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Newer RPM systems also support other archives, as cpio is becoming obsolete. cpio is also used with <a href="/wiki/Initramfs" class="mw-redirect" title="Initramfs">initramfs</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.shar </td> <td>application/x-shar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shell_archive" class="mw-redirect" title="Shell archive">Shell archive</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>A self-extracting archive that uses the <a href="/wiki/Bourne_shell" title="Bourne shell">Bourne shell</a> (sh). </td></tr> <tr> <td>.LBR </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LBR_(file_format)" title="LBR (file format)">.LBR</a> </td> <td>CP/M <p>DOS </p> </td> <td>A system for storing multiple files. LBR archives typically contained files processed by SQ, or the archive itself was compressed with SQ. LBR archives that were compressed with SQ ended with the extension .LQR </td></tr> <tr> <td>.iso </td> <td>application/x-iso9660-image </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ISO_Image" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO Image">ISO-9660 image</a> </td> <td>(Various; cross platform) </td> <td>An archive format originally used mainly for archiving and distribution of the exact, nearly-exact, or custom-modified contents of an optical storage medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. However, it can be used to archive the contents of other storage media, selected partitions, folders, and/or files. The resulting archive is typically optimized for convenient rendering to (re-)writable CD or DVD media. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lbr </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Commodore 64/128 </td> <td>A library format used primarily on the Commodore 64 and 128 lines of computers. This bears no resemblance to the DOS LBR format. While library files were quick to implement (a number of programs exist to work with them) they are crippled in that they cannot grow with use: once a file has been created it cannot be amended (files added, changed or deleted) without recreating the entire file. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.mar </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mozilla_Archive_Format" title="Mozilla Archive Format">Mozilla ARchive</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>(Various; cross platform) </td> <td>An archive format used by Mozilla for storing binary <a href="/wiki/Diff" title="Diff">diffs</a>. Used in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sbx </td> <td>application/x-sbx </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=SeqBox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SeqBox (page does not exist)">SeqBox</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>(Various; cross platform) </td> <td>A single file container/archive that can be reconstructed even after total loss of file system structures. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.tar </td> <td>application/x-tar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">Tape archive</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>A common archive format used on Unix-like systems. Generally used in conjunction with compressors such as <a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Compress" class="mw-redirect" title="Compress">compress</a> or <a href="/wiki/XZ_Utils" title="XZ Utils">xz</a> to create .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, .tar.Z or tar.xz files. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Compression_only">Compression only</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Compression only"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/File_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="File extension">File extension</a>(s)<sup id="cite_ref-file_extensions_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-file_extensions-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MIME" title="MIME">MIME</a> type<sup id="cite_ref-MIME_type_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIME_type-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Official name<sup id="cite_ref-official_name_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_name-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Platform<sup id="cite_ref-platform_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-platform-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>.br </td> <td>application/x-brotli </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brotli" title="Brotli">Brotli</a> </td> <td>all </td> <td>Brotli is a compression algorithm developed by Google for textual web content, and typically achieves higher compression ratios than other algorithms for this use case. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.bz2 </td> <td>application/x-bzip2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>An <a href="/wiki/Open-source_license" title="Open-source license">open source</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patent" title="Patent">patent</a>- and <a href="/wiki/Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalty</a>-free compression format. The compression algorithm is a <a href="/wiki/Burrows%E2%80%93Wheeler_transform" title="Burrows–Wheeler transform">Burrows–Wheeler transform</a> followed by a <a href="/wiki/Move-to-front_transform" title="Move-to-front transform">move-to-front transform</a> and finally <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.F, .?XF<sup id="cite_ref-freeze_xf_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-freeze_xf-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="anchor" id="freeze_command"></span>Freeze/melt<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/QNX" title="QNX">QNX</a>4, <a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> and <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> </td> <td>Old compressor for QNX4 OS. The compression algorithm is a modified <a href="/wiki/LZSS" class="mw-redirect" title="LZSS">LZSS</a>, with an adaptive <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.genozip </td> <td>application/vnd.genozip </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Genozip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Genozip (page does not exist)">genozip</a> </td> <td>Linux, macOS, Windows </td> <td>Genozip, a compressor for genomic file formats such as FASTQ, BAM, VCF and others.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.gz </td> <td>application/gzip<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td><a href="/wiki/GNU" title="GNU">GNU</a> Zip, the primary compression format used by <a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> systems. The compression algorithm is <a href="/wiki/Deflate" title="Deflate">Deflate</a>, which combines <a href="/wiki/LZSS" class="mw-redirect" title="LZSS">LZSS</a> with <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lz </td> <td>application/x-lzip </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lzip" title="Lzip">lzip</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>An alternate <a href="/wiki/LZMA" class="mw-redirect" title="LZMA">LZMA</a> algorithm implementation, with support for checksums and ident bytes. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lz4 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZ4_(compression_algorithm)" title="LZ4 (compression algorithm)">LZ4</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>Algorithm developed by Yann Collet, designed for very high (de)compression speeds. It is an <a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> derivative, without <a href="/wiki/Entropy_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Entropy encoding">entropy encoding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lzma </td> <td>application/x-lzma </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZMA" class="mw-redirect" title="LZMA">lzma</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/LZMA" class="mw-redirect" title="LZMA">LZMA</a> compression algorithm as used by <a href="/wiki/7-Zip" title="7-Zip">7-Zip</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lzo </td> <td>application/x-lzop </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lzop" title="Lzop">lzop</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>An implementation of the <a href="/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Oberhumer" title="Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer">LZO</a> data compression algorithm. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.rz </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rzip" title="Rzip">rzip</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>A compression program designed to do particularly well on very large files containing long distance redundancy. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sfark </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=SfArk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SfArk (page does not exist)">sfArk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> compress/decompress- <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> decompress only </td> <td>A compression program designed to do high compression on SF2 files (<a href="/wiki/SoundFont" title="SoundFont">SoundFont</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sz </td> <td>application/x-snappy-framed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Snappy_(compression)" title="Snappy (compression)">Snappy</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>A compression format developed by <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>, and open-sourced in 2011. <a href="/wiki/Snappy_(compression)" title="Snappy (compression)">Snappy</a> aims for very high speeds, reasonable compression, and maximum stability rather than maximum compression or compatibility with any other compression library. It is an <a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> derivative, without <a href="/wiki/Entropy_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Entropy encoding">entropy encoding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.?Q? </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/SQ_(program)" title="SQ (program)">SQ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CP/M" title="CP/M">CP/M</a> and <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> </td> <td>Squeeze: A program which compressed files using <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a>. A file which was "squeezed" had the middle initial of the name changed to "Q", so that a squeezed text file would end with .TQT, a squeezed executable would end with .CQM or .EQE. Typically used with .LBR archives, either by storing the squeezed files in the archive, or by storing the files decompressed and then compressing the archive, which would have a name ending in ".LQR". </td></tr> <tr> <td>.?Z? </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=CRUNCH_(program)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CRUNCH (program) (page does not exist)">CRUNCH</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CP/M" title="CP/M">CP/M</a> and <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> </td> <td>A compression program written by Steven Greenberg implementing the LZW algorithm. For several years in the CP/M world when no implementation was available of ARC, CRUNCHed files stored in .LBR archives were very popular. CRUNCH's implementation of LZW had a somewhat unusual feature of modifying and occasionally clearing the code table in memory when it became full, resulting in a few percent better compression on many files. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.xz </td> <td>application/x-xz </td> <td><a href="/wiki/XZ_Utils" title="XZ Utils">xz</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>A compression format using <a href="/wiki/LZMA2" class="mw-redirect" title="LZMA2">LZMA2</a> to yield high compression ratios. The LZMA algorithm is an <a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> derivative, with <a href="/wiki/Entropy_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Entropy encoding">entropy encoding</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Range_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Range encoding">range encoding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.z </td> <td>application/x-compress </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pack_(compression)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pack (compression)">pack</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>The traditional <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a> compression format. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.Z </td> <td>application/x-compress </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Compress" class="mw-redirect" title="Compress">compress</a> </td> <td>Unix-like </td> <td>The traditional <a href="/wiki/LZW" class="mw-redirect" title="LZW">LZW</a> compression format. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.zst </td> <td>application/zstd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zstandard" class="mw-redirect" title="Zstandard">Zstandard</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">Cross-platform</a> </td> <td>Algorithm developed by Yann Collet at <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>, combining high speed and high compression. It is an <a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> derivative, with <a href="/wiki/Entropy_encoding" class="mw-redirect" title="Entropy encoding">entropy encoding</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Finite-state_entropy" class="mw-redirect" title="Finite-state entropy">finite-state entropy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.??_ </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>MS-DOS/Windows </td> <td>Compression format(s) used by some DOS and Windows install programs. MS-DOS includes expand.exe to decompress its install files. The compressed files are created with a matching compress.exe command. The compression algorithm is <a href="/wiki/LZSS" class="mw-redirect" title="LZSS">LZSS</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Archiving_and_compression">Archiving and compression</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Archiving and compression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/File_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="File extension">File extension</a>(s)<sup id="cite_ref-file_extensions_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-file_extensions-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MIME" title="MIME">MIME</a> type<sup id="cite_ref-MIME_type_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIME_type-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Official name<sup id="cite_ref-official_name_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_name-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Creation platform<sup id="cite_ref-platform_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-platform-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Restoration platform<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Restorable with <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>.7z </td> <td>application/x-7z-compressed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/7z_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="7z (file format)">7z</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open source file format. Used by <a href="/wiki/7-Zip" title="7-Zip">7-Zip</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.s7z </td> <td>application/x-7z-compressed </td> <td>7zX </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, restoration on different platforms is possible although not immediate </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Based on 7z. Preserves Spotlight metadata, resource forks, owner/group information, dates and other data which would be otherwise lost with compression. <p>Made obsolete by the introduction of <a href="/wiki/AppleDouble" class="mw-redirect" title="AppleDouble">AppleDouble</a>-encoded 7z archives (Macintosh only). </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.aar </td> <td>application/octet-stream </td> <td>Apple Archive </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Created by <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> introduced with iOS 14 in 2020. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.ace </td> <td>application/x-ace-compressed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ACE_(compression_file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="ACE (compression file format)">ACE</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Proprietary format </td></tr> <tr> <td>.afa </td> <td>application/x-astrotite-afa </td> <td>AFA </td> <td>UNIX-like </td> <td>UNIX-like </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>A format that compresses and doubly encrypt the data (AES256 and CAS256) avoiding brute force attacks, also hide files in an <a href="/w/index.php?title=Afa_(file_format)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Afa (file format) (page does not exist)">AFA</a> file. It has two ways to safeguard data integrity and subsequent repair of the file if has an error (repair with AstroA2P (online) or Astrotite (offline)). </td></tr> <tr> <td>.alz </td> <td>application/x-alz-compressed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ALZip" title="ALZip">ALZip</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A mainly Korean format designed for very large archives. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.apk </td> <td>application/vnd.android.package-archive </td> <td><a href="/wiki/APK_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="APK (file format)">APK</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a> application package (variant of <a href="/wiki/JAR_file_format" class="mw-redirect" title="JAR file format">JAR file format</a>). </td></tr> <tr> <td>.arc, .ark </td> <td>application/octet-stream </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ARC_(file_format)" title="ARC (file format)">ARC</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Very popular in the early days of <a href="/wiki/Bulletin_board_system" title="Bulletin board system">BBSes</a>, one of the first to offer compression and archiving in a single program. Largely replaced by PKZIP. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.arc, .cdx </td> <td>application/x-freearc </td> <td><a href="/wiki/FreeArc" title="FreeArc">FreeArc</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open source file format developed by Bulat Ziganshin. A "FreeArc Next" version is under development which includes <a href="/wiki/Zstandard" class="mw-redirect" title="Zstandard">Zstandard</a> support. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.arj </td> <td>application/x-arj </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ARJ" title="ARJ">ARJ</a> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Competitor to PKZIP in the 1990s, offered better multi-part archive handling. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.b1 </td> <td>application/x-b1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B1_(archive_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="B1 (archive format)">B1</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open archive format, used by <a href="/wiki/B1_Free_Archiver" title="B1 Free Archiver">B1 Free Archiver</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.b6z </td> <td> </td> <td>B6Z </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Compressed archive format <a href="/w/index.php?title=B6Zip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B6Zip (page does not exist)">B6Zip</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.ba </td> <td> </td> <td>Scifer </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Binary Archive with external header </td></tr> <tr> <td>.bh </td> <td> </td> <td>BlakHole </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Proprietary format from the ZipTV Compression Components </td></tr> <tr> <td>.cab </td> <td>application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">Cabinet</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>The <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> native archive format, which is also used by many proprietary installers such as <a href="/wiki/Wise_Solutions,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Wise Solutions, Inc.">WISE</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.car </td> <td> </td> <td>Compressia archive </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now DOS and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now DOS and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Created by Yaakov Gringeler; released last in 2003 (Compressia 1.0.0.1 beta), now apparently defunct. Free trial of 30 days lets user create and extract archives; after that it is possible to extract, but not to create. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.cfs </td> <td>application/x-cfs-compressed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CFS_(Compact_File_Set_file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="CFS (Compact File Set file format)">Compact File Set</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> including <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open source file format. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.cpt </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Compact_Pro" title="Compact Pro">Compact Pro</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Compact Pro archive, a common archiver used on Mac platforms until about <a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS 7">Mac OS 7</a>.5.x. Competed with StuffIt; now obsolete. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.dar </td> <td>application/x-dar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DAR_(Disk_Archiver)" class="mw-redirect" title="DAR (Disk Archiver)"><b>D</b>isk <b>Ar</b>chiver</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> including <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> including <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open source file format. Files are compressed individually with either gzip, bzip2 or lzo. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.dd </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DiskDoubler" title="DiskDoubler">DiskDoubler</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Obsolete </td></tr> <tr> <td>.dgc </td> <td>application/x-dgc-compressed </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=DGCA_(Computing)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DGCA (Computing) (page does not exist)">DGCA</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/.dmg" class="mw-redirect" title=".dmg">.dmg</a> </td> <td>application/x-apple-diskimage </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_Disk_Image" title="Apple Disk Image">Apple Disk Image</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Supports "Internet-enabled" disk images, which, once downloaded, are automatically decompressed, mounted, have the contents extracted, and thrown away. Currently, <a href="/wiki/Safari_(web_browser)" title="Safari (web browser)">Safari</a> is the only browser that supports this form of extraction; however, the images can be manually extracted as well. This format can also be password-protected or encrypted with 128-bit or 256-bit AES encryption. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.ear </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/EAR_(file_format)" title="EAR (file format)">EAR</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Enterprise Java Archive archive </td></tr> <tr> <td>.gca </td> <td>application/x-gca-compressed </td> <td>GCA </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>The predecessor of DGCA. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.genozip </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Genozip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Genozip (page does not exist)">Genozip</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Optimized for (but not limited to) genomic file types such as FASTQ, BAM, VCF </td></tr> <tr> <td>.ha </td> <td> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, but may be covered by patents </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> era format; uses arithmetic/Markov coding </td></tr> <tr> <td>.hki </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=WinHKI&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WinHKI (page does not exist)">WinHKI</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>MS Windows </td> <td>MS Windows </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>HKI </td></tr> <tr> <td>.ice </td> <td> </td> <td>ICE </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Produced by <a href="/w/index.php?title=ICEOWS&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ICEOWS (page does not exist)">ICEOWS</a> program. Excels at text file compression. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.jar </td> <td>application/java-archive </td> <td><a href="/wiki/JAR_(file_format)" title="JAR (file format)">JAR</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Java archive, compatible with <a href="/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)" title="ZIP (file format)">ZIP</a> files </td></tr> <tr> <td>.kgb </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KGB_Archiver" title="KGB Archiver">KGB Archiver</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open sourced archiver with compression using the PAQ family of algorithms and optional encryption. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lzh, .lha </td> <td>application/x-lzh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LHA_(file_format)" title="LHA (file format)">LHA</a> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>The standard format on <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.lzx </td> <td>application/x-lzx </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZX" title="LZX">LZX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Archiver originally used on The <a href="/wiki/Amiga" title="Amiga">Amiga</a>. Now copied by Microsoft to use in their .cab and .chm files. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.pak </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PAK_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="PAK (file format)">PAK</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=HP_NonStop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HP NonStop (page does not exist)">HP NonStop</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=HP_NonStop&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HP NonStop (page does not exist)">HP NonStop</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>file format from <a href="/w/index.php?title=NoGate_Consultings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NoGate Consultings (page does not exist)">NoGate Consultings</a>, a rival from ARC-Compressor. <p>.pak was also briefly used by the short lived MSDOS PKPAK program. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.partimg </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PartImage" class="mw-redirect" title="PartImage">PartImage</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A disk image archive format that supports several compression methods as well as splitting the archive into smaller pieces. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.paq6, .paq7, .paq8 and variants </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PAQ" title="PAQ">PAQ</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>An experimental open source packager<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.pea </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peazip" class="mw-redirect" title="Peazip">PeaZip</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Open source archiver supporting authenticated encryption, cascaded encryption, volume spanning, customizable object level and volume level integrity checks (form <a href="/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check" title="Cyclic redundancy check">CRCs</a> to <a href="/wiki/SHA-512" class="mw-redirect" title="SHA-512">SHA-512</a> and <a href="/wiki/Whirlpool_(algorithm)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whirlpool (algorithm)">Whirlpool</a> hashes), fast deflate based compression </td></tr> <tr> <td>.phar </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PHAR_(file_format)" title="PHAR (file format)">PHAR</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A package format to enable distribution of applications and libraries by bundling many PHP code files and other resources (e.g. images, stylesheets, etc.) into a single archive file </td></tr> <tr> <td>.pim </td> <td> </td> <td>PIM </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td><span class="anchor" id="PIM"></span>The format from the PIM - a freeware compression tool by Ilia Muraviev. It uses an LZP-based compression algorithm with set of filters for executable, image and audio files. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.pit </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PackIt" title="PackIt">PackIt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>obsolete </td></tr> <tr> <td>.qda </td> <td> </td> <td>Quadruple D </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Used for data in games written using the Quadruple D library for <a href="/wiki/Embarcadero_Delphi" class="mw-redirect" title="Embarcadero Delphi">Delphi</a>. Uses <a href="/wiki/Byte_pair_compression" class="mw-redirect" title="Byte pair compression">byte pair compression</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.rar </td> <td>application/x-rar-compressed </td> <td><a href="/wiki/RAR_(file_format)" title="RAR (file format)">RAR</a> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now <a href="/wiki/WinRAR" title="WinRAR">WinRAR</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial<sup id="cite_ref-RAR_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAR-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>A popular <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Proprietary format">proprietary</a> archive format. