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Kestrix Pack

The archive tool macOS should have shipped with.

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Kestrix Pack is a free archive tool for macOS built on the official 7-Zip command-line core (7zz). It extracts 24 formats including 7z, rar, zip, tar, and iso, plus tar.gz, tar.bz2, and tar.xz. Compress to 6 formats with AES-256 password protection. Three-language interface (English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese). Built-in file manager with sort, copy, move, rename. Native macOS Services integration for Finder right-click menu. Lightweight 4.6 MB download, Apple Silicon native.

PH · launched Oct 23, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 0 views

Niche: file and data compression tools · 100 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +75% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Workflow automation
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Commercial product
  • Mac
  • Productivity
  • Developer Tools

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a macOS GUI wrapped around the open-source 7-Zip CLI, so the work is mostly UI, packaging, and signing.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 143 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #82 of 144 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 303 days after the earliest competitor.

  • ZipGo - Unarchive RAR 7Z ZIP · ph · 2026-09-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • MacRAR · github · 2026-10-09 · 89 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • MacPacker · hn · 2026-08-11 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.48
  • QwikZip · ph · 2026-09-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • SmartPack · ph · 2026-09-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • Crate · ph · 2026-10-29 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.43
  • Zipgeist · ph · 2026-10-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
  • OtterZip · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41

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