Software · Compression & archives

PeaZip

PeaZip is an archive manager, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: tabbed interface and two-factor authentication.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: LGPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager), Wikidata
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub, Unspecified source, Wikidata · macOS: Unspecified source, Wikidata · Windows: Unspecified source, Wikidata, Winget
Publisher: Giorgio Tani
Latest version: 11.4.0 (17 October 2026)
Latest activity: 7 November 2026
Source code: github.com/peazip/PeaZip

Overview

PeaZip is an archive manager, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its Flathub listing, on its official website and in its GitHub repository: tabbed interface and two-factor authentication.

File formats mentioned: RAR, ZIP and 7Z.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Free file archiver utility for Windows, macOS, Linux, Open Source file compression and encryption software.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“The integrated file manager provides bookmarking, tabbed browsing, search, instant content filter, duplicate files detection, and text, hex, and image viewers.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
“PeaZip supports encryption / decryption of archives, with optional two factor authentication, and its scripting engine makes easy to export the tasks defined in the GUI as CLI scripts.” — Flathub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

PeaZip is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (LGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

PeaZip is a free, Open Source (LGPLv3) archive manager utility for BSD, Linux, macOS and Windows. Cross-platform, desktop-agnostic GUI archive manager based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip / p7zip, Zstandard, Brotli, ZPAQ, PEA, and other Free Software file compression tools, alternative to 7-Zip, Engrampa, FileRoller, Keka, WinRar, WinZip and similar apps. Create, convert, open and extract 7Z, Brotli, BZip2, GZip, PEA, RAR, TAR, XZ, ZIP, ZPAQ, Zstd files, and many more (200+) archive formats. The integrated file manager provides bookmarking, tabbed browsing, search, instant content filter, duplicate files detection, and text, hex, and image viewers. PeaZip supports encryption / decryption of archives, with optional two factor authentication, and its scripting engine makes easy to export the tasks defined in the GUI as CLI scripts.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from LicitPro automatic classification () — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) — 5 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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