file-roller
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Description:
GNOME archive manager
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 27, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Productivity
Tags: compression archives gnome file-manager utility
Install: brew install file-roller
About:
File Roller is the official archive manager for the GNOME desktop environment. It provides a simple graphical interface to create, modify, and extract compressed archives. It supports a wide variety of formats including ZIP, TAR, RAR, and 7-Zip, acting as a frontend to command-line tools.
Key Features:
  • Graphical interface for managing compressed files
  • Supports numerous formats (ZIP, TAR, RAR, 7z, etc.)
  • Integration with the GNOME desktop shell
  • Ability to convert between archive formats
Use Cases:
  • Extracting downloaded software packages or backups
  • Creating compressed archives for file sharing
  • Viewing contents of archives without extracting them
Alternatives:
  • KArchiver – The native archive manager for the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
  • The Unarchiver – A lightweight utility for macOS, similar to File Roller but focused on extraction.
Version History
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Dec 27, 2025 12:14pm 0 META 1c78cfa8
Sep 15, 2025 6:11am 0 VERSION_BUMP f1e43c1f
Sep 28, 2024 9:18pm 0 VERSION_BUMP aa747fba
Sep 13, 2024 6:28pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 5bd6cac5