FYI. PeaZip Portable 6.6.0 (file archiver) Released for the PA Platform, courtesy of PortableApps.com.
PeaZip v6.6.1 Released (October 28, 2018) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.6.1 2018 10 28 6.6.1 BACKEND Updated backend to UPX 3.95 CODE Various fixes EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Added option to force extraction of unknown file types with PeaZip check "Extract unsupported file types" option on Advanced tab of extraction screen check "PeaZip" to force using PeaZip as extractor (default), uncheck "PeaZip" to define a custom extractorFixed issue in extraction of ACE files (unace plugin is required, no need to re-download / re-install the existing plugin) Fixed issues preventing tasks being launched from Console tab in some cases Working path can be now set to output, temp, custom (user defined directory), or none
PeaZip v6.7.0 Released (February 10, 2019) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.7.0 2019 02 10 6.7.0 BACKEND Updated to Pea 0.65 Updated to 7z 18.06 CODE Updated to Wolfgang Ehrhardt math libray util_2018-11-27 FILE MANAGER Various fixes and improvements can now convert images to Windows icon .ico format fixed bug in redundant directory removal in "Extract to new folder" fixed bug preventing opening some archives created on Unix systems fixed bug showing incorrect file count for displayed archive content in some cases EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Multiple archiving and extraction tasks are now performed in a signle instance of the graphic launcher, which is easier to hide / move / resize on screen upper progress bar shows progress of the current task, progress bar on the bottom of the form shows overall progress (if multiple tasks are launched)Previewing files in archive can now be disallowed - avoids leftover data even in cases of system crash or if the application is forcedly arrested - setting Working path to new option "None (no preview)" Command line switch -ext2full remapped to -ext2main, in order to avoid duplication of analogous functions now main program's extraction form is the standard UI for full featured extractionWINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS Reduced package size transforming PeaLauncher from standalone executable to form of PeaZip application
PeaZip v6.7.1 Released (March 17, 2019) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.7.1 2019 03 17 6.7.1 BACKEND Updated to 7z 19.00 CODE Recompiled with Lazarus 2.0 Various fixes FILE MANAGER Drag and drop extraction results in hiding the main form, consistently to behavior from Extraction and Archiving screens EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Extraction: "Smart new folder" option improves and replaces "Remove redundant directory" option if the new folder contains a single object (file or folder), content is copied outside and the extra folder is removed (removes extra folder layer and preserves original names of archived folders), if copying the content outside the new folder fails, the content is kept in the new folder smart extraction is meant to guarantee that a single item is extracted, to avoid flooding target directory of multiple unexpected items, and that no unneeded level of directory nesting is addedImproved GUI feedback during preliminary steps of archives conversion and "TAR before" proceduresImproved GUI feedback running option to delete original sources Improved information shown about running archiving / extraction tasksWINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS (Windows) Extraction from context menu results in a single queue consistently with behavior from Extraction screen, and consistently with archiving from context menu (Windows) "Extract here (to new folder)" context menu entry now enforces creation of new folder level (disable smart new folder) (Windows) "Extract here (smart)" context menu entry (new) enforces using smart new folder option this item is now flagged by default during installation in place of "Extract here (to new folder)"- can be changed during installation
PeaZip v6.7.2 Released (April 14, 2019) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.7.2 2019 04 14 6.7.2 BACKEND In Help > About screen were added buttons to quickly remove UNACE and UNRAR plugin, if installed, which are based on closed source software and available as separate add-ons CODE Various fixes and improvements FILE MANAGER Tabs were made more visible in extraction and archiving screens, launcher, etc EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING When multiple tasks are running, current and overall progress bars are both shown on the bottom of the launcher window Launcher window can now be sent in background to system tray tray icon shows progress of current task or tasks list tray icon context menu allows to pause and stop current task(s), and explore input and output path
