PeaZip 11.4.0 continues the effort to strengthen security, with improved validation of input, extensive use of range check, removal of use of console for backend tasks.

Usability is also improved with enhanced auto-refresh for file browser, and ability to browse .lnk files destination dirs on Windows (Ctrl+P).

Backend are updated with Pea 1.34 and 7z/p7zip 26.04.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

A total of 243 file extensions are now supported as archives by PeaZip.

PeaZip 11.3.0 provides improved ZPAQ support, new test function for PEA archives, mandatory master password for the integrated Password Manager, and usability improvements as the new "Open with" picker screen (Shift+F12).

Backend are updated to 7z/p7zip 26.03 and Pea 1.33.

Due to multiple security fixes and improvements it is recommended to update to the new version.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

A total of 243 file extensions are now supported as archives by PeaZip.

PeaZip screenshot, on Linux with dark theme, browsing a .zip archive

PeaZip 11.2.0 is focused on multiple QOL improvements: functions picker (F12) searching supported functions and applying chosen function to selected items, improved keyboard shortcuts, drag and drop, and file manager's auto-refresh.

Backend are updated to 7z/p7zip 26.02 and Pea 1.32.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

A total of 243 file extensions are now supported as archives by PeaZip, with the addition of .ZIM files (Wikipedia and Project Gutenberg data dumps).

PeaZip 11.1.0 improves direct extraction from app's file manager, overhauling the "Extract to..." context menu group, with addition of last output path, and Bookmarks, Filesystem, and History submenus.

This release is focused on QOL enhancements and security fixes.

Backend are updated to 7z/p7zip 26.01, non-Windows alternative 7z/p7zip updated to Tino Reichardt's 7-Zip ZS 25.01, and Pea 1.31.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

PeaZip reaches major release 11.0.0, which consolidates the 10.x line evolution with bugfixes, code cleanup, and file / archive manager improvements.

The new release speeds up archive browsing, enhances Bookmarks and internal drag and drop (it is now possible to drag&drop items to Tabs and Breadcrumb bar), improves zoom and fractional scaling, supports alternative rendering styles for icons, adds new functions for batch archives testing and password entropy rating.

Backend are updated to 7z/p7zip 26.00 and Pea 1.30.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.2, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

In-app drag&drop from file manager to address breadcrumb, PeaZip running on Linux in dark mode, with Sharp rendering style selected.

PeaZip 10.9.0 introduces fixes and QOL updates to improve the overall user experience.

The file manager features new alternative context menus and keyboard shortcuts, customizable middle mouse button click action, improves reactivity, internal drag and drop, handling of rar files and multi volume archives, and overhauls Image viewer and Text viewer.

Backend are updated with Pea 1.29 providing renewed GUI interface for Pea and Unpea functions.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

Internal drag & drop, from file manager pane to navigation tree pane.

PeaZip 10.8.0 overhauls previewing items inside archives, enabling preview features for more archive formats (open with associated application or with custom apps), and also adding to all formats the option to preview items in archive with "File tools" functions (checksum / hash, meta-scan, hex and text preview, ...), and with the integrated image viewer.

Alongside many other updates and fixes the new release improves handling RAR and TAR archives.

Backed are updated with Pea 1.28 and Brotli 1.2.0.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

The integrated image viewer component, previewing a picture inside a ZIP archive.
The GUI is customized setting the Postmodern style from the Style "..." menu.

PeaZip 10.7.0 improves the handling of errors and the capability to preview items in archives.

This release also substantially improves the file manager: more capable dynamic virtual mode on macOS, ability to display image's thumbnails on all platforms, new option to show thumbnails on request, and new integrated text viewer and image viewer tools.

The source code was extensively refactored in order to improve readability and maintainability, with rational renaming of the main units, forms, and most notable variables, grouping related functions in sub-sections in largest units, and moving functions to specialized units whenever possible.

Backed are updated with Pea 1.27.

Sources are compiled with new Lazarus 4.2, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

PeaZip 10.6.1 is a minor update which brings bugfixes, updated translations, and extensive revision of binary components (executables, sfx, codecs) provided within the packages.

PeaZip 10.6.0 overhauls the file/archive browser introducing dynamic virtual mode, which improves performances when displaying a large number of items at once.

Archive pre-parsing is improved, show/hide hidden files is made easier, and Settings now features a search function.

Non-Windows builds can now automatically locate RAR binary (if available), and use alternative 7z fork to support Brotli, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5, Zstd additional codecs for .7Z format.

Backed are updated to 7z 25.01, Pea 1.26, and Zpaqfranz, which replaces Zpaq keeping full compatibility.

Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.2, and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

UPDATE 2025 08 09: Windows packages were repacked on the fly, and SHA256.txt updated accordingly

• Zpaqfranz 62.5 replaces 61.6 which triggered false positives on some AV
• some of the sfx modules for 7z and Arc were removed for the same reason
• PeaZip 32 bit (legacy packages) were stripped of all offending binaries

Improvements in speed to display the content of large archives due to optimizations introduced in 10.5 and 10.6 releases, benchmark on archives containing 25K items, 250K items, and 25K items in the same directory