-unace Extract, view & test ACE archives

lzo Portable speedy, lossless data compression library

lzop Fast file compressor similar to gzip, using the LZO library

macutils Utilities for Apple Macintosh files

makeself A neat script to make self-extracting archives

mscompress Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor

mtf A Unix reader for the Microsoft Tape Format used by NT Backup

nomarch Extracts files from the old `.arc' archive format

nulib NuFX archive utility

nwreckdum Utility for extracting/creating Quake PAK files

p5-Archive-Tar Perl module for creation and manipulation of tar files

p5-Archive-Zip Perl module to create, manipulate, read, and write Zip archive files

p5-Compress-Bzip2 Perl5 interface to bzip2 compression library

p5-Compress-Zlib Perl5 interface to zlib compression library

p5-IO-Zlib IO:: style interface to Compress::Zlib

p5-Mac-Macbinary Perl module that can extract info from Macbinary files

par2cmdline Tools for using Parity v2 Archive files

parchive Parity Archiver - makes multiple parity volumes from a set of files

pear-Archive_Tar PEAR tar file management class

pecl-zip A PECL extension to create and read zip files

ppunpack Decompresses Amiga PowerPacker files

py-bzip2 Python Interface for bz2 Compression Library

py-lzma Python binding for the LZMA compression library

py-tarfile Python library for reading and writing tarballs

rar File archiver (binary port)

rox-archive Archive management tool for the ROX desktop

rpm The Red Hat Package Manager

rpm2cpio Convert .rpm files for extraction with /usr/bin/cpio, needs just perl

rpm4 The RPM Package Manager

ruby-bz2 A Ruby extension to use libbz2

ruby-zip A Ruby module for reading and writing zip files

rvm An archive manager that uses rsync to manage backups

rzip Compression program similar to gzip or bzip2

sectar A program to create encrypted tar archives

sharutils Pack, send and unpack shell archives; synchronize via e-mail

squsq Compressor/decompressor for CP/M "Squeeze" compressed files

star Unique standard tape archiver with many enhancements

star-devel Unique standard tape archiver with many enhancements

torrentzip Efficient way to prepare zipfiles for BitTorrent

stuffit Stuffit Archive Creator and Expander

szip A fast compression utility

tardy Manipulate the file headers in tar archive files in various ways

ucl A data compression library with low memory usage

unace Extract, view & test ACE archives

unadf Extracts files from .adf-files used by Amiga emulators

unarj Allows files to be extracted from ARJ archives

unmakeself Extract Makeself archives

unzoo A zoo archive extractor

undms Converts .dms Amiga disk images to uncompressed .adf images

unlzx Extracts .lzx archives from Amiga systems

unrar Extract, view & test RAR archives

unshield Extract data from InstallShield CAB files

untar Lists/Extracts files from a "*.tgz" or "*.gz" archive

unzip

upx The Ultimate Packer for eXecutables

wzip A preprocessor for lossy data compression

xdms An Amiga DMS archiver unpacker

xmill An efficient compressor for XML

xpk The eXternal PacKer (XPK) library system

zip Create/update ZIP files compatible with pkzip

zipios++ A java.util.zip-like C++ library for reading and writing Zip files

zoo Manipulate archives of files in compressed form

bsdar BSD-licensed replacement of the ar utility

p7zip File archiver with high compression ratio

pbzip2 Parallel BZIP2

dynamite Decompress data compressed with PKWARE Data Compression Library

dzip File compression utility specializing in Quake demo compression

gzrecover A gzip recovery toolkit

jzlib A re-implementation of zlib in pure Java

lcab Microsoft .CABinet file creator

liblzxcomp LZX compression library

libmspack A library for Microsoft compression formats

lzma High-ratio LZMA compressor

lzo2 Portable speedy, lossless data compression library

mar A simple binary file format for storing arbitrary meta and user data

orange Extract Microsoft Cabinet files from self-extracting installers

p5-PerlIO-gzip Perl extension to provide a PerlIO layer to gzip/gunzip

pear-File_Archive PEAR class to manipulate tar, gz, tgz, bz2, tbz, zip, ar (deb) files

unalz Extracts AlZip archives

deb2targz A command-line utility for converting a Debian .deb file to a .tar.gz

ecm Compresses CD images by stripping unnecessary EDC/ECC data

libunrar Library to work with RAR archivies

ppmd A fast archiver with a good compression ratio

xarchive A GTK+ front end for archiving tools

aolserver-nszlib Zlib library interface for AOLserver

deutex WAD file composer for Doom, Heretic, Hexen, and Strife

file-roller An archive manager for zip files, tar, etc

freetar TAR archiver for GNUstep

grzip Efficient file compressor

hlextract Utility to extract data from various Half-Life file formats

javatar A Java tar archive io package

kbackup A program for back up of directories or files

kio_p7zip Kioslave for KDE to handle 7zip files

lha-ac Archive files using LZSS and Huffman compression (.lzh files)

libzip A C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives

linux-par2cmdline Linux version of par2cmdline

ocaml-zip OCaml library to manipulate ZIP/GZIP/JAR archives

p5-Archive-Any Single interface to deal with file archives

p5-Archive-Extract A generic archive extracting mechanism

p5-Compress-LZF Extremely light-weight Lempel-Ziv-Free compression

p5-Compress-LZO Interface to the LZO compression library

p5-Compress-LZW Pure perl implementation of LZW

p5-Compress-Raw-Bzip2 Low-Level Interface to bzip2 compression library

p5-Compress-Raw-Zlib Low-Level Interface to zlib compression library

p5-IO-Compress-Base Base Class for IO::Uncompress modules

p5-IO-Compress-Bzip2 An interface to allow writing bzip2 compressed data to files or buffer

p5-IO-Compress-Zlib Perl5 interface for reading and writing of (g)zip files

p5-POE-Filter-Bzip2 A POE filter wrapped around Compress::Bzip2

p5-POE-Filter-LZF A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZF

p5-POE-Filter-LZO A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZO

p5-POE-Filter-LZW A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZW

p5-POE-Filter-Zlib A POE filter wrapped around Compress::Zlib

p5-PerlIO-via-Bzip2 Perl extension to provide a PerlIO layer to bzip2/bunzip2

paq An archiver with an extremely high compression ratio

pecl-bz2 A Bzip2 management extension

pecl-lzf Handles LZF de/compression

pecl-phar A PECL extension which allows running applications out of .phar files

pecl-rar A PECL extension to create and read rar files

ppmd-7z High-ratio PPMD compressor

ruby-lha A Ruby extension to unpack lha-compressed files

tclmkziplib GZIP and ZIP support for TCL; dynamicly loadable

unfoo Tiny sh(1) wrapper to simplify decompression of files

unmass Extract game archives such as wad, dar, mea exe's and many more

xar OpenDarwin XML eXtensible ARchiver

zipper Tool for inspecting the contents of a compressed archive

pecl-phk PHK is a PHP-oriented package/archive system