PeaZip 10.5.0 brings a major update in the file manager; boosting archive browsing perfomances; improving archive editing; adding new functions to prevent running a custom list of file extensions without confirmation; and to hide or show hidden files.$$$$$$On macOS all file browser styles and icon sizes are now available as on other platforms.$$$$$$On Windows it is now possible to explore NTFS Alternate Data Streams to gather additional information on files; including a dedicated tools to batch scan the input for Zone.Identifier (Mark of The Web) to detect files coming from remote systems.$$$$$$Sources are compiled with Lazarus 4.x; and are still compatible with Lazarus 3.x and 2.x.

10.4.0 release is focused on fixes; smarter error handling; and providing overall smoother user experience.$$$The app now automatically adapt icons and accent colors to Light / Dark mode.$$$New v.6 Themes better integrate apps look&feel with different systems styles and color schemes.$$$Backend were updated to Pea 1.24 and Zstd 1.5.7.

PeaZip 10.3.0 improves various archive managing functions; as handling archives containing errors; automatic browsing of compressed TAR archives; displaying task progress; saving reports; and context menu integration in Gnome and KDE.$$$The new Style submenu allows to customize the look&feel of apps file/archive manager with a single click choosing between 4 pre-set layouts (Minimal; Classic; Modern; Postmodern).

PeaZip 10.2.0 enhances detection of issues in archives; improves displaying archive comments; and adds GUI support for Brotli and Zstandard maximum compression settings.$$$$$$7z is updated to 24.09; and PEA to 1.22 which introduces hybrid KDF mode; employing both PBKDF2 and Scrypt to increase resiliency against dictionary and brute force password-recovery attacks.$$$On Linux systems Qt6 packages replace Qt5 ones; and Flatpak is now built for Wayland; with X11 fallback.$$$PeaZip built on Qt6; Tux theme; Gnome-styled breadcrumb

PeaZip 10.1.0 provides fixes; updates compression pre-sets; improves the breadcrumb and the navigation side bar; and updates Themes and icons supporting alpha transparency.$$$Pea 1.21 backend now supports scrypt KDF to improve resilience to password guessing attacks; increasing memory cost up to 1GB per instance.

PeaZip 10.0.0 provides a revamped GUI engine; updates menus; compression pre-sets (TAR.GZ; TAR.XZ; TAR.ZST); and Themes.$$$File tools menu can now directly save save checksum/hash reports in a format compatible with GNU Coreutils; and allows to search hash values online - i.e. for matching with known values; for detection of know malware; etc.$$$Backends are updated to 7z 24.08; and Pea 1.20.$$$$$$10 win dark largeicons archive$$$PeaZip running on Windows; dark mode; showing large icons

PeaZip 9.9.1 Latest$$$ 9.9.1$$$PeaZip 9.9.1 is a minor update; mainly meant to check and update the GitHub repository; providing up to date translations and some fixes.$$$$$$PeaZip 9.9.x introduces internal drag and drop extraction; from file browser to any folder in left sidebar (which displays Bookmarks; History; and filesystem treeview). File browser is improved (better UAC elevation; and password testing); archive/extraction progress windows is revamped; and quick archive extraction link is now available on the right of the toolbar.

PeaZip 9.9.0 Latest$$$$$$PeaZip 9.9.0 completes the evolution of 9.x line and sets the starting point for the upcoming 10.x releases; adding internal drag and drop extraction; from file browser to any folder in left sidebar - which shows Bookmarks; History; and filesystem treeview.$$$$$$File browser is improved (better UAC elevation; and password testing); archive/extraction progress windows is revamped; and quick archive extraction link is now available on the right of the toolbar.

PeaZip 9.8.0 brings new Themes; improved flat mode (optionally display all archives content at once); and adds the ability to directly extract all or selected items to any path in bookmarks; history or breadcrumb without further confirmation.$$$$$$Direct extraction is implemented in Extract to group of apps context menu; and it is also available in as command line switches for scripts and for system integration (context menus; SendTo items; .desktop files; Automator scripts).

PeaZip 9.6.0 introduces Profiles to separately store all configuration data (including preferences; bookmarks; custom apps; password manager; etc) for different users; or for different purposes; or to easily export the profile to another machine.$$$The application comes with enhanced GUI - with new optional compact sidebar; better smart sorting; new tab styles - and many under the hood improvements as improved extraction; and better handling of ARC files; and of archives containing errors in TOC.$$$This release also improves the ability to self-check the integrity of its binaries; including also libraries (.dll; .so; etc) and sfx modules.

PeaZip 9.6.0 introduces Profiles to separately store all configuration data (including preferences; bookmarks; custom apps; password manager; etc) for different users; or for different purposes; or to easily export the profile to another machine.$$$The application comes with enhanced GUI - with new optional compact sidebar; better smart sorting; new tab styles - and many under the hood improvements as improved extraction; and better handling of ARC files; and of archives containing errors in TOC.$$$This release also improves the ability to self-check the integrity of its binaries; including also libraries (.dll; .so; etc) and sfx modules.

