atool ☆

« Back to VersTracker

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