# Ark vs The Unarchiver

Source: https://listme.name/compare/ark-vs-the-unarchiver
Framed by the ranking: https://listme.name/best/file-archivers

| | Ark | The Unarchiver |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 80.5 | 83.0 |
| Rank | #6 | #5 |
| Price | Free and open source | Free |
| Best for | Linux users on the KDE Plasma desktop | Mac users who mainly open archives sent to them |
| Formats | gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7z | RAR, ZIP, 7z, TAR, RPM, DEB |

KDE's archive manager for Linux, which previews archive contents without extracting them. It supports gzip, bzip2, zip, rar and 7z, and it suits KDE Plasma users best. A free extractor for Mac that opens RAR and dozens of other formats, including RPM and DEB packages. It only extracts archives, so use Keka when you need to create them.