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.rk </td> <td> </td> <td>RK and WinRK<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>The format from a <a href="/wiki/Proprietary_format" class="mw-redirect" title="Proprietary format">proprietary</a> archiving package. Odd among proprietary packages in that they focus on incorporating experimental algorithms with the highest possible compression (at the expense of speed and memory), such as <a href="/wiki/PAQ" title="PAQ">PAQ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prediction_by_partial_matching" title="Prediction by partial matching">PPMD</a> and PPMZ (PPMD with unlimited-length strings), as well as a proprietary algorithms. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sda </td> <td> </td> <td>Self Dissolving ARChive </td> <td>Commodore 64, Commodore 128 </td> <td>Commodore 64, Commodore 128 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>SDAs refer to Self Dissolving ARC files, and are based on the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 versions of ARC, originally written by Chris Smeets. While the files share the same extension, they are not compatible between platforms. That is, an SDA created on a Commodore 64 but run on a Commodore 128 in Commodore 128 mode will crash the machine, and vice versa. The intended successor to SDA is SFX. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sea </td> <td> </td> <td>Self Extracting Archive </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a> (implicitly) </td> <td> </td> <td>A pre-<a href="/wiki/Mac_OS_X" class="mw-redirect" title="Mac OS X">Mac OS X</a> Self-Extracting Archive format. StuffIt, Compact Pro, Disk Doubler and others could create .sea files, though the StuffIt versions were the most common. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sen </td> <td> </td> <td>Scifer </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Scifer Archive with internal header </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sfx </td> <td> </td> <td>Self Extracting Archive </td> <td>Commodore 64, Commodore 128 </td> <td>Commodore 64, Commodore 128 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>SFX is a Self Extracting Archive which uses the LHArc compression algorithm. It was originally developed by Chris Smeets on the Commodore platform, and runs primarily using the CS-DOS extension for the Commodore 128. Unlike its predecessor SDA, SFX files will run on both the Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 regardless of which machine they were created on. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.shk </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ShrinkIt" title="ShrinkIt">NuFX</a> </td> <td>Originally Apple II, now multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>An archive format designed for the Apple II series of computers. The canonical implementation is ShrinkIt, which can operate on disk images as well as files. Preferred compression algorithm is a combination of RLE and 12-bit LZW. Archives can be manipulated with the command-line NuLib tool, or the Windows-based CiderPress. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sit </td> <td>application/x-stuffit </td> <td><a href="/wiki/StuffIt" title="StuffIt">StuffIt</a> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a>, now multiple </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/Classic_Mac_OS" title="Classic Mac OS">Classic Mac OS</a>, now multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A compression format common on <a href="/wiki/Apple_Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Macintosh">Apple Macintosh</a> computers. The free StuffIt Expander is available for Windows and macOS. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sitx </td> <td>application/x-stuffitx </td> <td><a href="/wiki/StuffIt_X" class="mw-redirect" title="StuffIt X">StuffIt X</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>The replacement for the .sit format that supports more compression methods, UNIX file permissions, long file names, very large files, more encryption options, data specific compressors (JPEG, Zip, PDF, 24-bit image, MP3). The free StuffIt Expander is available for Windows and OS X. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.sqx </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=SQX&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SQX (page does not exist)">SQX</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A royalty-free compressing format </td></tr> <tr> <td>.tar.gz, .tgz, .tar.Z, .tar.bz2,<br />.tbz2, .tar.lz, .tlz, .tar.xz, .txz, .tar.zst </td> <td>application/x-gtar </td> <td>tar with gzip, compress, bzip2, lzip, xz, or zstd </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>The "tarball" format combines tar archives with a file-based compression scheme (usually gzip). Commonly used for source and binary distribution on Unix-like platforms, widely available elsewhere. <a href="/wiki/Xarchiver" title="Xarchiver">Xarchiver</a> supports the .tar.zst Archive/Compression format on Unix-like platforms. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.uc .uc0 .uc2 .ucn .ur2 .ue2 </td> <td> </td> <td>UltraCompressor II </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>UltraCompressor 2.3 was developed to act as an alternative to the then popular PKZIP application. The main feature of the application is its ability to create large archives. This means that compressed archives with the UC2 file extension can hold almost 1 million files. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.uca </td> <td> </td> <td>PerfectCompress<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Based on PAQ, RZM, CSC, CCM, and 7zip. The format consists of a PAQ, RZM, CSC, or CCM compressed file and a manifest with compression settings stored in a 7z archive. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.uha </td> <td> </td> <td>UHarc </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>/<a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>/<a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>A high compression rate archive format originally for <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.war </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WAR_(file_format)" title="WAR (file format)">WAR</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Web Application archive (Java-based web app) </td></tr> <tr> <td>.wim </td> <td>application/x-ms-wim </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format" title="Windows Imaging Format">Windows Image</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>File-based disk image format developed to deploy <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.xar </td> <td>application/x-xar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Xar_(archiver)" title="Xar (archiver)">XAR</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.xp3 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KiriKiri" class="mw-redirect" title="KiriKiri">KiriKiri</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Native format of the Open Source <a href="/wiki/KiriKiri" class="mw-redirect" title="KiriKiri">KiriKiri</a> <a href="/wiki/Visual_Novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Novel">Visual Novel</a> engine. Uses combination of block splitting and <a href="/wiki/Zlib" title="Zlib">zlib</a> compression. The filenames and pathes are stored in <a href="/wiki/UTF-16" title="UTF-16">UTF-16</a> format. For integrity check, the <a href="/wiki/Adler-32" title="Adler-32">Adler-32</a> hashsum is used. For many proprietary games, the files are encrypted (and decoded on runtime) via so-called "cxdec" module, which implements xor-based encryption. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.yz1 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yz1_(file_format)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yz1 (file format) (page does not exist)">YZ1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Yamazaki zipper archive. Compression format used in <a href="/w/index.php?title=DeepFreezer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DeepFreezer (page does not exist)">DeepFreezer</a> archiver utility created by Yamazaki Satoshi.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Read and write support exists in <a href="/wiki/TUGZip" title="TUGZip">TUGZip</a>, IZArc and <a href="/w/index.php?title=ZipZag&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ZipZag (page does not exist)">ZipZag</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.zip, .zipx </td> <td>application/zip </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)" title="ZIP (file format)">ZIP</a> </td> <td>Originally <a href="/wiki/DOS" title="DOS">DOS</a>, now multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>The most widely used compression format on <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a>. Commonly used on <a href="/wiki/Apple_Macintosh" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Macintosh">Macintosh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a> systems as well. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.zoo </td> <td>application/x-zoo </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zoo_(file_format)" title="Zoo (file format)">zoo</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.zpaq </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ZPAQ" title="ZPAQ">ZPAQ</a> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Journaling (append-only) archive format with rollback capability. Supports <a href="/wiki/Data_deduplication" title="Data deduplication">deduplication</a> and incremental update based on last-modified dates. Multi-threaded. Compresses in <a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burrows%E2%80%93Wheeler_transform" title="Burrows–Wheeler transform">BWT</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Context_mixing" title="Context mixing">context mixing</a> formats. <a href="/wiki/Open-source_license" title="Open-source license">Open source</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.zz </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zzip&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zzip (page does not exist)">Zzip</a><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Archiver with a compression algorithm based on the <a href="/wiki/Burrows%E2%80%93Wheeler_transform" title="Burrows–Wheeler transform">Burrows–Wheeler transform</a> method. