BetterZip
Open, browse, and build archives the Mac way.
BetterZip is a macOS archive utility for creating, opening, extracting, and editing archives. It supports creating ZIP, DMG, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TXZ, TZ, Zstandard, Brotli, 7-Zip, XAR, ISO, and RAR (via an external command-line utility), and opens and extracts over 30 formats. Archives can be modified in place, files edited inside them with changes saved back, split files joined, and winmail.dat attachments decoded. AES-256 encryption, an encrypted password vault, a password generator, and cryptographic hash generation and verification are included.
Features include Finder and Spotlight integration (contextual menu, toolbar button, Share extension, Quick Look preview, and a Spotlight importer for filenames inside archives), presets that capture destination, format, encryption, filters, renaming rules, conflict handling, and post-processing actions (shell script, AppleScript, Automator workflow, or Shortcut), and filtering by name, path, size, and age. Automation is supported through AppleScript, Shortcuts actions, a CLI tool, and Automator actions, with compatibility for Hazel, Alfred, LaunchBar, DropZone, and BetterTouchTool. Icon, column, flat-list, and outline views are available, along with a full-screen image viewer for image archives and comic books. User-extensible JSON format definitions are supported.
It is aimed at Mac users who work with archives, including those needing cross-platform compatibility and automation. A 30-day full-featured trial is available, and the product is sold as a one-time purchase with no subscription; the Quick Look extension is free for everyone.
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