8 Free and Open-source Ace Apps for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)

8 Best free ace for macOS Intel and Apple Silicon.

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1- 7-Zip

a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

7-Zipa file archiver with a high compression ratio.

7-Zip is free software with open source. The most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code. Read 7-Zip License information.

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2- iZip

Manage Zip and Compressed file archives ON MAC

iZipManage Zip and Compressed file archives ON MAC

iZip is the easiest way to manage ZIP, ZIPX, RAR, TAR, 7ZIP and other compressed files on your Mac. Best of all it's completely free so you can zip, unzip & unrar your files without limitations!

iZip supports all the major modern archive formats like ZIP, RAR, 7ZIP, TAR, BZ2 and XZ, including fully encrypted archives. Simply open an archive with iZip to quickly browse, view and extract.

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3- Keka: The archiver

Compress and uncompress folders and files for macOS

Keka: The archiverCompress and uncompress folders and files for macOS

Keka is a free compression and decompression lightweight solution. It's easy to use and supports many versions of macOS.

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4- macOS zip service

compress files or folders as a clean zip with simple services on macOS Finder

macOS zip servicecompress files or folders as a clean zip with simple services on macOS Finder

Do your own easy way to compress files or folders as a clean zip with simple services on macOS Finder.

Compress files and folders with the full parent path and without .DS_Store as a clean zip.

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5- PeaZip Free Archiver

Free Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor

PeaZip Free ArchiverFree Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor

PeaZip is a free file archiver utility and rar extractor for Linux, macOS, and Windows, which works with 200+ archive types and variants (7z, ace, arc, bz2, cab, gz, iso, paq, pea, rar, tar, wim, zip, zipx...), handles spanned archives (001, r01, z01...), supports multiple archive encryption standards, file hashing, exports tasks as console scripts.

The project aims to provide a cross-platform, portable, GUI frontend for multiple Open Source technologies (7-Zip, FreeArc, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, UPX, Brotli, Zstd) focused on file and archive management, and security (strong encryption, two factor authentication, encrypted password manager, secure delete).

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6- Sequel Ace

MySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

Sequel AceMySQL/MariaDB database management for macOS

Sequel Ace is the "sequel" to the longtime macOS tool Sequel Pro. Sequel Ace is a fast, easy-to-use Mac database management application for working with MySQL & MariaDB databases.

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7- The Unarchiver

Open any archive in seconds

The UnarchiverOpen any archive in seconds

The Unarchiver is a free file compression manager supports many archived files especially RAR, ZIP, ACE and TAR. It's totally free and supporting many macOS versions starting from macOS 10.7. It also supports rare archived formats including old formats as well.

The Unarchiver is the only app you need to open RAR on Mac. It’s times more powerful than the native macOS utility and supports infinitely more archive formats.

The app spports all popular file formats, rate formats, as well as old formats.

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8- P7ZIP

Open-source file compression for macOS, Unix, and *nix systems

P7ZIPOpen-source file compression for macOS, Unix, and *nix systems

p7zip is a port of 7za.exe for POSIX systems like Unix (Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cygwin, AIX, ...), MacOS X and also for BeOS and Amiga.

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