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Data_recovery">Data recovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Data recovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/File_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="File extension">File extension</a>(s)<sup id="cite_ref-file_extensions_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-file_extensions-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/MIME" title="MIME">MIME</a> type<sup id="cite_ref-MIME_type_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIME_type-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Official name<sup id="cite_ref-official_name_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-official_name-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Platform<sup id="cite_ref-platform_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-platform-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td>.ecc </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dvdisaster" title="Dvdisaster">dvdisaster</a> error-correction file </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>File format used by dvdisaster to be used for data recovery when discs become damaged or partially unreadable. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.ecsbx </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Error-correcting_SeqBox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Error-correcting SeqBox (page does not exist)">Error-correcting SeqBox</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>Archive with forward error correction and sector level recoverability. Error-correcting version of <a href="/w/index.php?title=SeqBox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="SeqBox (page does not exist)">SeqBox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>.par<br />.par2 </td> <td>application/x-par2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parchive" title="Parchive">Parchive</a> file </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>File format used in conjunction with any archive format to provide <a href="/wiki/Error_correction_code" title="Error correction code">error correction</a> and file recovery, most often in <a href="/wiki/Usenet" title="Usenet">newsgroup</a> distribution of binary files. </td></tr> <tr> <td>.rev </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WinRAR" title="WinRAR">WinRAR</a> recovery volume </td> <td>Multiple </td> <td>File format used with <a href="/wiki/WinRAR" title="WinRAR">WinRAR</a> rar volumes. The data recovery is error correction data which is provided in the form of open recovery records and/or recovery volumes, allowing reconstruction of good archives (including reconstruction of entirely volumes) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison">Comparison</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Comparison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Containers_and_compression">Containers and compression</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Containers and compression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Format </th> <th>Filename<br /> extension<sup id="cite_ref-Filename_extension_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Filename_extension-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Created<br /> by </th> <th>Introduced in </th> <th>Based on </th> <th>Compression </th> <th>Integrity check<sup id="cite_ref-Integrity_check_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Integrity_check-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Recovery record<sup id="cite_ref-Recovery_record_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Recovery_record-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Encryption supported<sup id="cite_ref-Encryption_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encryption-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> filenames </th> <th>Modification date resolution </th> <th>Pre-processing </th> <th>License </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ar_(Unix)" title="Ar (Unix)">Archive</a> (ar) </th> <td>.a, .ar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CSRG" class="mw-redirect" title="CSRG">CSRG</a> </td> <td>1971 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>1 s </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Cpio" title="Cpio">cpio</a> </th> <td>.cpio </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_Labs" title="Bell Labs">Bell Labs</a> </td> <td>1983 <a href="/wiki/UNIX_System_V" title="UNIX System V">Unix System V</a> </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial, select formats only </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>1 s </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Shar_(file_format)" title="Shar (file format)">Shell Archive</a> (shar and makeself) </th> <td>.shar, .run </td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Gosling" title="James Gosling">James Gosling</a>, Alan Hewett </td> <td>1994 <a href="/wiki/4.4BSD" class="mw-redirect" title="4.4BSD">4.4BSD</a> </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, commonly MD5 </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial </td> <td>arbitrary (typically 1 s) </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a> (shar 1.x - 3.x), <br /> <a href="/wiki/GPL" class="mw-redirect" title="GPL">GPL</a> (shar 4.x) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">Tape Archive</a> (tar) </th> <td>.tar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bell_Labs" title="Bell Labs">Bell Labs</a> </td> <td>1975 <a href="/wiki/Version_6_Unix" title="Version 6 Unix">Version 6 Unix</a> </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial, metadata only. Full integrity providable by filters such as gzip. </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Optional<sup id="cite_ref-a1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1 s </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th>Extended TAR format (pax) </th> <td>.tar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/OpenGroup" class="mw-redirect" title="OpenGroup">OpenGroup</a> </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>Sun proposal + TAR </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>metadata </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>arbitrary (typically 1 ns) </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/BagIt" title="BagIt">BagIt</a> </th> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Library_of_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="The Library of Congress">The Library of Congress</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>file system </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/7z_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="7z (file format)">7z</a> </th> <td>.7z </td> <td>Igor Pavlov </td> <td>2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lempel-Ziv-Markov_algorithm" class="mw-redirect" title="Lempel-Ziv-Markov algorithm">LZMA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lempel%E2%80%93Ziv%E2%80%93Markov_chain_algorithm" title="Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm">LZMA2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">Bzip2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prediction_by_partial_matching" title="Prediction by partial matching">PPMd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deflate" title="Deflate">Deflate</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes,<br /> CRC32 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes,<br /> AES-256 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>100 <a href="/wiki/Nanosecond" title="Nanosecond">ns</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/LGPL" class="mw-redirect" title="LGPL">LGPL</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ACE_(compression_file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="ACE (compression file format)">ACE</a> </th> <td>.ace </td> <td>Marcel Lemke </td> <td>1998<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, Blowfish </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>2s </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>AFA </th> <td>.afa </td> <td>Vicente Sánchez-Alarcos </td> <td>2009 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, AES and CAST </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ARC_(file_format)" title="ARC (file format)">ARC</a> </th> <td>.arc </td> <td>Thom Henderson (SEA) </td> <td>1985 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">CRC16 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">weak XOR only </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>2s </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ARJ" title="ARJ">ARJ</a> </th> <td>.arj </td> <td>Robert Jung </td> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=AR001&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AR001 (page does not exist)">AR001</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=AR002&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AR002 (page does not exist)">AR002</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">weak XOR with initial constant </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/B1_(archive_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="B1 (archive format)">B1</a> </th> <td>.b1 </td> <td>Catalina Group Ltd </td> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZMA" class="mw-redirect" title="LZMA">LZMA</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, AES </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">Cabinet</a> </th> <td>.cab </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> </td> <td>1992 <a href="/wiki/Windows_3.1" title="Windows 3.1">Windows 3.1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deflate" title="Deflate">Deflate</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Optional PKCS7 <a href="/wiki/Authenticode" class="mw-redirect" title="Authenticode">Authenticode</a> signature </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Optional (with