# 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.

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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.
- **Edit ZIP archives** — The contents of a ZIP archive can be changed and saved in place. Editing 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
- Edits and re-saves ZIP archives (new in 0.15)

**What it will become**

- Creating new archives, not just reading them
- Editing more formats than ZIP
- Growing into a full general-purpose archive manager

Editing ZIP archives, added in 0.15, is MacPacker's first write capability and the starting point for full 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 edited and re-saved. 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