NanaZip
The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience (by M2Team)
EarTrumpet
EarTrumpet - Volume Control for Windows (by File-New-Project)
| NanaZip | EarTrumpet | |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | 27 | |
| 11,058 | 9,752 | |
| 2.6% | 1.2% | |
| 9.6 | 7.9 | |
| 12 days ago | 4 days ago | |
| C++ | C# | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
NanaZip
Posts with mentions or reviews of NanaZip.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-07-09.
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7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU threads for compression
https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip
It includes the above patches as well as few QoL features.
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7-Zip 25.00
There is also NanaZip which aims to be a more modern Windows application and I think also incorporates the additions of the 7zs fork https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip
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Rsync replaced with openrsync on macOS Sequoia
1: https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip
- WinRAR musste shady werden.
- WinRAR sold 5,449 licenses in a day
- Am I crazy, or does every linux distro just have all these compression algs included?
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my rarbg magnet backup (268k)
If you have Windows 10 or above, you should instead use NanaZip instead of 7-Zip-zstd. It is a massively improved fork of 7-Zip.
- 28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of VLC - A Comprehensive Exploration of a Multimedia Powerhouse
The first part of modernizing is port everything to XAML, adding dark mode and others. It's expected to be during this year, new UI in 2024. It's in their roadmap in GitHub
- NanaZip: The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
EarTrumpet
Posts with mentions or reviews of EarTrumpet.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-18.
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Eartrumpet: Hide other unused sources?
Others have asked this - https://github.com/File-New-Project/EarTrumpet/discussions/895
- Soda rants about Windows 11 not allowing you to move your taskbar
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Let's talk: name your favorite accessories that improved your PC/desk area.
Check out Ear Trumpet. You can basically replace the windows volume button in the task bar with it. Then it's 1 click and you've got per app sliders for volume control.
- Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
- Quels sont vos utilitaires indispensables ?
- Does the non-activated version of Windows 11 block changing of sound settings?
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Give me 3 softwares
EarTrumpet. A system tray utility for controlling the volume levels of every application.
- Fast way to switch audio inputs
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Managing resource files for an app
Others like EarTrumpet have a resource folder along with their project folders.
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My Disappointment Is Immeasurable And My Day Is Ruined
It's EarTrumpet
What are some alternatives?
When comparing NanaZip and EarTrumpet you can also consider the following projects:
7z - Because 7-zip source code was in a 7z archive [mirror]
SoundSwitch - C# application to switch default playing device. Download: https://soundswitch.aaflalo.me/
PeaZip - Free Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor. Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, Brotli, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, Zstandard.
Volume2 - Volume² - advanced Windows volume control.
7-Zip - 7-Zip source code repository
Microsoft-Store-UnInstaller - Install/Uninstall Microsoft Store