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Full support for the normal zip format, with additional support for AES encryption, Zip64 extensions for large files, Mac OS extensions of many different kinds, and several unusual compression methods (Deflate64, Bzip, LZMA, PPMd). Can also extract .EXE self-extracting files using Zip.
RAR
Full
Including encryption and multiple volumes. Can also extract .EXE self-extracting files using RAR.
7z
No encryption
Most compression methods are supported, but no encryption. Also supports Unix extensions.
Tar
Full
Gzip
Full
Bzip2
Full
LZMA, XZ
Full
CAB
Full
MSI
Full
NSIS
Extensive
Supports many different versions, starting from version 1.1o
EXE
Some
Many kinds of .exe self-extracting formats are supported. However, if you find one that is not, please post an issue on the bug tracker.
ISO
Full
ISO 9660 CDROM filesystem images, and also .bin raw images.
Split files
Basic
Can join files named .001, .002 that do not use any extra wrapper format.
Supported old formats
Format
Support level
Was popular on
Notes
StuffIt
No encryption
Mac OS
Can unpack all files I've been able to locate.
StuffIt X
Partial
Mac OS
Can unpack many files, some more obscure features are still unsupported. JPEG compression is also unsupported.
DiskDoubler
Almost full
Mac OS
All compression algorithms are implemented, but a few rare ones are untested. If you have some files that do not work, please post them in issue 149 on the bug tracker.
Compact Pro
No encryption
Mac OS
PackIt
Full
Mac OS
Cpio
Full
Unix
Compress (.Z)
Full
Unix
ARJ
No multi-part
DOS
ARC, PAK
Full
DOS
Ace
Only old files
DOS
No support for Ace 2.0 and up (WinAce).
Zoo
Full
DOS
LZH
Full
DOS, Amiga (as LhA)
ADF
FFS
Amiga (emulated)
DMS
FFS
Amiga
Can extract files from compressed Amiga disk images using the regular FFS file system.
LZX
Full
Amiga
PowerPacker
Full
Amiga
LBR
Full
CP/M, DOS
Squeeze
Full
CP/M, DOS
Crunch
Full
CP/M
...
Many other old formats, especially Amiga-specific ones, are also supported through libxad, but I have not made a full survey of which ones.
Supported unusual formats
Format
Support level
Notes
XAR
Full
Suggested replacement for Tar on Unix. Used in some newer .pkg files on Mac OS X.
RPM
Full
Linux package format.
ALZip
No encryption
Archive format which is mainly popular in South Korea. Support for all known compression methods, including Bzip2, Deflate and obfuscated Deflate.
NSA, SAR
Partial
Game data file. Can unpack all files I've found. If you have ones that do not unpack, please post an issue.
NDS
Full
Nintendo DS ROM image, which can contain a file system.
Zipx
Full
WinZip extended Zip files
Unsupported formats, for which support would be good to have
Format
Notes
Issue number
Ace 2.0
Proprietary, requires reverse engineering.
58
StuffIt X JPEG
Propietary, hugely complicated algorithm. Would require lots of reverse engineering. Supposedly patented, but I have been unable to locate the patent (which would contain useful information about the format).
146
DMG
Mac OS X disk images with a HFS+ filesystem.
PAR
Not an archive format, but recovery records for missing archive parts.
SHK
Apple II archive format.
119
Amiga compressors
The Amiga had a lot of different single-file compressors. Support for more of these would be useful. libxfd supports many of them, but is mostly 68k only.