# MacPacker — Fact sheet

MacPacker is a free, open-source archive manager for macOS. It lets users browse and preview the contents of an archive without extracting it, open nested archives directly, and extract individual files rather than the whole archive. It can also create and edit ZIP archives.

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| Name | MacPacker |
| Developer | Stephan Arenswald |
| Price | Free |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Platform | macOS 14+ · Apple Silicon native |
| Built with | Swift / SwiftUI |
| Version | v0.15.1 |
| Category | Utilities / Developer Tools |
| Formats | 41 supported |
| Languages | App in 13 · site in EN, 中文 |
| Website | macpacker.app |

## Capabilities

- **Browse without extracting** — An archive's contents, including file names, sizes, and folder structure, can be viewed without extracting it.
- **Nested archives** — Archives stored inside other archives can be opened directly, without extracting the outer one first.
- **Selective extraction** — Individual files or folders can be extracted instead of the entire archive.
- **Create & edit ZIP archives** — New ZIP archives can be created from scratch, and files can be added to or deleted from an existing ZIP and saved. Files and folders can also be compressed to ZIP from Finder. Write support currently applies to ZIP only.

## What it is, and what it will become

**What it is today**

- Opens, browses, and previews archives across 41 formats
- Extracts individual files instead of the whole archive
- Creates and edits ZIP archives — add or delete files, then save (new in 0.18)
- Compresses files and folders to ZIP straight from Finder

**What it will become**

- Write support for more formats than ZIP
- Richer editing — rename, reorder, and more
- Growing into a full general-purpose archive manager

ZIP write support — in-place editing in 0.15, then full creation and add/delete in 0.18 — is the foundation for general archive creation and management. More will follow, format by format.

## Supported formats

- **Archives** (20): 7z, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, EXE, LHA/LZH, LZX, MSI, PKG, RAR, RPM, SEA, SIT, SITX, TAR, XAR, ZIP, ZIPX
- **Compressed tar** (5): TAR.BZ2, TAR.GZ, TAR.LZ4, TAR.XZ, TAR.Z
- **Compression** (5): BZ2, GZ, LZ4, XZ, Z
- **Disk images** (11): DMG, FAT, ISO, NTFS, QCOW2, SquashFS, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, WIM

## Boilerplate

MacPacker is a free, open-source archive manager for macOS, written in Swift and SwiftUI. It lets users browse and preview the contents of an archive without extracting it, open nested archives (archives stored inside other archives) directly, and extract individual files instead of the entire archive. ZIP archives can also be created from scratch, edited by adding or deleting files, and re-saved, and files can be compressed to ZIP directly from Finder. MacPacker supports 41 formats, including ZIP, RAR, 7z, TAR, DMG, and ISO. It runs on macOS 14 and later and is released under the GPL-3.0 license.

## Links

- Website: https://macpacker.app/en
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/macpacker/id6473273874
- GitHub: https://github.com/sarensw/MacPacker
- Homebrew: `brew install --cask macpacker`
- Releases: https://github.com/sarensw/MacPacker/releases

## Press contact

stephan@sarensw.com