Top 15 Free ARC NEXT Alternative and Similar Softwares | Dec 2024

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An archive consists of blocks. This includes so-called SOLID BLOCKS, containing contents of files stored in the archive, and all remaining block type, collectively called CONTROL BLOCKS, holding meta-information about archive and files it contain.

Currently, there are the following types of control blocks:

1. CabPack

CabPack A freeware compression program with which you can create cabinet (.CAB) files. With just a few mouse clicks you specify which files to compress, which compression method to use, where the output files should go and whether or not the cabinet files should span multiple disks. CabPack is able to......

2. Archiv

Archiv With Archiv your can create archives in different popular formats and extract them easily. Because of using native disk utilities of Mac, Archiv is very reliable and secure! Password protection make your archives also safe. Convenient Drag & Drop support! CREATING- 7z, Zip, Tar, Bzip2, Gzip- Dmg, Iso, UdfEXTRACTING- 7z,......

3. Ipackr

Ipackr iPackr is a powerful compressed archives manager.- Compress 7z and zip archives- Decompress 7z, zip, rar, gz and bz2 archives- Superb speed benefited by 64-bit computing power- Full support of international file names (especially Chinese, Japanese and Korean file names created by old archivers)- Full support of drag and drop-......

4. KuaiZip

KuaiZip KuaiZip is a free, convenient, fast compressor and decompressor, with advanced compression technology and a proprietary of compression format(KZ). KZ is a high ratio and fast format. KuaiZip support more than 40 compression formats such as RAR,ZIP,7Z etc. KuaiZip also can mount compressed archives, CD/DVD images and virtual disk files.......

5. Zippy

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6. Entropy

Entropy Easily create, open and preview popular archive files like ZIP, RAR, 7z, TGZ and more ( 30+ formats supported ).An unparalleled feature set makes Entropy the ultimate archiving app:• EXTRACT all major archive formats• CREATE highly compressed archives with easy• PROTECT your data using industrial strength encryption• PREVIEW files inside......

7. bzip2

bzip2 bzip2 is a file compressor that uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm. It is only a compressor for single files and not a full archiver.......

8. XZ Utils

XZ Utils XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are the successor to LZMA Utils.......

9. ArcThemAll!

ArcThemAll! A simple software to multiple compress files and folders. ArcThemAll provides compression and extraction of batches of multiple folders or files with simple drag&drop loading. It includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, the support to self-extracting archives creation, archives encryption and decryption and much more. It allows configuration of the......

10. UPX

UPX UPX (Ultimate Packer for eXecutables) achieves an excellent compression ratio and offers very fast decompression. Your executables suffer no memory overhead or other drawbacks for most of the formats supported, because of in-place decompression.......

11. gzip

gzip GNU Gzip is a software application used for file compression and decompression. It is based on the DEFLATE algorithm, which is a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding.......

12. UltimateZip

UltimateZip UltimateZip has all the features you need to archive, encrypt, share and shrink your files and documents. With it's flexible and intuitive user interface, UltimateZip is easy to use for first-time users and offers many useful features for power users. UltimateZip perfectly integrates into the Windows Explorer, creating or extracting......

13. ezyZip

ezyZip ezyZip is a file compression tool that lets you zip files into an archive. It also supports unzip, allowing you to uncompress archived zip files.Unlike traditional online zip/unzip tools, ezyZip does not require you to upload or download files to a server. The app runs locally in the browser, thus......

14. Commander One

Commander One Commander One is dual-pane file manager for OS X created in Swift, which enables you to manage your files in the best possible way. You will get the dual-pane interface for easy moving and copying files from one place to another; multi-tab browsing for eliminating clutter; advanced search for locating......

15. 7zX

7zX 7zX is a file archiver with high compression ratio. Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests.Usually 7zX compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format, and 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.7zX supports tar, zip, gzip, bzip2, UNIX compress,......