PeaZip 1.0 was released exactly 20 years ago, on November 6 2006!

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Recently, various independent researchers analyzed PeaZip on multiple platforms. This effort provided an invaluable amount of suggestions to improve security, and identified some vulnerabilities which, once fixed, were publicly disclosed as CVEs. Read more about PeaZip security updates:

From the PeaZip community on Reddit: Security updates in PeaZip 11.3 and 11.4

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PeaZip 11.4.0 is ready! This release continues the effort to strengthen security improving input validation, and enhances usability with better auto-refresh and ability to browse .lnk files. Backend are updated with Pea 1.34 and 7z/p7zip 26.04. Full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

Change log | PeaZip bug fixes, new features, release notes

Change log of PeaZip project development: bug fixes, improvements, new features, software release notes, packages hash values.

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PeaZip 11.3.0 is ready! The new release is focused on security and usability improvements, as the new test function for PEA archives, and the improved support for ZPAQ format. Backend are updated with 7z/p7zip 26.03 and Pea 1.33. Full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

The very first 0.x (pre)release of PeaZip was published this day 20 years ago, September 16 2006.

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PeaZip 11.2.0 is ready! The new release focuses on QOL improvements: functions picker, improved keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, and file manager's auto-refresh. Backend are updated to 7z/p7zip 26.02 and Pea 1.32. Full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

PeaZip 11.1.0 is ready! The new release improves direct extraction from application's file manager updating the "Extract to..." context menu group, and focuses on QOL enhancements and security fixes. Full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

PeaZip 11 completes the optimization work started in the 10.x line. Alongside other refinements, the update aims to improve speed for non-optimal cases where archive's Table Of Content is not sorted by name, e.g. 7Z or RAR archives with input sorted by extension. www.reddit.com/r/PeaZip/com...

PeaZip 11.0.0 is ready! The new major release speeds up archive browsing, enhances the file manager (Bookmarks, internal drag and drop, rendering engine...), and adds new functions for batch archives testing and password entropy rating. Full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

PeaZip can apply multiple content inclusion and exclusion filters (optionally recursive, and supporting wildcards) when creating and extracting archives. Read more: www.reddit.com/r/PeaZip/com...

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10.9.0 release keeps improving GUI performances, optimizing startup / close sequences, making more operations asynchronous, and optimizing memory usage. Read more about the updated benchmark results: peazip.github.io/benchmark-op...

PeaZip 10.9.0 is ready! The new release introduces QOL updates to improve user experience: new context menus and kb shortcuts, improved reactivity, speed, internal drag&drop, handling of rar and multi volume archives, Image and Text viewers. Full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

20 years ago, about in this time of the year, I started the journey of PeaZip project. It has been a long way, teaching me more lessons than the ones learnt to overcome the technical challenges. The journey has definitely been more important than the destination, I hope we will continue it together.

Shields counter on GitHub says PeaZip recently hit the mark of 1 million Flatpak installs. A big thank to the Linux community for all the feedback, suggestions, and code contributions which made this possible, and which, day by day, make it possible to keep improving PeaZip project!

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PeaZip Flatpak 10.8.0 was updated earlier today, to improve integration with KDE6 context menu.

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PeaZip is no longer on Facebook. Today I've deleted it, choosing to focus on communities on Reddit and Bluesky. IMHO community building is still pivotal for improvement, and a good social network should serve to collect ideas and expertise from the entire community to benefit the entire community.

PeaZip 10.8.0 is ready! The new release improves handling RAR and TAR archives, enables preview for more archive formats, adds the ability to preview items in archive with the integrated image viewer and with "File tools" functions. Read the full change log:

My two cents about the gatekeeping issues Windows users are increasingly experiencing. In brief, gatekeeping is not a panacea, and to make it worse Microsoft enforces it with the bluntest and less fit tools in its arsenal. Developers and users deserves better.

