ShichiZip
A native macOS take on the 7-Zip File Manager that opens, extracts and creates every archive format 7-Zip supports.
LGPL-2.1 · Free download · Downloads from github.com
- License
- LGPL-2.1
- Open source
- Source
- GitHub
- idawnlight
- Verified
- 2026
About ShichiZip
ShichiZip rebuilds most of the 7-Zip File Manager as a native Mac app on top of the upstream 7-Zip code, so it reads and writes the same long list of formats, from 7z and ZIP to RAR, TAR, disk images and installers. You can browse an archive like a folder, add or replace files, set ZIP encryption and passwords, and use a one-click smart extract that picks a destination and drops redundant top-level folders.
It adds Mac touches that 7-Zip itself lacks: Quick Look previews of archives and of files inside them, Finder Quick Actions, and an option to strip resource forks. Builds are published for Apple silicon and Intel, each in a mainline edition and a "ZS" edition based on the 7-Zip Zstandard fork with extra codecs. The project is young, with versions still below 1.0.
ShichiZip's own code is LGPL-2.1. The bundled 7-Zip sources keep their own terms, mostly LGPL with some BSD files, and the RAR decoder carries 7-Zip's unRAR restriction, which forbids using that code to recreate RAR compression.
Information
- Source code
- idawnlight/ShichiZip
- License
- LGPL-2.1
- Website
- github.com
- Download
- github.com
- Homebrew
- shichizip
- Category
- Utilities
- Alternative to
- The Unarchiver
- Evidence checked
- Tags
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Sources and image credits
- github.com/idawnlight/ShichiZip
- github.com/idawnlight/ShichiZip/blob/main/LICENSE
- github.com/idawnlight/ShichiZip/releases
- github.com/ip7z/7zip/blob/main/DOC/License.txt
- icon.png: ShichiZip contributors. LGPL-2.1; official app icon extracted unmodified from the release bundle, trademarks retained.
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