PeaZip VS Cryptomator

Just saying that 7-Zip is great, both the compression (I use it for most of my data archival, because the higher compression ratio is worth the longer times to compress) and the software itself, pretty much what a good archival program on Windows should be like.

On other OSes, I guess I just use whatever is included with the distro, or something like PeaZip: https://peazip.github.io/

Curious to hear from RAR proponents.

How about just the blue horizontal bars with white text trend?

https://peazip.github.io/

https://www.izarc.org/

What prompted this standardization of look? Im seeing it all over now. The fact that I could find two archive utility websites, as example should speak to its ubiquity.

Good for them! Lately I have been enjoying PeaZip[1] since it supports all platforms and a lot of formats. It also has some good UI and helpful functions.

[1] https://peazip.github.io

PeaZip is available for macOS.

you need to unzip it, i recommend peazip, its free and fast. heres a link: https://peazip.github.io/

PeaZip is similar to 7-Zip but with a better UI (both are free and open source).

An example. Download about 500 mb big archive from https://database.lichess.org/ You will need PeaZip to extract https://peazip.github.io/ Load database in SCID https://scid.sourceforge.net/ Make basic opening moves Search > Current board Database > Export all filter games > export filter to PGN Give it opening name and save Open that just saved database Search > Header and set filter how you like it Database > Export all filter games > export filter to PGN Give it a name and save Now if you want only games with mate, filter it with Scid vs Pc Search > General > End of game > checkmate Tools > Export all filter games > export filter to pgn

the most advanced tool i know of is universal extractor for windows. Its Open Source and should run on Wine. You could also try PeaZip

the best way to do this is with https://cryptomator.org

Before putting anything on a cloud service I would recommend 3rd party tools, like Cryptomator, to encrypt folders and such, then upload to a cloud service.

I use Cryptomator - https://cryptomator.org

I've used countless encryption "schemes" over the years, from True/Vera-Crypt to encrypted sparse bundles/images, and none have ever really felt right.

These days i tend to use Cryptomator[0] instead. It accomplishes what none of the others could do, which is transparent encryption across devices.

With Cryptomator, i simply create a vault somewhere in the cloud, stuff data in it, and i can access it from my laptop, phone or tablet, and not think much about it. It integrates into the normal file browsing APIs, and doesn't get in the way.

Because it does "per file" encryption, it also doesn't need to download a 20-100MB chunk from the cloud before decrypting, so it's rather fast (depending on file size of course).

[0]: https://cryptomator.org/

Cryptomator's arguably the most popular encryption software for cloud storage (you can give yourself zero-knowledge encryption by using them) - it's actually what they specialize & focus on (cloud encryption). It's 100% open source and Free to use on computers. On phones I believe it's just a 1-time fee of a few bucks ($13-14, then you have it forever) - note: their iOS offering is still new, so may be a bit unpolished at the moment.

This is the solution: https://cryptomator.org/

Cryptomator. It is made for uploading files securely to cloud storage, but works locally, is easy to use, and completely free for your use case.