PeaZip v6.8.0 Released (May 5, 2019) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.8.0 2019 05 05 6.8.0 BACKEND Created general purpose dragdropfilesdll.dll to handle drag and drop from application to Windows 32 and 64 bit systems, built from DragDropLazarus Lazarus package (which is required only for compiling the dll), which is based on work of Angus Johnson & Anders Melander (on Delphi), and Michael Köcher / six (on Lazarus) FILE MANAGER (Windows) Added native drag and drop from application to system (Windows) File copy / move / recycle operations are performed in standard GUI dialogs EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING (Windows) New native drag and drop extraction On native drag and drop extraction, extra level of directory nesting are automatically removed (unless browsing archive in flat or search mode) Old custom drag and drop extraction is still available as alternative in Options > Settings > General
PeaZip v6.8.1 Released (June 14, 2019) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.8.1 2019 06 14 6.8.1 CODE Code cleanup FILE MANAGER Various fixes and improvements EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Encrypted archives are now tested before extraction to ask for password if needed Fixed bug preventing to complete test of some encrypted archives Improved performance of list / test operations Improved progress bar accurancy for most archive formats Position and size of launcher window is now saved (Windows) Native drag and drop extraction now try to locate destination path with same method of custom drag and drop, in order to write the data directly to destination path performances improved, trying to write directly to destination volume a further copy operation overhead is avoided security improved, trying to avoid extracting data to temp path which may have different security properties than output path stability improved, trying to avoid extracting temporary data to a volume which may have not enough free space
PeaZip v6.9.0 Released (August 18, 2019) Website Changelog Spoiler: Changelog v6.9.0 2019 08 18 6.9.0 CODE Updated links of online resources to https form Various fixes and improvements FILE MANAGER Confirmation is now asked before adding, and renaming / moving files inside archives if items with same names already exists * Files / folders added to existing archive are now added to the directory that is currently being browsed * "Open as archive" is now the standard action for opening unknown file types with PeaZip, consistently with other file archivers PeaZip now supports editing files in archives * Known archive types are automatically asked to be updated when temporary preview files are modified Auto syncing can be turned off in options General > Auto update modified files in archivesArchives can manually be synced on request from context menu More > Force update modified files in archives This allows to try to force to sync arbitrary archive typesEXTRACTION and ARCHIVING PeaZip shows estimated remaining time for archive / extract / test operations *WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS (Windows) improved handling of file extensions association in installation and unistallation procedures * for archive typse supported trough 7z/p7zip backend
PeaZip v7.0.0 Released (December 1, 2019) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.0.0 2019 12 01 7.0.0 BACKEND PEA 0.66 FILE MANAGER Added option to automatically open tar archive inside tar.* compressed files Option is on by default, can be set in Options > Settings > Archive managerDrag & drop can now be hot swapped between standard and custom mode while using the application Improved finding duplicate files, both with crc/hash and quick duplicate check: Info column shows "D" for duplicate for each copy of file with same digest value, except the last copy found Sorting files for Info column allows to quickly select (and delete) duplicate items Sorting files for checksum/hash column allows to easily compare identical files as in previous versionsNew function to analyze content of folders in file browser (from column header menu) Info column marks empty folders with "E" Checksum/hash column shows content of folders: number of directories, number of files, and total sizeNew scaling mechanism for better support of high DPI in PeaZip and Pea executables UI elements are scaled at run time at discrete steps zooming up to 10x of design time size, using Lazaruz LCL scaling Graphic is accordingly scaled at run time, accepting arbitrarily sized graphic sources Embedded 16 and 32 pixel icons are currently provided with 3x definition (48 and 96 pixel respectively) to provide high quality graphic up to 300% scaling New themes for PeaZip version 7+ uses 8 or 32 bit PNG with transparency, and currently provides 16 and 32 pixel icons upscaled to 3x definitionNew Windows icons for menus and file types; new icons allows to better distinguish supported file types, at large and small resolutions When a single file of unsupported format is passed as parameter, the application lets the user decide if to try to open it as archive or to add it to new archive Various fixes Fixed System benchmark tool EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Improved progress bar accuracy Option to delete input files after task completion is now globally applied to all archiving / extraction functions Also batch version of direct archiving / extraction functions now apply the