hatchzip
Extract huge archives without needing double the disk space. Free and open source, for Windows, macOS and Linux.
hatchzip launched on 21 October 2026. It ranked #128 on Daily Launch on 30 October 2026 with a Launch Score of 13, from +46 stars today on GitHub. It was new in the ranking that day.
What is hatchzip?
A 180 GB game download that unpacks to 200 GB needs 380 GB of disk with WinRAR, 7-Zip or unzip, because the archive and everything extracted from it have to exist at the same time. HatchZip needs a little over 200 GB. It extracts the archive from the end and cuts each finished part off the archive file as it goes, so the space the archive gives back is reused for the next files.
From its README on GitHub
hatchzip is a repo by xevrion on GitHub. It is written in Rust and released under the Apache-2.0 license.
How to get hatchzip
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xevrion/hatchzip/main/install.sh | shFrom its README on GitHub
More steps and the source are in its repository on GitHub.
Screenshot of hatchzip.dev
In its own words
Extract huge archives in place: the archive shrinks as your files hatch, so you only need room for the output. ZIP, 7z, tar, split archives.
From its GitHub repository
HatchZip is a free, open-source archive extractor for Windows, macOS and Linux that extracts ZIP, 7z, RAR, tar and split archives in place, so it needs free space for the extracted files only. Desktop app and CLI.
From its GitHub repository