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Crate · Office #55,620

See what's inside an archive before you unzip it

In the Moving, storing and recovering files neighborhood (Work and office). In town since 29 Oct 2026.

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What Tablif read on Crate's site

Crate describes itself as: “Crate See what's inside an archive before you unzip it”

What it is

Calls itself “archive utility”.

  • Calls itself: archive utility
“Free, open-source archive utility for macOS: browse, Quick Look, extract and create ZIP, 7z, RAR, TAR and more.”

Where it puts itself

Claims “macOS should have shipped with”. Rules out “no ads”.

  • Superlative claim: macOS should have shipped with
  • Says it will not: no ads
“Double-clicking a .zip in Finder dumps it into a folder and leaves you to clean up. Crate opens it in a window instead, like a folder”
“The free, open-source archive utility macOS should have shipped with.”

What it costs

A free tier, free forever. No monthly or yearly plan. No one-time option.

  • One-time: no
  • Monthly: no
  • Yearly: no
  • Commission: no
  • Free plan: free forever
“It's free and has no ads, accounts, telemetry or third-party dependencies”
“Free, open-source archive utility for macOS: browse, Quick Look, extract and create ZIP, 7z, RAR, TAR and more.”
“Free, open-source archive utility for macOS”

How it runs

A desktop app for macOS. Runs locally and works offline. Distributed through the Homebrew. Open source.

  • Kind: desktop
  • Runs on: macOS
  • Runs where: on the device, offline
  • Distributed via: Homebrew
  • Open source: yes
“Browse, Quick Look, extract and create ZIP, 7-Zip, RAR, TAR and more: in a native Mac app of about 3 MB.”
“Free, open-source archive utility for macOS: browse, Quick Look, extract and create ZIP, 7z, RAR, TAR and more.”

What it works with

Names 7-Zip, GitHub and 5 more on its pages.

  • Names: 7-Zip · GitHub · Homebrew · +4
“7-Zip”
“Crate”

What it offers as proof

Live, no waitlist. Try it without signing up. Publishes docs.

  • Trial asks for: nothing
“Download : get Crate-<version>.zip from the latest release , unzip it and move Crate.app to Applications.”
“…docs -> https://github.com/kleash/crate/tree/main/docs”

Sources

Tablif read these pages, last on 29 Oct 2026. Everything above is what the product says about itself; Tablif does not verify every claim.

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