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 Highlights
- Does not require installation and does
not modify the host system: just extract and start using it, or bring
it with you on an USB drive!
- 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 Portable is
the ideal package
if you want to use a file archiver utility without modifying your
system, either because
you prefer natively portable software as replacement of installable
software, or you need to bring it with you
on an USB stick, or when you cannot modify the machine you are working
on, or if you just want to try the tool without installing anything on
the system: simply extract and use PeaZip, and simply delete its folder
to remove the
application.
Unlike most
of other classic file archivers like
WinZip and WinRar, PeaZip is structured as a frontend for multiple
tools, like Ark and FileRoller on Linux systems. It is based on solid
Open Source technology of 7-Zip for
handling most common archive types, and other excellent Open Source
tools (like FreeARC, PAQ, UPX...) for
supporting additional file formats and features, providing a natively
cross-platform
all-purpose portable zip utility with a powerful unified GUI.
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 Portable
does
not need to be installed, so it does not modify the host system, it is
just a .zip file containing the software.
It can be extracted to the desired folder and used; a writeable path
(i.e. the
desktop, or documents folder, or a removable device as an USB drive) is
recommended , in order to let
the application update the
configuration and the persistent randomness collector, as in the
portable version all files are contained inside the directory of the
application. The application needs at least to write to disk the
configuration the first time it runs so please check if the selected
path is writable and in case of problems try running the application as
administrator to have needed UAC permissions.
To integrate PeaZip Portable with the system (context menu, SendTo
menu, file associations), or use it in scripts please refer to the
software documentation (F1).
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.
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.
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.
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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