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ShichiZip

A native macOS take on the 7-Zip File Manager that opens, extracts and creates every archive format 7-Zip supports.

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brew install --cask shichizip

LGPL-2.1 · Free download · Downloads from github.com

License
LGPL-2.1
Open source
Category
Utilities
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.

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Source code
idawnlight/ShichiZip
License
LGPL-2.1
Website
github.com
Download
github.com
Homebrew
shichizip
Category
Utilities
Alternative to
The Unarchiver
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