Archive Files
Compressed and archived file formats used for bundling multiple files together.
| Extension | Description | Author | File / Link |
|---|---|---|---|
7z
|
7Zip LZMA Compression SDK | Igor Pavlov | Link |
ace
|
ACE Archive format | Marcel Lemke | Download |
arc
|
ARC/PAK File Format | Max Maischein | Deprecated resource Download |
arj
|
ARJ File Format | Robert Jung | Deprecated resource Download |
bag
|
BAG Archive File Format v1.1 | Jeff Connelly | Download |
bz2
|
Bzip 2 archives | Deprecated resource Link | |
cab
|
MS CAB file format with source | Download | |
commodore
|
Commodore 64 File Formats: ARC, ARK, SRK, FRZ, C4-, CPK, CVT, D64, D71, D81, LBR, LHA, LNX, SDA, SFX, T64, WRA, X64, ZIP and others | Download | |
compress
|
MS Compress 5.0 File Format (Incomplete) | Max Maischein | Deprecated resource — |
| MS Compress 6.22+ File Format (Incomplete) | Max Maischein | Deprecated resource — | |
dwc
|
DWC File Format (corrected) | Max Maischein | Deprecated resource Download |
gzip
|
GZIP file format specification | L. Peter Deutsch | Deprecated resource Download |
ha
|
HA Archive File Format | Max Maischein | Download |
hyp
|
Hyper Archiver File Format | Max Maischein | Download |
incrementa
|
Incremental Compression Algorithm | Jeff Connelly | Download |
jar
|
JAR archive file format | Download | |
lbr
|
LBR Archive File Format | Max Maischein | Download |
| LBR Archive Format Definition | Gary P. Novosielski | Download | |
lbx
|
LBX archives used in some old games | Claudio Fontana | Download |
lzh
|
LZH Archive File Format | Joe Jared | Download |
mar
|
Microsoft Archive Files Format | Lloyd Kinsella | Download |
mpq
|
Blizzard MoPaQ Archive Format v1.0 | Justin Olbrantz | Deprecated resource Download |
pea
|
Pea Archive Format (Pack, Encrypt, Authenticate) | Giorgio Tani | Download |
q
|
Quantum archives | Download | |
qic
|
Win9x & XP & NT MSBackUp File Format | Will Kranz | Download |
rar
|
RAR 2.00 Format | Koen Beets | Download |
| RAR version 2.02 | Eugene Roshal | Download | |
rpm
|
Linux RPM packages | Edward C. Bailey | Deprecated resource Link |
sfx
|
SQX Archiver SDK | Deprecated resource Link | |
sqz
|
SQZ Archive File Format | Max Maischein | Deprecated resource Download |
tar
|
TAR Archive File Format | Max Maischein | Download |
td0
|
Teledisk File Format | Will Kranz | Download |
word-codin
|
Word Coding Compression Algorithm | Jeff Connelly, expanded by Thomas Christensen | Download |
xcr
|
XCR Archive File Format | Download | |
zip
|
ZIP File Format (1998) | PKWARE Inc. | Download |
| ZIP File Format Specification version 4.5 | PKWARE Inc. | Download | |
| ZIP File Format Specification version 6.3.0 | PKWARE Inc. | Download | |
zlib
|
ZLIB Compressed Data Format Specification version 3.3 | Network Working Group | Link |
zoo
|
ZOO File Format | Max Maischein | Download |