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 Highlights
- All in one utility to extract, create and
convert all most
popular archive formats (130+)
- Easy to use GUI with Drag&Drop
and integration in context menu
- Run in all Windows versions, 64
bit version for better performances on 64 bit systems
- Wide array of features: strong
encryption, two factor authentication, encrypted password manager,
secure deletion, find
duplicates, save backup scripts
- High speed, compression ratio,
stability
and security, relying on proven Open Source technologies from 7-Zip,
FreeArc, PAQ, UPX and other state of art projects
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Features
PeaZip is a free
file and archive manager, based on solid and proven
Open Source technology of 7-Zip for
handling mainstream archive formats, and other great Open Source
tools (like FreeARC, PAQ, UPX...) for
supporting additional file formats and features, in order to provide an
all
purpose zip utility featuring a powerful unified GUI that, unlike most
of other classic file archivers like
i.e. WinZip and WinRar, is natively portable
and cross-platform.
PeaZip is localized
in 29 languages and is capable of handling all most popular archive
formats (130+ file types), supporting a wide array of advanced file and
archive management features (search, bookmarks, thumbnail viewer,
hashing, find duplicate files, convert archives...), especially focused
on security (strong encryption, two factor authentication, encrypted
password manager, secure deletion...).
The distinctive trait of PeaZip is the innovative and easy to use
compression/extraction interface, more similar to CD burners interfaces
rather than to a classic file compressor. This design makes extremely
simple to check (and update) items set for compression and extraction,
integrating a full featured file manager component.
Also, tasks created in the GUI can be easily saved as batch scripts, in
order to automate backup operations, or for fine tuning, or for
learning purpose, bridging the gap between the ease of use of GUI
applications and power and flexibility of console.
On Benchmarks
page you
can see how PeaZip compares with other file archivers tools ( WinRar, WinZip,
and IZArc) in real world usage, and
confront
speed and
compression performances of archiving utilities over a wide range of
archive formats.
See change log and release notes.
Hints
PeaZip is available
in many different languages ,
click Options >
Localization to modify language of the GUI. If you are willing to
contribute a translation check
information in peazip-x.y.about_translations.zip file.
Over networks, this
application can be
made available to multiple users,
either with a shared configuration or with separate configuration for
each user, see "Settings" and "Customization and
scripting" in the help file (F1), that also contain useful hints for
enhancing PeaZip's system integration
and use of PeaZip in scripts.
PeaZip is built to be fully modular, you can freely replace backend
executables in PeaZip/res directory with updated ones (as long as they
support the
same syntax) or with 64 bit
counterpart if available.
If the host system cannot or should not be modified it is recommended
to use PeaZip Portable, that
runs without installation and can be simply extracted in any path, even
on the
network or on
removable devices as USB memories.
To extract ACE files it is
needed a separate plugin (due to UNACE freeware but closed source
nature) available
in Add-ons page.
PeaZip's sources
(LGPL v3) are written in FreePascal, a powerful Open Source cross
platform IDE, and requires Lazarus IDE, see notes for
developers.
Install/uninstall
on
Windows
To run
unattended installation
launch the Windows installer with
/SILENT parameter; use /VERYSILENT for background installation, without
notification to the users.
To re-configure system
integration (file associations, context and SendTo menu),
you can use Options > System integration.
During install, PeaZip
creates entries in SendTo menu
that can be simply copied to one user to another as needed, they are
located in C:\Documents and
Settings\(username)\SendTo (Windows XP) or C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
(Vista/7),
assuming C as system's disk.
When uninstalled, PeaZip restores files
association with Windows'
Compressed Folders for the supported file types; to restore file
associations with a third party file archiver software
please
refer to its own documentation, usually it can be done
running the program's setup package or from the original application
itself. To manually restore file associations with
Compressed
Folders utility run: cmd /c assoc
.zip=CompressedFolder replacing .zip
with any file extension it is desired to be re-associated.
Get older versions
of PeaZip
on
Google Code.
Copyright, TOS and
Privacy notice are available on this page.
"Do you like
PeaZip? Did
you find this project helpful? If
you wish to help
me in
supporting this project, or if you want to turn this perceived
value in something even more useful, please visit the donations'
page!"
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