deletion on completion policy accordingly to the application's configuration Alternative versions of batch commands are now available in order to explicitly ignore deletion on completion policy, with "i" appended after function name: -add2peai, -add2crypti, -add27zi, -add27zmaili, -add2separate7zi, -add2sfx7zi, -add2sfx7zmaili, -add2zipi, -add2zipmaili, -add2separatezipi, and -ext2herei, -ext2folderi, -ext2toi, ext2tofolderi, -ext2simplei, -ext2simplefolderiFixed and improved -add2split batch command, can now accept multiple input files and folders (if more than one file is passed as input it will be consolidated in a tar archive) WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS Improved Windows 32 and 64 bit installers Added shortcuts to selectively start PeaZip in add, extract or open mode Shortcuts are saved in application's entry in Start Menu, and in program's path, and can be freely moved/copied for ease of useBy default now the installer associate files and create menu entries for all users (local machine) New "Install for current user only" checkbox, unchecked by default, to run the installer for current user onlyVarious fixes and removal of legacy code
Archive Manager PeaZip 7.0 is out December 2, 2019 https://www.ghacks.net/2019/12/02/archive-manager-peazip-7-0-is-out/
PeaZip v7.0.1 Released (December 29, 2019) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.0.1 2019 12 29 7.0.1 BACKEND PEA 0.67 CODE Various memory management, speed, responsivity and stability optimizations For archive browsing, fast mode (equivalent to previous versions default mode): Up to -15% memory usage browsing archives containing large number of files Up to +35% speed browsing and testing for encryption archives containing large number of filesFILE MANAGER Added mass rename option to prepend progressive number to filenames Action is available in Context menu, File manager > Rename > 1, 2, 3... Items will be numbered following the current sorting order, e.g. name, time/date, size, extension... Added support for navigation with mouse buttons Button3 go up Button4 go forward Button5 go backNew archive browsing optimization option available in Options > Settings > General, Performance group Normal, no optimization Fast (default, works as "fast open routine" option in previos versions), stop pre-browsing archives containing very large number of files to preserve performance Fastest, do not pre-browse archives for very fast opening, as downside this mode does not show archive information, and may non correctly list some out of standard archivesRow select option for file / archive browser is now duplicated in context menu > Navigation for better discoverability Updated translationsEXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Fixed: archives are tested for encryption before extraction from SendTo menu entries and from command line Improved detection of multipart archives for automatic deletion after extraction option Alongside .001 spanning (as in 7-Zip and PeaZip) are now recognized .z01, .zx01, .rar01, .part1.rar spanning conventions followed by WinZip and WinRar
PeaZip v7.1.0 Released (February 2, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.1.0 2020 02 02 7.1.0 BACKEND Added Brotli 1.0.7 backend Added Zstd 1.4.4 backend Pea 0.68CODE Various fixes and improvements FILE MANAGER Added "Type here to search in current path" hint to address bar to make this feature more esaily discoverable Added compression method information when browsing archives supported through 7z/p7zip backend Improved file rename Added option to rename only files Improved hints about rename functions in confirmation dialogsImproved management of compressed TAR files Brotli, LPAQ, QUAD/BALZ/BCM, and Zstandard backed now supports previewing compressed TAR files Same formats now supports option to auto open compressed TAR archive (previously applied only to formats supported through 7z/p7zip backend) Same formats now supports smart extraction feature EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Added read / write / test support for Brotli (.br) and Zstandard (.zst) files Added more dictionary size options for LZMA / LZMA2 Added compression preset ("Add" button's dropdown menu) for ZIP, Bzip2 method, fast compression Improved direct extraction from PeaZip's file browser Context menu and Extract dropdown menu now features: extract all here, extract all here smart, extract all here to new folder Reduced duplication of destinations in Extract dropdown menu Extract all to moved to More group in context menu Keyboard shortcuts: extract all here Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E extract all here smart Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S extract all here to new folder Ctrl+Alt+Shift+NInstantaneous compression ratio % is shown while running 7z/p7zip compression tasks
