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The Unarchiver

brew install --cask the-unarchiver v4.3.9,147,1742287964

Unpacks archive files including ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, and legacy formats.

Why you might care

Free and handles a wider variety of archive formats than macOS's built-in Archive Utility, particularly older and less common formats. Open-source and lightweight, it's a straightforward replacement for the default unarchiver.

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