Alcyone

Alcyone, a plain file archiver that supports the Zstandard (zstd) and DEFLATE (zlib) data compression algorithm; including a stripped-down implementation of libarchive from FreeBSD in an effort to integrate the UStar (Unix Standard TAR) format, introduced by the POSIX IEEE P1003.1 standard from 1988. Super minimal graphical user interface (GUI).

Stable release: Alcyone 1.16 (Jan 2, 2025)

Source code downloads:

Alcyone ZIP archive, 11334217 bytes
Alcyone gzip tarball, 9692689 bytes

Windows downloads:

Alcyone (x64) installer, 646066 bytes
Alcyone (x64) portable, 553274 bytes
Alcyone (x86) installer, 570742 bytes
Alcyone (x86) portable, 475870 bytes

Read the disclaimer before you download any files, see
https://www.grafmin.gr/pub/alcyone/readme.txt

For a detailed list of changes between releases, see
https://www.grafmin.gr/pub/alcyone/changelog.txt

For a list of SHA-256 hash values of files, see
https://www.grafmin.gr/pub/alcyone/SHA256.txt

Grafmin Index

The source code is best (ritually) viewed in monochrome, preferably with KCm.
You may use the software free of charge for your own personal pleasure.
The only requirement is that you do not talk about the software.