PeaZip v7.1.1 Released (March 8, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.1.1 2020 03 08 7.1.1 CODE Various fixes and improvements improved efficiency of context menu entries improved file renamingUpdated application and antivirus automatically detected in "Open with" menu Improved support to Windows Defender and MBAM to scan files from PeaZip archive/file browser FILE MANAGER Improved editing files in archive dialog to update modified preview files now allow 3 choices "Yes / Clear" update the archive and clear temporary preview data (as in previous versions), mimimize disk occupation and time data is left on the disk "Yes" update the archive and let temporary preview data on disk to allow instantaneously re-opening files, not needing new extraction, in order to perform new edits "No" discard changes clearing temporary preview data (as in previous versions)EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Added support for Microsoft MSIX app package and ESD image formats WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS Improved Windows installer new default language option is to do not change current installation language "Add to archive" and "Extract to..." context menu entries are now optional and can be unchecked
PeaZip v7.2.0 Released (April 8, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.2.0 2020 04 08 7.2.0 CODE Various fixes and improvements FILE MANAGER Extended options to manually update edited files in archive (consistently with update dialog) in context menu > more submenu it is now possible to update archive and discard temp edit files (as in auto update dialog Yes/Clear option), and to discard edits without update EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Added option to automatically close PeaZip when task completes Added options to save and load custom compression settings Menu entries are available in main menu > Layout (in compression screen) and in compression presets context menus (in file browser and in compression screen) Compression settings are saved by default to "Compression settings" folder in same path of PeaZip configuration Password and keyfiles are not saved in custom compression settings, to manage passwords safely see instead main menu > Tools > Password manager Volatile, context dependant variables can be saved alongside non-volatile ones, but will be lost in subsequent uses unless the custom setting is reloaded (in Options > Advanced volatile variables can be shown in italic font)Presets for archive creation / conversion are now rewritten to use new compression setting mechanism, new presets supersedes both old presets and favourite formats menu entries Presets are saved in PeaZip\res\presets folder, in PeaZip's program path; apart for being saved separately they are standard compression setting files and can be used as such To customize an existing preset with a custom compression settings file, copy the desired custom compression settings file in presets folder, in place of one of the existing preset files Optionally, editing the compression setting file is possible to change its displayed file name, the name that will be shown by PeaZip in presets menuNew presets: ZPAQ ultra, ZPAQ, ARC, Brotli, ZstandardExtended non-volatile options saved to configuration (and compression settings) 7z/p7zip advanced compression options for dictionary, word, passes and block size are now remembererd File spanning options are now rememberedImproved support for ZPAQ format AES256 encryption, supported by design by the format, is now enabled Compression settings were optimized for better results From Advanced tab of extraction screen are now supported following options Restore files to original absolute paths Separate extraction of all revisions of the archive Overwrite existing filesTest operation is now enabled ZPAQ is now available in presets at medium and ultra compression formats
PeaZip v7.2.1 Released (April 27, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.2.1 2020 04 27 7.2.1 BACKEND PEA 0.70 UPX 3.96 CODE Built with Lazarus 2.0.8 (Windows) Updated custom SendTo menu links for working with 32 and 64 bit systems, packed in SendTo.7z in program's path Various fixes FILE MANAGER (Windows) Added SMART entry to access to system's disk diagnostic data, in application's context menu File manager > System tools Fixed: CRC and hash values are now reported also for empty files (previously were left blank) File tools: improved "Checksum/hash file(s)" report window, with the new context menu it is now possible to: save each single crc or hash value to file, rightclicking on the cell of the value save all information to file, including all CRC and hash computed EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Fixed: advanced compression settings was not preserved after direct creation of archive form context menu Fixed; various issues with new advanced compression settings mechanism (Windows) Fixed drag and drop extraction of items with names containing characters non valid for filenames Context menu Add to 7Z and Add to ZIP now uses compression settings from PeaZip configuration rather than default compression settings, unless a specific level of compression is stated (i.e. Add to 7Z ultra) WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS (Windows) Added context menu entries to encrypt to 7Z format (checked by default), and to add to 7Z format with fastest compression (unchecked by default)
