PeaZip: The Best Archive Manager for Windows

PeaZip Review

Are you a Windows user tired of juggling multiple tools for file compression, extraction, and management? Meet PeaZip, your all-in-one archive manager! This powerful, open-source software is packed with features to make your life easier. Create and extract multiple archives at once, generate self-extracting files, and apply advanced search filters to quickly find what you need. PeaZip also offers strong encryption, secure data deletion, file splitting/joining, and even tools for generating random passwords and keyfiles.

Perfect for students, professionals, or anyone who deals with files regularly, PeaZip is lightweight, portable, and free for any use. Its user-friendly interface and cross-platform compatibility make it a must-have tool.

Ready to streamline your file management? Download PeaZip from the developer’s website and give it a try! After testing it, let me know how my review helped you. Did I miss any features? Share your thoughts in the comments—I’d love to hear from you!

PeaZip Portable Download

Features of PeaZip

Full support (read and write): 7z, FreeArc’s arc/wrc, sfx (7z and arc), bz2, gz, paq/lpaq/zpaq, pea, quad/balz/bcm, split, tar, upx, wim, zip

Read only (browse, extract, test): 7z, apk, bz, bz2, bzip2, tbz2, tbz, gz, gzip, tgz, tpz, tar, zip, zipx, z01, smzip, arj, cab, chm, chi, chq, chw, hxs, hxi, hxr, hxq, hxw, lit, cpio, deb, lzh, lha, rar, r01, 00, rpm, z, taz, tz, iso, jar, ear, war, lha, pet, pup, pak, pk3, pk4, slp, [Content], xpi, wim, u3p, lzma86, lzma, udf, xar, dmg, hfs, part1, split, swm, tpz, kmz, xz, txz, vhd, mslz, apm, mbr, fat, ntfs, exe, dll, sys, msi, msp, ods, ots, odm, oth, oxt, odb, odf, odg, otg, odp, otp, odt, ott, gnm, doc, dot, xls, xlt, ppt, pps, pot, docx, dotx, xlsx, xltx, swf, flv, quad, balz, zpaq, paq8f, paq8jd, paq8l, paq8o, lpaq1, lpaq5, lpaq8, ace, arc, wrc, 001, pea, cbz, cbr, cba, cb7, cbt (and more…)

Repair: FreeArc’s arc/wrc

PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds. Ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP to experimental ones like PAQ/LPAQ family, currently the most powerful compressor available. For archive creation, PeaZip Download suppors a wide range of compression and encryption standard. From fastes to most powerful ones.

And allows to export job definition as scripts to bridge the gap between GUI and console applications. Also let the user pick the best of the two worlds.

PeaZip has secure deletion feature, can verify file checksum and hash. Furthermore, it supports multiple strong encryption standards, optionally using two factor authentication (password and keyfile) for increased security.

Supported encryption standards

  • 7Z: 7-Zip AES256 encryption
  • ZIP: WinZip AES256 AE encryption, and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility; can decrypt PKZip’s AES encryption
  • ARC: FreeARC AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256
  • PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption

PeaZip is localized in 29 languages. And is capable of handling all most popular archive formats (150+ file types). Also supports a wide array of advanced file and archive management features. Such as search, bookmarks, thumbnail viewer, hashing, find duplicate files, convert archives…. And it is specially focused on security (strong encryption, two factor authentication, encrypted password manager, secure deletion…).

Read our review of 7 Zip Portable to learn more.

Software Name: PeaZip v10.2.0
Developer: Homepage
License: Freeware
Language: Multilingual
OS: Windows

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