Download PeaZip 4.3

Version 4.3 of PeaZip has been released. This archiving program is made available under an open source license and downloads are available for Windows and Linux. The program aims to distinguish itself from the competition by specializing in safety. Encrypting data is therefore one of the main functions of the proprietary system pea format. PeaZip can create 7z, bz2, gz, paq/lpaq, pea, quad, tar, upx and zip files and extract various file formats including ace, arj, cab, deb, iso, lha, rar and rpm. The following changes and improvements have been made in this release:

backend

• Added support to open as archive EPUB ebook file format, a total of 135 file extensions are supported – formats usually not handled as archives can be opened from PeaZip’s context menu “Open as archive” rather being associated with the application directly, which would be inconvenient for most users.

File manager

• Address field can now be set to be viewed as breadcrumb (default) or string, with “Show address as breadcrumb” flag in address bar navigation dropdown menu
• Improved password management
  • Flag “Keep password for current session” (default) in password form, to remember password and keyfile for the current session; unflagging this option password and keyfile are kept until a new archive is browsed
  • Fixed bug in keeping “Show password” flag
  • Keyfile field now accepts paste and free edit
  • password manager
    • passwords list (may even contain keyfiles name, if desired) can be saved with authenticated encryption and optional two factor authentication
    • a default password is used unless the user sets password and/or keyfile, recommended to keep privacy of data saved in the password manager
    • once password/keyfile is set, authentication will be required before accessing data from password manager
    • password list is shown in password form, in the dropdown menu on the left of password filed (when selected, are automatically applied to confirmation field)
    • password and notes can also be copied and pasted where needed, ie password manager can be used to store passwords for other applications, websites, etc
    • password list can be exported
      • as plain text file, containing unencrypted data, for any use
      • as encrypted file, for backup
        • a password list’s .bak file can be manually imported back as password manager file, renaming it as pm (no extension) and copying it to PeaZip’s configuration path (linked in Options > Settings); this file will have the same content and password it had when it was originally saved. This mechanism in example allows to roll back to a previous password list, or maintain various offline password lists, or exchange protected password lists with other users or other machines
• Improved search
  • It is now possible to set search recursivity from search popup menu
  • It is now possible to set default for search recursivity
• Fixed: create ARC with relative paths fails if path contains space
• Open as archive moved to root level of file browser context menu for better visibility

The following downloads are available:
PeaZip for Windows
PeaZip portable
PeaZip for Linux
PeaZip add-ons