archiver
The premium Open Source alternative to WinZip
🎯 Best for:Developers needing programmatic file compression and extraction in Go environments.
What is archiver?
A comprehensive Go library and CLI tool for creating and extracting multiple archive formats including ZIP, TAR, and RAR. It provides a unified API to handle compression tasks programmatically without external dependencies.
Tech Stack
GoOS & Utilities
Why archiver?
- • No external dependencies
- • Unified API for all formats
- • High-performance Go core
Limitations
- • Original repo deprecated
- • Limited GUI features
- • RAR support is read-only
3/4/2026
Last Update
400
Forks
10
Issues
MIT
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on WinZip)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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