Crate
See what's inside an archive before you unzip it
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Crate opens zip, 7z, rar and tar archives in a window like a Finder folder, so you can preview files with Space and drag out only the ones you need. It also opensdocx,epub,apk and other files that are zips underneath. Free and open source, about 3 MB.
PH · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 22%) · 0 views
Niche: file and data compression tools · 100 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Mac
- Open Source
- GitHub
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More like this: all 100 launches in file and data compression tools →
Could you build this?
Yes A macOS archive previewer is a native Finder-like window over archive libraries such as libarchive. Vibe coding in Swift can build the UI, Quick Look preview, and drag-out behavior.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 400 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #70 of 401 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 354 days after the earliest competitor.
- Zipgeist · ph · 2026-10-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.70
- ZipTool · ph · 2026-10-06 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- hatchzip · github · 2026-10-21 · 1901 upvotes · similarity 0.59
- OtterZip · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- MacRAR · github · 2026-10-09 · 89 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- trunc · ph · 2026-10-15 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- LinkUnzip · ph · 2026-10-18 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- QwikZip · ph · 2026-09-20 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.53
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