A fast, minimal GTK4 archive manager. Part of the DwarvenSuite.
Spiritual successor to ROX Archive. Same one-click workflow, pure GTK4, no legacy dependencies.
Pass DwarvenArchive a file or folder -- it opens, you pick a destination and format, click Save. Done. Pass it an archive -- pick a destination, click Save. Done. No second dialog. No hunting through menus. One window, one click.
Works via right-click in any file manager that supports Open With or custom actions.
Create archives (from a folder or file): ZIP (password), Tar+gzip, Tar+bzip2, Tar+xz, Tar+lzma, Tar, 7-Zip (password), JAR (password), LHA
Compress single files: gzip, bzip2, xz, lzma, UUencode
Extract: ZIP, TGZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.Z, TLZ, TXZ, RAR, ACE, TAR, RPM, CPIO, DEB, JAR, LHA, 7Z
Password-protected extraction: ZIP, JAR, 7Z
pip install dwarvenarchiveOn first launch, DwarvenArchive automatically installs its icon and desktop file. No manual setup required.
dwarvenarchive /path/to/folder # Archive a directory
dwarvenarchive /path/to/file.txt # Archive a file
dwarvenarchive /path/to/archive.tgz # Extract an archive
dwarvenarchive - # Read from stdinWhen launched with a directory -- presents archive creation dialog. When launched with a file -- presents extraction or compression dialog depending on type. When launched with no arguments -- shows usage info.
Required: Python 3.9+, GTK 4.0, PyGObject (python3-gi)
Optional (enables additional formats): gzip, bzip2, xz, lzma, tar (usually pre-installed), zip/unzip, 7z (p7zip-full), unrar, unace, lha (lhasa), rpm2cpio
DwarvenArchive gracefully handles missing tools -- formats requiring unavailable tools simply don't appear in the format list.
All tools follow the same philosophy: small, fast, correct, as few dependencies as possible!
thedwarf -- gitdwarf
If you find DwarvenArchive useful, you can support the project:
GPL-2.0-or-later -- same as ROX Archive, whose workflow inspired this tool.