Download PeaZip 5.6.1

Version 5.6.1 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 read only support (list, test, extract) to RAR5 format through RarLab’s unrar
  • currently the plugin is available only for Windows or Wine/ReactOS, Linux version will be analyzed and tested for future updates
  • due the non-OSI compatible unrar restriction (even if the software provides sources and is royalty-free) the software is available as separate plugin on Add-Ons page
  • due the different syntax between RarLab’s unrar and 7z/p7zip’s unrar, following differences apply when handling RAR5 format
    • recursivity with advanced filters is always enabled
    • renaming options always rename the file being extracted

Code

• Added LIBRE_DIRECTIVE option to disallow any call to software which is non-free under OSI definition
  • if set to 0 (permissive) PeaZip will use all available backend, both free-as-in-freedom and royalty-free
  • if set to 1 (flexible) PeaZip will disallow any call to royalty-free but non free-as-in-freedom backend, currently: unace and unrar binaries
  • if set to 2 (strict) PeaZip will disallow calls even in case of dubious status, currently apply to unrar functions in 7z/p7zip due to non-reversibility clause
• Various minor fixes

The following downloads are available:
PeaZip for Windows (32bit)
PeaZip for Windows (64 bit)
PeaZip portable
PeaZip for Linux
PeaZip add-ons