MacPacker
Say hello to MacPacker, the archive manager for macOS. Open source, because essential tools should be free. Preview (nested) archives. Extract selected files. Creating or editing archives will follow. Inspired by 7-Zip, but without any claim to comparability. See the roadmap for more details.
Installation
System Requirements
- macOS 13.5 or later
Option 1: Download from GitHub
Download the .zip file from GitHub Releases. Extract and move the app to the Applications folder. The app is sandboxed, signed, and notarized by Apple.
Option 2: App Store
Option 3: Homebrew
brew install --cask macpacker
Contribution
Translation
MacPacker use POEditor for managing translatio…
MacPacker
Say hello to MacPacker, the archive manager for macOS. Open source, because essential tools should be free. Preview (nested) archives. Extract selected files. Creating or editing archives will follow. Inspired by 7-Zip, but without any claim to comparability. See the roadmap for more details.
Installation
System Requirements
- macOS 13.5 or later
Option 1: Download from GitHub
Download the .zip file from GitHub Releases. Extract and move the app to the Applications folder. The app is sandboxed, signed, and notarized by Apple.
Option 2: App Store
Option 3: Homebrew
brew install --cask macpacker
Contribution
Translation
MacPacker use POEditor for managing translations. If you want to improve an existing translation or want to add a new language, go to the following page, sign up and make the edits.
Pull Requests
Pull requests are welcome. Please note that MacPacker is in early development and there are still a few breaking changes coming up. Pull requests therefore might need some rework or wait time before they can be merged.
More info on how to contribute and on the architecture of MacPacker will be added soon.
Roadmap
- Navigate through (nested) archives
- Extract selected files via drag & drop to any target
- Breadcrumb for quick navigation
- Support (my) most needed archives .zip, .tar, .lz4
- Extract the full archive at once
- Preview files without extraction
- Finder extensions for quick access to the most important functions
- Fully fledged internal previewer System previewer instead of internal previewer
- Support all formats that TheUnarchiver & Keka supports
- Create archives and edit archives (most common ones only)
Building from Source
Prerequisites
- macOS 14.5 or later
- XCode 16 or later
Process
Clone the Repository:
git clone https://github.com/sarensw/MacPacker.git
cd MacPacker
Open the Project in Xcode:
open MacPacker.xcodeproj
Build and Run:
- Click the "Run" button or press
Cmd + R. Watch the magic unfold!