atool ☆
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Description:
Archival front-end
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.39.0@0  |  Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Productivity
Tags: compression archives file-management cli utility
Install: brew install atool
About:
Atool is a command-line utility that serves as a unified front-end for managing various archive formats. It automatically detects archive types and delegates operations to appropriate underlying tools like tar, gzip, zip, or rar. This simplifies file management by providing a single, consistent interface for extracting, creating, and listing compressed files.
Key Features:
  • Automatic format detection for archives
  • Unified command interface for multiple tools
  • Supports over 20 archive formats
  • Handles compression and decompression seamlessly
Use Cases:
  • Extracting various archive types without remembering specific tool syntax
  • Creating compressed backups across different formats
  • Listing contents of archives to verify files before extraction
Alternatives:
  • unar – Focuses on extraction of many formats but lacks creation capabilities.
  • File Roller – A graphical archive manager, not suitable for command-line automation.
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Bottles available for: all
Version History
Detected Version Rev Change Commit
Dec 23, 2024 5:17am 0 VERSION_BUMP a9f7fd28
Nov 20, 2022 10:04pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 390bd3b9
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