libarchive

libarchive
Release2003 (2003)
Stable release
3.8.9 Edit this on Wikidata / 28 July 2026
Written inC
Operating systemcross-platform
Typelibrary
LicenseNew BSD License
Websitelibarchive.org Edit this on Wikidata
Repository

libarchive is a free and open-source library for reading and writing various archive and compression formats. It is written in C and works on most Unix-like systems and Windows.