PeaZip v7.3.0 Released (May 18, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.3.0 2020 05 18 7.3.0 BACKEND Pea 0.71 with PEA file format revision 1.2 CODE Various fixes FILE MANAGER Added BLAKE2S and BLAKE2B hashes to File manager's hash (for file hashing and deduplication) File tools set of hashes Optional hash for raw file split Optional hash for PEA formatAdded support for opening as archive modern Linux package formats: .appimage, Ubuntu's .snap, and FreeDesktop Listaller .ipk Browser now uses smarter sorting for file/directory names By default now PeaZip tries to open archives containing errors Errors detected browsing the archive are now notified in status bar, even if it is possible to list archive's content "Try to open archives contining errors" can be disabled in Options > Settings > Archive managerFixed some cases not allowing secure deletion and zero deletion of files Improved deletion of temporary work filesEXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Added option to not ask confirmation for delete after archiving/extraction, in Options > Settings > Archive manager Delete is not triggered if errors are detected Delete is triggered after extraction only in case of complete extraction (extract all)Added option to set archive time from most recent file in archive, for all 7z/p7zip formats Added option to improve Brotli compression using more memory at cost of small impact on speed (archives created with this option may not be compatible with some Brotli decompressors) Added option to improve Zstandard compression using more memory at cost of small impact on speed Added new advanced options to custom compression settings files, keeping compatibility with setting files created with older versions Presets were rebuilt accordingly new format Two new presets: Medium compression with 7z fast, and Fast compression with 7Z fastestIt is now possible to cancel all tasks of a sequence in the case one of the archiving / extraction task fails WINDOWS & LINUX INSTALLERS (Windows) Improved installer (Windows) Installer now available also as .msix package (Linux) Created generic DEB package, x86-64 native Some binaries, i.e. FreeArc, may need IA32-libs to run
PeaZip v7.3.1 Released (June 2, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.3.1 2020 06 02 7.3.1 BACKEND Zstd 1.4.5 CODE Various fixes, improved progress bar accurancy for multiple tasks FILE MANAGER Fixed folder sorting, now folders are always grouped before files Improved theming, window and toolbar colors can now be customized New Graphite, Mocha, and Senape themes with intermediate color tones (cross-platform limitation) System-rendered widgetsets are not affected by theme colors as native drawing methods were not bypassed by theme implementation (Windows 10 limitation) Dark Mode colors are not passed from system to application, as workaround it is possible to use an High Contrast theme, which passes colors consistent with Dark Mode UI, until a complete API is made available to developers EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING Added support for .zstd extension, as used in compressed cpo in new rpm installers (Linux) Updated sfx module for p7zip
PeaZip v7.3.2 Released (June 23, 2020) Website (GitHub) Changelog Spoiler: Changes v7.3.2 2020 06 23 7.3.2 CODE Various fixes FILE MANAGER Added support to more file extensions .cramfs compressed ROM/RAM file system images .ext, .ext2, .ext3, and .ext4 filesystem images .hfsx filesystem images .qcow, and .qcow2c QEMU disk images .scap, and .uefif firmware files .mub, .pkg, and .ppmd compressed filesArchive browser now will automatically ask for password to open files with unreadable TOC, for all formats supporting TOC encryption, e.g. archives encrypted with "Encrypt also file names" option Fixed browsing of encrypted ARC files Fixed: can now delete files within WIM archivesEXTRACTION and ARCHIVING [Prototype] Support for RAR compression if WinRar 64 or 32 bit is installed in the system (Windows) Setting Custom compression type optionally aut-configures PeaZip to use RarLab's Rar.exe as compressor; if libre_directive option is set to 2 (most restrictive, not allowing closed archive formats), rar creation will be not allowed in any case Rar.exe will be set to use PeaZip's work dir as other backend binaries For RAR archives it is possible to set compression level, from store to maximum action: new archive, add, update, freshen, sync with disk spanning in multiple volumes password, optionally with two factor authentication (password + keyfile) create RAR5 or legacy RAR4 archive (RAR5) set dictionary size 1..1024 MB (RAR5) use BLAKE2 hash instead of CRC checksum Create self extracting RAR Solid archive Recovery records Save files open for writing Save NT security information Save NTFS streams Set archive time to last modified objectImproved support for more RAR options is planned in future, to allow efficient RAR creation from PeaZip GUI, providing RarLab's WinRar is installed in the system and Rar.exe is available. please note PeaZip does not implement any autonomus RAR creation feature, which is prohibited by RarLab's licensing for RAR, and only passes parameters to Rar.exe if separately installed by the user from RarLab's packages
