The macOS archiver that handles everything — 7z, Zip, and Tar to create, RAR and a dozen others to extract, with real AES-256 encryption.
Keka compresses and extracts archives in far more formats than the Finder knows about. Drag files onto its window or Dock icon to build a 7z, Zip, Tar, Gzip, or Brotli archive; open almost anything, including RAR, to extract it.
Why it makes the list
It is the free, native, no-nonsense replacement for a separate unarchiver plus a compressor, without the ads and bundled junk that plague this category elsewhere. Encryption is real AES-256, split archives are supported, and it never phones home.
Standout features
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Create 7z, Zip, Tar, Gzip, Bzip2, XZ, and Brotli archives
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Extract RAR, Zip, 7z, Tar, Lzip, ISO, DMG, and many more
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AES-256 encryption, with encrypted file names for 7z and Zip
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Split archives into volumes for transfer
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Exclude macOS resource forks for clean cross-platform archives
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Set it as the system-wide default extractor
Pricing
Free when downloaded from keka.io. $6.49 on the Mac App Store if you would rather get updates there and support the developer.
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