MacPacker: Archive Manager

Preview, Search & Extract

Only for Mac

Free

Mac

A native 7-Zip alternative for Mac. Browse, search, extract, create, and edit archives. Open ZIP, RAR, and 7Z archives on your Mac and see what's inside before you extract a single byte. MacPacker is a fast, native archive manager for macOS. Instead of unpacking gigabytes just to get one file, it opens an archive like a Finder window. Browse folders, search by filename, preview contents with Quick Look, then drag out only the file you actually need. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Preview before extracting Open archives and browse their full contents without unpacking anything. No more waiting for a 2 GB extraction just to confirm you found the right file. • Search inside an archive Find a file by name inside ZIP, RAR, 7Z, and more without extracting the archive first. Great when you only need one log, document, or configuration. • Extract selectively Drag out one file instead of unzipping everything. Useful when a project folder contains hundreds of files but you only need one. • Create and edit ZIP Build new ZIP files from scratch. Also add or delete files in an existing ZIP and save your changes. • Compress from Finder Right-click a file or folder in Finder and zip it instantly. No extra app to open. • Password-protected archives Open encrypted archives and create AES-256 encrypted ZIPs. • Opens what others can't MacPacker uses three engines (7-Zip, The Unarchiver, SWCompression) and automatically picks the right one. If one engine can't read a file, it falls back to another. • Nested archives, without the hassle Go directly into archives inside archives, like a ZIP inside an ISO or a RAR inside that ZIP, without extracting intermediate layers first. • Quick Look integration Press Space in Finder to preview files inside an archive, no app required. • Works even when extensions are wrong Detection is based on file content, not only the suffix, so archives are recognized correctly even if the name is misleading. • Fast and native Built in Swift for macOS. No Electron, no bloat, and no background daemons. 36 SUPPORTED FORMATS Archives: ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZ4, LZX, Z, CAB, CPIO, AR, ARJ, LHA, LZH, XAR, SIT, SITX, SEA Compressed tar: TAR.GZ (TGZ), TAR.BZ2 (TBZ), TAR.XZ (TXZ), TAR.LZ4, TAR.Z Packages & installers: DEB, RPM, MSI, EXE, PKG, CHM Disk images: DMG, ISO, IMG, SMI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, QCOW2, SquashFS, WIM, NTFS, FAT PRIVATE AND FREE Your archives stay on your Mac. No account, no ads, no bundled software, no telemetry, and no paid tier. MacPacker is free and open source, available in 13 languages. Whether you're sorting downloads, restoring old backups, or grabbing one config file from a build artifact, MacPacker makes it fast and effortless.

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New Features * Extract without scattering files or nesting folders * Encrypt archives with a password * Split archives into volumes * More compression settings when saving * Leave .DS_Store files out of archives * New options in Finder integration * Recent archives can now be turned off * Quick Look preview for cbz and cbr * Quick Look follows your engine settings * Open nested archives in Quick Look * Grant folder access once in Settings * Simpler welcome window Bug Fixes * Fewer folder-access prompts * Archiving strips Mac file information * 7z extraction strips execute bits and links * An archive can be opened twice * Deleting a file could remove a different one Localization * Language update * Now available in Vietnamese

Version 1.0.0

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    Information

    Seller
    Stephan Arenswald
    Size
    10.3 MB
    Category
    Utilities
    Compatibility
    Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.6 or later.
    Languages
    English and 16 more
    • English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
    Age Rating
    4+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Stephan Arenswald
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