From the PeaZip community on Reddit: Interesting analysis of gatekeeping on Windows, using PeaZip as example

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PeaZip is Open Source, and can be compiled with Lazarus IDE starting from the standalone sources package or from its Git repository. Read more about how to compile PeaZip, and to build installable or portable packages for different operating systems:

Compile and build PeaZip from sources

PeaZip sources. Compile, build PeaZip cross-platform archiver, port to new Operating Systems and architectures, assemble installers for different package managers

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PeaZip 10.7.0 updated the integrated text preview tool, extended to all platforms the ability to display thumbnails in the file browser, and introduced a new image viewer component, which can also preview images inside archives. Read more about enhancements of preview functions in the last release:

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PeaZip 10.7.0 is ready! This update introduces an extensive sources refactoring, improves error handling and preview features, enhances the file manager and adds new integrated text viewer and image viewer tools. Read the full change log: peazip.github.io/changelog.html

PeaZip compression benchmark was updated today with a Linux addendum. Gnome Archive Manager was added to utilities compared to PeaZip for compression ratio, and compression / extraction speed. Read more: peazip.github.io/peazip-compr...

Compression benchmark: 7-Zip, PeaZip, WinRar, WinZip comparison

File compression and extraction benchmark. Comparison of 7-Zip, PeaZip, WinRar, WinZip archive managerss performances for the best, fastest application.

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PeaZip project grew over time, publishing (and often moving) online resources for almost 20 years. The Documentation page helps users to reach meaningful information: Issue Tracker to report bugs and feature requests, search CVE, find online Tutorial and FAQ, learn how to contribute translations...

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HHow to report issues for PeaZip. Search online resources, find documentation, issue tracker to report bugs and feature requests, developer's email.

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It is sometimes needed to split files in smaller parts, or to span archives in multiple volumes smaller than a target size - attachment or file upload limitation, digital support size, etc. Learn how to create spanned files, and how to merge multi volume archives to extract content from all parts:

Free file splitter, how to use file splitting utility

Free file spanning software (file splitter utility). How to split files and email attachments in multiple smaller parts, merge / join spanned volumes chunks.

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PeaZip language files are plain UTF-8 with BOM text files, which allows translations to work on all supported platforms. A text editor is all what it is needed to contribute, or update, a localization. Learn more:

How to change PeaZip language, and contribute translations

How to change PeaZip language, and localize context menu. How to contribute a translation, or maintain an existing language file

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It is sometimes needed to deal with unreadable archives. The most important step to try to recover access to file's content is to try to understand the cause of the issue. It may be due to a forgotten password, or random data corruption, or even to a maliciously forged archive. Read more:

How to open, unlock unreadable 7z rar zip files

How to open unreadable or encrypted 7z rar zip archives. Remove password prompt, unlock forgotten lost passwords, recover locked data, read corrupted files.

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While mainly focused on Open Source archive formats, PeaZip can optionally create RAR files from its own GUI, providing the correct CLI tools are installed in the system - either on Linux, macOS, or Windows. Read more about creating (or updating existing) RAR archives from PeaZip:

Free RAR archiver, compression utility. How to create rar files

How to create RAR files, add, compress data to WinRar archive format with PeaZip free archiver and compression utility using RarLabs backend rar compressor tool.

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Self extracting archives are executable files containing both the compressed data and the required extraction routines. The recipient will not need an utility supporting the compression format, but only the ability to run the self extracting archive - and, of course, to trust the sender. Read more:

How to create Self Extracting Archives (SFX)

What are, and how to create, Self Extracting Archives (SFX files) autonomous compressed files capable of auto-extraction without requiring external software.

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Zpaq is the evolution of PAQ project, an extremely powerful neural network based compressor, multiple times Hutter Prize winner. Zpaq (and the more recent Zpaqfranz project) adds journaling, AES-256 based encryption, and support for multi-threading. Read more about *PAQ compressors family:

What is PAQ file compression format

What are PAQ, LPAQ, ZPAQ file extensions. *PAQ family provides maximum compression ratio, with ZPAQ format implementing strongest compression algorithm currently available

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PeaZip compression benchmark was updated today with a macOS addendum. Finder integrated zip tool was added to utilities compared to PeaZip for compression ratio, and compression / extraction speed. Read more:

Compression benchmark: 7-Zip, PeaZip, WinRar, WinZip comparison

File compression and extraction benchmark. Comparison of 7-Zip, PeaZip, WinRar, WinZip archive managerss performances for the best, fastest application.

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