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File Roller

Published by Paolo Bacchilega

Open, modify and create compressed archive files

Open sourceGPL-2.0-or-later

Highlights

  • Drives command-line archive tools already on the system
  • Drag files out of an archive or drop them in to add
  • Extract everything or only the entries you select
  • Password and split-volume options where the format supports them
  • Integrated with the GNOME Files right-click menu

About this application

File Roller is the archive manager that ships with the GNOME desktop. It does not compress anything itself; it drives command-line tools already installed on the system, which is why the list of formats it handles depends on which of those tools are present.

Double-clicking an archive opens a window listing what is inside, and files can be dragged out to a folder or dragged in to be added. Extraction can target the whole archive or just the selected entries. When creating an archive you pick the format and, where the format supports it, a password and a volume size for splitting.

Because it is part of GNOME it is integrated with the Files browser, so the usual right-click entries for compressing a selection or extracting here go through it.

Where to get it

Linux

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