PeaZip is a free cross-platform file archiver & rar expander application that provides an unified portable GUI for many Open Source technologies like 7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ, UPX. Free alternative to WinRar, WinZip and similar proprietary software. - Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, WIM, XZ, ZIP files - Open and extract ACE, ARJ, CAB, DMG, ISO, LHA, RAR, UDF, ZIPX files and more, over 180 archive types supported Features of PeaZip includes: archives opener and extractor, batch creation and extraction of multiple archives at once, convert files, create self-extracting archives, split and join files, strong encryption with two factor authentication, encrypted password manager, secure deletion, find duplicate files, calculate hash and checksum, export job definition as script. State of macOS port PeaZip is a cross-platform file archiver and file manager, Open Source rar expander utility, free alternative to WinZip and WinRar, available on Microsoft Windows, Linux (Qt and GTK2) and BSD. The application is built with Lazarus/FPC IDE, and Lazarus' support for Apple's macOS (previously OSX) is quickly progressing, but Carbon support is not as mature as for other widget sets and it was not yet possible to have a sufficient quality native Carbon build of PeaZip for Apple macOS / OSX or Darwin systems. However, interest in porting PeaZip to Macintosh macOS / OSX platform as native application, rather than with virtualization, emulation or wrapping, remains very high.

Running PeaZip on macOS / OSX Anyway, there are various ways to run PeaZip for Windows on macOS (or older OSX releases) at current level of development Using a virtualization software: (commercial software) is probably the most popular choice on macOS/OSX, but VMWare Fusion (commercial) and Virtualbox (free) alternatives are available for Macs. Once a Windows virtual machine is set on the macOS system, the Apple machine will run native Windows software without needing of any kind of conversion or port - ability to interact with the physical machine depends on the virtualization software itself. Using, an Open Source (free, LGPL) implementation of Microsoft Windows API, acting as a compatibility layer that allows to run Win32 software on macOS, OSX, BSD, and Linux operating systems.

The Unarchiver is a free and light app that you can find in the utility section of the Mac App Store. It has a simple, easy-to-use interface, and it is an open source project. The Unarchiver is capable of unarchiving the most used archive files, including ZIP, 7-zip, GZIP, TAR, BZIP2, and RAR.