tar

ugrep 7.6 file pattern searcher -- a user-friendly, faster, more capable grep replacement. Includes a TUI, Google-like Boolean search with AND/OR/NOT, fuzzy search, hexdumps, searches (nested) archives (zip, 7z, tar, pax, cpio), compressed files (gz, Z, bz2, lzma, xz, lz4, zstd, brotli), pdfs, docs, and more

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Updated Mar 5, 2026
C++

archiverjs / node-archiver

Star 3k

a streaming interface for archive generation

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Updated Mar 14, 2026
JavaScript

adamhathcock / sharpcompress

Star 2.5k

SharpCompress is a fully managed C# library to deal with many compression types and formats.

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Updated Mar 16, 2026
C#

PyFilesystem / pyfilesystem2

Star 2.1k

Python's Filesystem abstraction layer

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Updated May 17, 2025
Python

systemd / casync

Star 1.6k

Content-Addressable Data Synchronization Tool

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Updated Sep 22, 2025
C

RehanSaeed / Bash-Cheat-Sheet

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Star 1.5k

A cheat sheet for bash commands.

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Updated Dec 12, 2023

mxmlnkn / ratarmount

Star 1.2k

Access large archives as a filesystem efficiently, e.g., TAR, RAR, ZIP, GZ, BZ2, XZ, ZSTD archives

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Updated Mar 15, 2026
Python

zpl-c / zpl

Star 1.1k

Pushing the boundaries of simplicity

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Updated Apr 26, 2025
C

framps / raspiBackup

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Star 974

Create and keep multiple backup versions of your running Raspberries

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Updated Mar 12, 2026
Shell

WirelessAlien / ZipXtract

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Star 917

A fully open source app to extract rar, zip, tar, bz2, gz, 7z, xz, jar and z etc (encrypted .zip & .7z supported)

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Updated Mar 11, 2026
Kotlin

plougher / squashfs-tools

Star 897

tools to create and extract Squashfs filesystems

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Updated Mar 2, 2026
C

JayXon / Leanify

Star 849

lightweight lossless file minifier/optimizer

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Updated Dec 12, 2025
C++

rikyoz / bit7z

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Star 824

A C++ static library offering a clean and simple interface to the 7-zip shared libraries.

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Updated Mar 15, 2026
C++

xvoland / Extract

Star 505

Bash/Zsh function for extract: .zip, .rar, .bz2, .gz, .zlib, .tar, .tbz2, .tgz, .Z, .7z, .xz, .exe, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz, .tar.xz, etc.

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Updated Feb 28, 2026
Shell

node-modules / compressing

Star 456

Everything you need for compressing and uncompressing

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Updated Mar 8, 2026
JavaScript

kevva / decompress

Star 417

Extracting archives made easy

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Updated Jan 6, 2023
JavaScript

sarensw / MacPacker

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Star 394

Archive manager for macOS. Open source, because essential tools should be free. Preview (nested) archives without extracting them. Extract single files.