List of archive formats

This is a list of formats used by file archiver in archiving and data compression.

Archiving only

Compression only

Archiving and compression

Unknown

Package formats

Footnotes

(File extensions)—The file extensions may differ across platforms. The case of these extensions may differ on case-insensitve platforms.

(MIME type)—The content types may be conjectural.

(Official name)—The official names may be disputed.

(Platform)—Indicates the platform under which a format is most common. Most file formats can be understood by more than one platform.

Platforms

Unix-like—Systems such as Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc.

GNU/Linux—Common only on Linux.

Macintosh—The Apple Macintosh system, prior to Mac OS X, which is Unix-like.

Windows—Microsoft Windows, all 32-bit versions.

Amiga