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UnFox extracts every major archive and compression format natively. No plugins, no extensions, no command line tools required.

Archive Formats(29)

Multi file archives that bundle directories and files into a single container.

.zip

The most common archive format. Supported by all operating systems natively.

.tar

Unix tape archive. Bundles files without compression.

.tar.gz

TAR archive compressed with gzip. Standard for Linux/macOS source distributions.

.tar.bz2

TAR compressed with bzip2. Higher compression ratio than gzip.

.tar.xz

TAR compressed with XZ/LZMA2. Excellent compression for large files.

.tar.lz4

TAR compressed with LZ4. Extremely fast decompression speed.

.tar.zstd

TAR compressed with Zstandard. Modern, fast, high ratio compression.

.tar.lz

TAR compressed with Lzip. LZMA based with integrity checking.

.tar.lzma

TAR compressed with raw LZMA. Predecessor to XZ.

.tar.z

TAR compressed with Unix compress. Legacy format still found in older systems.

.7z

7-Zip format with LZMA2 compression. Often produces smaller files than ZIP.

.rar

Proprietary format by RARLAB. Common for large file distribution.

.cpio

Unix copy in/out archive. Used in RPM packages and initramfs.

.iso

Optical disc image (CD/DVD/Blu-ray). Contains a complete filesystem.

.xar

Extensible Archive. Used internally by macOS installer packages.

.cab

Microsoft Cabinet archive. Used in Windows installers and updates.

.lzh

LHA/LZH archive. Popular in Japan, used for Amiga software distribution.

.ar

Unix archive format. Used for static libraries (.a files) and .deb packages.

.jar

Java Archive. ZIP based packaging for Java applications and libraries.

.war

Web Application Archive. ZIP based packaging for Java web applications.

.warc

Web Archive format. Used to store web crawl data.

.sfx

Self extracting archive (.exe). Runs as a program to unpack its contents.

.dmg

Apple Disk Image. Standard format for distributing macOS software.

.rpm

Red Hat Package Manager. Linux software package format.

.mtree

File hierarchy specification. Lists file metadata and checksums.

.wim

Windows Imaging Format. Used for Windows deployment and recovery images.

.apk

Android application package. ZIP based format containing Android app resources.

.ipa

iOS App Store package. ZIP based format containing iOS app binaries.

.epub

Electronic publication. ZIP based format for ebooks and digital documents.

Single File Compression(8)

Compression algorithms that reduce the size of a single file. Often combined with TAR for multi file archives.

.gz

Gzip single file compression. Compresses one file at a time.

.bz2

Bzip2 single file compression. Better ratio than gzip, slower speed.

.xz

XZ/LZMA2 single file compression. High ratio, moderate speed.

.lzma

Raw LZMA compression. Used internally by 7Z and XZ.

.lz4

LZ4 single file compression. Optimized for decompression speed.

.zstd

Zstandard compression. Facebook developed, fast with good ratios.

.lzip

LZMA based compression with CRC-32 integrity checking.

.z

Unix compress (.Z). Legacy compression format from early Unix systems.

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