SDK) </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>2 s </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/CFS_(Compact_File_Set_file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="CFS (Compact File Set file format)">Compact File Set</a> </th> <td>.cfs </td> <td>Joe Lowe (Pismo Technic Inc.) </td> <td>2008 </td> <td>ZIP/LZMA </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">Free software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Compact_Pro" title="Compact Pro">Compact Pro</a> </th> <td>.cpt </td> <td>Bill Goodman </td> <td>1990 (as "Compactor") </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/DAR_(Disk_Archiver)" class="mw-redirect" title="DAR (Disk Archiver)">Disk Archive</a> (DAR) </th> <td>.dar </td> <td>Denis Corbin </td> <td>2002 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-a2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1 μs </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/GPL#Version_2" class="mw-redirect" title="GPL">GPLv2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=DGCA_(Computing)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="DGCA (Computing) (page does not exist)">DGCA</a> </th> <td>.dgc </td> <td>Shin-ichi Tsuruta </td> <td>2001 </td> <td>GCA </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/FreeArc" title="FreeArc">FreeArc</a> </th> <td>.arc </td> <td>Bulat Ziganshin </td> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZMA" class="mw-redirect" title="LZMA">LZMA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prediction_by_partial_matching" title="Prediction by partial matching">PPMd</a>, TTA </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, AES, Blowfish, Twofish and Serpent </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/GPL#Version_2" class="mw-redirect" title="GPL">GPLv2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/LHA_(file_format)" title="LHA (file format)">LHA</a> (also LZH) </th> <td>.lzh, .lha </td> <td>Haruyasu Yoshizaki </td> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frozen_(file_format)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frozen (file format) (page does not exist)">Frozen</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Only on recent LHA releases </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>1–2 s </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/LZX#Amiga_LZX" title="LZX">LZX</a> </th> <td>.lzx </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Forbes_(programmer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jonathan Forbes (programmer) (page does not exist)">Jonathan Forbes</a> and Tomi Poutanen </td> <td>1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Only on recent LZX releases </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ISO_image" class="mw-redirect" title="ISO image">ISO image</a> </th> <td>.iso, .img, .ima </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ISO_9660" title="ISO 9660">ISO 9660</a> </td> <td>1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/High_Sierra_Format" class="mw-redirect" title="High Sierra Format">High Sierra Format</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th>Spark </th> <td>.arc </td> <td>David Pilling </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ARC_(file_format)" title="ARC (file format)">ARC</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">CRC16 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">weak XOR only </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>1 cs </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/Common_Development_and_Distribution_License" title="Common Development and Distribution License">CDDL 1.0</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=WinMount_format&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WinMount format (page does not exist)">WinMount format</a> </th> <td>.mou </td> <td>? </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/.dmg" class="mw-redirect" title=".dmg">Macintosh Disk Image</a> </th> <td>.dmg </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Apple_Computer" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Computer">Apple Computer</a> </td> <td>2001 <a href="/wiki/MacOS" title="MacOS">Mac OS X</a> </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/PartImage" class="mw-redirect" title="PartImage">Partition Image</a> (PartImage) </th> <td>.partimg </td> <td>François Dupoux and Franck Ladurelle </td> <td>2000 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/GPL#Version_2" class="mw-redirect" title="GPL">GPLv2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/PAQ" title="PAQ">PAQ</a> Family (Several formats)<sup id="cite_ref-a4_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a4-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>o<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>.paq#*, .lpaq#* </td> <td>Matt Mahoney </td> <td>2002–2006 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/PeaZip#Native_archive_format" title="PeaZip">PEA</a> </th> <td>.pea </td> <td>Giorgio Tani </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>Original, Deflate based compression </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes Adler32, CRC32, CRC64, MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD-160, SHA256, SHA512, Whirlpool </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes Authenticated Encryption, AES128 and AES256 in EAX mode </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes system dependent </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes arbitrary </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>PIM </th> <td>.pim </td> <td>Ilia Muraviev </td> <td>2004–2008 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th>Quadruple D </th> <td>.qda </td> <td>Taku Hayase (aka sandman) </td> <td>1997 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/RAR_(file_format)" title="RAR (file format)">RAR</a> </th> <td>.rar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Roshal" title="Eugene Roshal">Eugene Roshal</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes,<br /> <a href="/wiki/CRC32" class="mw-redirect" title="CRC32">CRC32</a>,<br /> <a href="/wiki/BLAKE2" class="mw-redirect" title="BLAKE2">BLAKE2</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes,<br /> <a href="/wiki/Reed%E2%80%93Solomon_error_correction" title="Reed–Solomon error correction">Reed–Solomon</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes,<br /> AES-256 for RAR 5.0 archives </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes,<br /> <a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a> </td> <td>2 <a href="/wiki/Second" title="Second">s</a>, 1 <a href="/wiki/Second" title="Second">s</a>, 6.5536 <a href="/wiki/Millisecond" title="Millisecond">ms</a>, 25.6 <a href="/wiki/Microsecond" title="Microsecond">μs</a> or 100 <a href="/wiki/Nanosecond" title="Nanosecond">ns</a><sup id="cite_ref-a3_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a3-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>p<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background: #FED; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Dropped </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>RK </th> <td>.rk </td> <td>M Software, Ltd. </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, AES, Square, Twofish </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1 s </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th>NuFX </th> <td>.shk </td> <td>Andy Nicholas </td> <td>1989 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">CRC16 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>1 s </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/StuffIt" title="StuffIt">StuffIt</a> (also SIT) </th> <td>.sit </td> <td>Raymond Lau </td> <td>1987 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/StuffIt_X" class="mw-redirect" title="StuffIt X">StuffIt X</a> (also SITx) </th> <td>.sitx </td> <td>Aladdin/<a href="/wiki/Allume_Systems" title="Allume Systems">Allume Systems</a> </td> <td>2002 </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Optional </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, RC4,Blowfish,<br />AES,DES </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #FCE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="nonfree table-nonfree"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary software</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>UltraCompressor II </th> <td>.uc .uc0 .uc2<br /> .ucn .ur2 .ue2 </td> <td>Nico de Vries<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>1992–1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/LZ77" class="mw-redirect" title="LZ77">LZ77</a> and <a href="/wiki/Huffman_coding" title="Huffman coding">Huffman coding</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, triple DES </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format" title="Windows Imaging Format">Windows Image</a> </th> <td>.wim, .swm, .esd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> </td> <td>2006 </td> <td>Original </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Partial<sup id="cite_ref-a5_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-a5-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>q<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>100 ns </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ZIP_(file_format)" title="ZIP (file format)">ZIP</a> </th> <td>.zip </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_Katz" title="Phil Katz">Phil Katz</a> </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deflate" title="Deflate">Deflate</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, AES </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1–2 s, depending on version </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ZPAQ" title="ZPAQ">ZPAQ</a> </th> <td>.zpaq </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Mahoney_(computer_scientist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Matt Mahoney (computer scientist)">Matt Mahoney</a> </td> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PAQ" title="PAQ">PAQ</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, SHA-1 </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes, AES-256 </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: #DFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="free table-free"><a href="/wiki/MIT_License" title="MIT License">MIT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Software_packaging_and_distribution">Software packaging and distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Software packaging and distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Format </th> <th>Filename<br /> extension </th> <th>Created<br /> by </th> <th>Introduced in </th> <th>Based on </th> <th>Integrity check </th> <th>Recovery record </th> <th>Encryption supported </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Unicode" title="Unicode">Unicode</a> filenames </th> <th>Modification date resolution </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Deb_(file_format)" title="Deb (file format)">Debian package</a> (deb) </th> <td>.deb </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> </td> <td>1994 <a href="/wiki/Debian" title="Debian">Debian</a> 0.91 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ar_(Unix)" title="Ar (Unix)">ar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">tar</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a>, <a href="/wiki/XZ_Utils" title="XZ Utils">xz</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1 s </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Installer_(macOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Installer (macOS)">Macintosh Installer</a> </th> <td>.pkg, .mpkg (metapackage) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/NeXT" title="NeXT">NeXT</a> </td> <td>1989 <a href="/wiki/NeXTSTEP" title="NeXTSTEP">NeXTSTEP</a> 1.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pax_(command)" title="Pax (command)">pax</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager" title="RPM Package Manager">RPM Package Manager</a> (RPM) </th> <td>.rpm </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Red_Hat" title="Red Hat">Red Hat</a> </td> <td>1995 <a href="/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux" title="Red Hat Linux">Red Hat Linux</a> 1.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cpio" title="Cpio">cpio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td>1 s </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Slackware" title="Slackware">Slackware</a> Package </th> <td>.tgz </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Volkerding" title="Patrick Volkerding">Patrick Volkerding</a> </td> <td>1993 <a href="/wiki/Slackware" title="Slackware">Slackware</a> 1.0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">tar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">Windows Installer</a> (also MSI) </th> <td>.msi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> </td> <td>2000 <a href="/wiki/Windows_2000" title="Windows 2000">Windows 2000</a> </td> <td>OLE Structured Storage, <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">Cabinet</a> and <a href="/wiki/SQL" title="SQL">SQL</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;">Optional PKCS7 <a href="/wiki/Authenticode" class="mw-redirect" title="Authenticode">Authenticode</a> Signature </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>2 s </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=MSIX&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MSIX (page does not exist)">MSIX</a> </th> <td>.appx, .appxbundle, .emsix, .emsixbundle, .msix, .msixbundle </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> </td> <td>2012 <a href="/wiki/Windows_8" title="Windows 8">Windows 8</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/.zip" class="mw-redirect" title=".zip">Zip</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1 s </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/JAR_(file_format)" title="JAR (file format)">Java Archive</a> (JAR<sup id="cite_ref-b1_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-b1-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>r<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </th> <td>.jar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> </td> <td>1997 <a href="/wiki/JDK" class="mw-redirect" title="JDK">JDK</a> 1.1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/PKZIP" title="PKZIP">PKZIP</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Google_Chrome" title="Google Chrome">Google Chrome</a> <a href="/wiki/Chrome_Web_Store" title="Chrome Web Store">extension</a> package </th> <td>.crx </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a> </td> <td>2009 (Chrome 4.0) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/.zip" class="mw-redirect" title=".zip">Zip</a> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Arch_Linux#Pacman" title="Arch Linux">Pacman</a> </th> <td>.pkg.tar.zst, .pkg.tar (no compression) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Judd_Vinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Judd Vinet">Judd Vinet</a> </td> <td>2001 (before ArchLinux 0.1) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">tar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zstandard" class="mw-redirect" title="Zstandard">zstd</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (formerly <a href="/wiki/XZ_Utils" title="XZ Utils">xz</a>) </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>1 s </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Features">Features</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; text-align: center; font-size: smaller; table-layout: fixed;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Archive format </th> <th>Built-in compression </th> <th>Self-extracting </th> <th>Directory structure </th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=POSIX_attributes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="POSIX attributes (page does not exist)">POSIX attributes</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Access_Control_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Access Control List">ACLs</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternate_data_streams" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternate data streams">Alternate data streams</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Cpio" title="Cpio">cpio</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No<sup id="cite_ref-c1_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-c1_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">tar</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No<sup id="cite_ref-c1_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #FFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="partial table-partial">Some </td> <td style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">(in Solaris implementation) </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/DAR_(Disk_Archiver)" class="mw-redirect" title="DAR (Disk Archiver)">dar</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-c3_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c3-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>t<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Ar_(Unix)" title="Ar (Unix)">ar</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Pax_(command)" title="Pax (command)">pax</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Dump_(Unix)" title="Dump (Unix)">dump</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No<sup id="cite_ref-c1_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Shar_(file_format)" title="Shar (file format)">shar</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th>makeself </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Zip_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zip (file format)">zip</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-c2_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>u<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/RAR_(file_format)" title="RAR (file format)">rar</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-c2_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>u<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ACE_(compression_file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="ACE (compression file format)">ace</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Arj" class="mw-redirect" title="Arj">arj</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-c2_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>u<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Zoo_(file_format)" title="Zoo (file format)">zoo</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/ISO_9660" title="ISO 9660">ISO 9660</a> (CD-ROM) </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No<sup id="cite_ref-c1_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c1-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>s<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: #FF8; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-maybe">(with <a href="/wiki/Rock_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Rock Ridge">Rock Ridge</a> extension) </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">cab</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes<sup id="cite_ref-c2_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-c2-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>u<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/RPM_Package_Manager" title="RPM Package Manager">rpm</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Deb_(file_format)" title="Deb (file format)">deb</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/7z_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="7z (file format)">7z</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <th>Archive format </th> <th>Built-in compression </th> <th>Self-extracting </th> <th>Directory Structure </th> <th><a href="/w/index.php?title=POSIX_attributes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="POSIX attributes (page does not exist)">POSIX attributes</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Access_Control_List" class="mw-redirect" title="Access Control List">ACLs</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Alternate_data_streams" class="mw-redirect" title="Alternate data streams">Alternate data streams</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archive_file" title="Archive file">Archive file</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers" title="Comparison of file archivers">Comparison of file archivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems" title="Comparison of file systems">Comparison of file systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_file_systems" title="List of file systems">List of file systems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solid_compression" title="Solid compression">Solid compression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zlib" title="Zlib">zlib</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-file_extensions-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-file_extensions_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-file_extensions_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-file_extensions_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-file_extensions_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">File extensions may differ across platforms. The case of these extensions may differ on case-insensitive platforms.