PeaZip 9.4.0 introduces support for adding; editing; and removing archive-level comments in RAR and ZIP/ZIPX files; interactively (Alt+M) and from batch scripts; on single or multiple archives at once even of mixed types.$$$$$$It is now possible to directly add files and folders to archives in Brotli; BZip2; GZip; TAR; WIM; XZ; Zstd; and Zpaq formats (from command line; Automator scripts; .desktop files; and context menu items); and it was updated the (peazip)/res/share/batch folder containing scripting and system integration examples.$$$$$$A total of 234 file extensions can now be opened as archives by PeaZip; with the addition of Apple iWork file formats.

PeaZip 9.3.0 improves the archive / file manager; adding the ability to display file-level comments in archives; and showing if current archive type can be edited.$$$Free space is now checked before archiving and extraction tasks.$$$It is now possible to manually set the Rar or equivalent binary for RAR creation; to improve support for that function on Wine and other non-Windows based alternatives.$$$7z backend is updated to 23.01; and Pea to 1.13 release.$$$Themes are improved with new Contrast setting and being now able to customize icons for archive types.

PeaZip 9.2.0 improves the GUI with more customization options for address bar and tab bar; and re-organizes support section; with easier access to online resources; documentation; issue tracker; and to settings relevant to privacy and security.$$$Under the hood the support for editing non-canonical archive types was improved; and it is now possible to try different methods to manage unsupported file types.$$$On Windows; McMilk codecs and sfx modules were updated; to support extra compression methods for .7z format (Brotli; FLZMA2; Lizard; Zstandard...); and on all platforms it is now possible to set an alias for 7z / p7zip backend to easily switch between alternative binaries.

PeaZip 9.0.0 completes the GUI evolution of 8.x line; both with look&feel updates and with under the hood improvements; making the application easier to customize and adapt to different needs and environments.$$$Plugin are now simpler to install; support for PAQ and ZPAQ formats support is improved; more options are available for 7z/p7zip backend; and the application can now extract compressed TAR archives in a single step.$$$A total of 230 file extensions can now be opened as archives by PeaZip; with the addition of .pmdx; .pmvx; .tmdx; and .prdx SoftMaker Office files.

PeaZip 8.9.0 release completes the progress towards the upcoming 9.x line; with many updates both for the UI and under the hood.$$$Amongst the many improvements; a progress bar is now visible when opening archives; and theming engine was updated to make the application easier to integrate with different desktop environments.$$$The archive creation / extraction menu was revamped to make easier to add bookmarked or previously visited files and folders; and a new Add to separate archives entry is available in apps context menu.$$$Updated backends: Pea 1.10.

2022 08 20$$$8.8.0$$$BACKEND$$$(Linux; Windows) 7z 22.01$$$Pea 1.09$$$$$$CODE$$$Various fixes and improvements$$$$$$FILE MANAGER$$$Improved GUI for more flexibility to better adapt to multiple environments with different visual styles$$$New theming options; in Options > Settings; Theme tab$$$Address bar; tool bar; and tab bar can now be separately set to be highlighted in window color; button color; or accent color (with more shades available for the tool bar);$$$Tool bar buttons can now be centered or aligned to left;$$$Address bar can now be displayed as solid bar or blended with file browser area;$$$Tab bars are now available in 3 alternative styles: left aligned tabs; centered buttons; or links;$$$Small icon size can be changed 16 px to 32 px to match the default size on different platforms;$$$ Re-built themes to use new theming options$$$New Tuxedo theme replaces Minimal theme$$$... Style button improved$$$New switch to show/hide main menu;$$$New switches to quickly toggle large (32 px); medium (24 px); and small tool bar size (16 px; or as defined for small icon size); and to highlight buttons;$$$The Style button now becomes automatically visible in address bar if tool bar is hidden$$$Organize group in main menu is now more consistent with Style menu options$$$Task progress window redesigned to be simpler and easier to read$$$$$$EXTRACTION and ARCHIVING$$$Added option to test archive after creation; for formats supporting test routine; in Options > Settings; Archive manager tab$$$by default test after archiving blocks the task sequence only in case errors are detected$$$Added timestamp precision option in Archiving screen; Advanced tab; applies to ZIP and TAR/pax formats$$$Added option to set TAR standard (gnu or pax; default gnu) from Archiving screen; Advanced tab$$$pax allows to customize timestamp precision$$$pax allows to store creation timestamp and accessed timestamp if Store all timestamp option is set from Options > Settings > Archive manager tab$$$(Linux; TAR) Added options to save owner/group ids and names; available in Archiving screen; Advanced tab$$$(Windows) Added option to propagate Zone.Identifier stream to files extracted through 7z backed; default on; available in Extraction screen; Advanced tab$$$Zpaq absolute paths option set to on by default for non-Windows system; off for Windows systems$$$$$$INSTALLERS$$$(macOS) fixed dependency issues with Zstd on x86_64 package