gnome-autoar ☆

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Description:
GNOME library for archive handling

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: gnome library archive gtk c

Install: brew install gnome-autoar

About:
gnome-autoar is a GNOME library that provides widgets and utilities for creating and extracting archives. It integrates archive handling capabilities directly into GTK applications, supporting various formats like ZIP and TAR. Its main value is simplifying complex archive operations into easy-to-use UI components for developers.

Key Features:

GTK widgets for archive selection and progress display
Support for multiple archive formats (libarchive backend)
Asynchronous operations to prevent UI freezing
Seamless integration with the GNOME ecosystem

Use Cases:

Adding archive extraction features to a GTK file manager
Building a GUI application that needs to create compressed backups
Implementing drag-and-drop archive handling in a desktop app

Alternatives:

libarchive – Lower-level C library; gnome-autoar wraps similar functionality with GTK-specific UI components.
File Roller – Standalone application; gnome-autoar is a library allowing developers to embed similar functionality into their own apps.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2025 10:42pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	89d0724e