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MIME_type-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MIME_type_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MIME_type_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MIME_type_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MIME_type_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/MIME" title="MIME">MIME</a> media types may be conjectural. Very few have been officially registered with the <a href="/wiki/Internet_Assigned_Numbers_Authority" title="Internet Assigned Numbers Authority">IANA</a>. Compression-only formats should often be denoted by the media type of the decompressed data, with a content coding indicating the compression format.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-official_name-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-official_name_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official_name_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official_name_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-official_name_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Official names may be disputed.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-platform-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-platform_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-platform_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-platform_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-platform_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Creation platform indicates the platform(s) under which a format can be created.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-freeze_xf-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-freeze_xf_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">If attaching <code>.F</code> to the file name is not possible with the DOS operating system, the second and third character of the filename extension are replaced by <code>XF</code>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Restoration platform indicates the platform(s) under which a format can be restored/extracted. Most file formats can be understood by more than one platform.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Restorable with free software" indicates whether the format can be restored using an extraction tool that is <a href="/wiki/Free_software" title="Free software">free software</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RAR-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RAR_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">RARLAB <a href="/wiki/UnRAR" class="mw-redirect" title="UnRAR">UnRAR</a> is proprietary. The free unar has partial unpacking support for RAR1.3, RAR1.5, RAR2, RAR3 & RAR5 <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the free libarchive has partial unpacking support for RAR3<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> & RAR5<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Filename_extension-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Filename_extension_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The DOS and Windows operating systems required filenames to include an extension (of at least one, and typically 3 characters) to identify the file type. Such extensions must be unique for each type of file. Many operating systems identify a file's type from its contents without the need for an extension in its name. However, the use of three-character extensions has been embraced as a useful and efficient shorthand for identifying file types.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Integrity_check-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Integrity_check_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Archive files are often stored on magnetic or other media subject to storage errors. Many archive formats contain extra error detection or correction information which can be used by the software used to read the archive files to detect and possibly correct errors.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Recovery_record-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Recovery_record_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Many archive formats contain redundant data embedded in the files in order to detect data storage or transmission errors, and the software used to read the archive files contains logic to detect and correct errors.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Encryption-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Encryption_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Many archive formats include the capability to encrypt contents to prevent unauthorised access, using one of many available encryption methods.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-a1-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a1_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> While the original <a href="/wiki/Tar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tar (file format)">tar</a> format uses the <a href="/wiki/ASCII" title="ASCII">ASCII</a> character encoding, current implementations use the <a href="/wiki/UTF-8" title="UTF-8">UTF-8</a> (Unicode) encoding, which is backwards compatible with ASCII.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-a2-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a2_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Supports the external Parchive program (par2).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-a4-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a4_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The PAQ family (with its lighter weight derivative LPAQ) went through many revisions, each revision suggested its own extension. For example: ".paq9a".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-a3-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a3_41-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> From 3.20 release RAR can store modification, creation and last access time with the precision up to 0.0000001 second (0.1 μs).<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-a5-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-a5_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> WIM can store the <a href="/wiki/Ciphertext" title="Ciphertext">ciphertext</a> of encrypted files on an <a href="/wiki/NTFS" title="NTFS">NTFS</a> volume, but such files can only by decrypted if an administrator extracts the file to an NTFS volume, and the decryption key is available (typically from the file's original owner on the same Windows installation). Microsoft has also distributed some download versions of the Windows operating system as encrypted WIM files, but via an external encryption process and not a feature of WIM.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-b1-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-b1_44-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Not to be confused with the archiver <a href="/w/index.php?title=JAR_(software)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JAR (software) (page does not exist)">JAR</a> written by Robert K. Jung, which produces ".j" files.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-c1-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-c1_46-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c1_46-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c1_46-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c1_46-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c1_46-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> Compression is not a built-in feature of the formats, however, the resulting archive can be compressed with any algorithm of choice. Several implementations include functionality to do this automatically</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-c3-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-c3_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Per-file compression with <a href="/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lzo" class="mw-redirect" title="Lzo">lzo</a>, <a href="/wiki/XZ_Utils" title="XZ Utils">xz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lzma" class="mw-redirect" title="Lzma">lzma</a> (as opposed to compressing the whole archive). An individual can choose not to compress already compressed filenames based on their suffix as well.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-c2-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-c2_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c2_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c2_48-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-c2_48-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> Most implementations can optionally produce a self-extracting executable</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_archive_formats&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Software_Update:MAR" class="extiw" title="mozillawiki:Software Update:MAR">Mozilla ARchive</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/MarcoPon/SeqBox">"MarcoPon/SeqBox"</a>. 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