Bandizip for Mac

Bandizip for macOS — At a glance

Bandizip is a compact, high-performance archiver built for macOS. It uses a speedy ZIP engine and can leverage multiple CPU cores to compress large files faster. The app aims to reduce file sizes quickly while keeping a small footprint on system resources.

What archive types you can create

• 7Z
• TGZ
• TAR
• Zip
• ZipX
• EXE

Archive types it can open

• ISO
• RAR
• And many other common compressed formats

How the interface works

The interface is straightforward and familiar to anyone who has used compression utilities. You can compress files by dragging them into the application window, and extract archives by dragging contents back out. Bandizip also ties into macOS (Finder integration), so you can compress or expand files without launching the full program.

Alternative option

ALZip (free) is a recommended alternative if you want another lightweight, no-cost compressor with a similar feature set.