dwarvenarchive 1.0.0

GTK4 archive manager. Pure Python3/GTK4. Fully X11 and Wayland native. Inspired by rox archive. Part of the DwarvenSuite.

DwarvenArchive

A fast, minimal GTK4 archive manager. Part of the DwarvenSuite.

Spiritual successor to ROX Archive. Same one-click workflow, pure GTK4, no legacy dependencies.

What it does

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.

Supported formats

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

Installation

pip install dwarvenarchive

On first launch, DwarvenArchive automatically installs its icon and desktop file. No manual setup required.

Usage

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 stdin

When 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.

Dependencies

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.

Part of DwarvenSuite

All tools follow the same philosophy: small, fast, correct, as few dependencies as possible!

Author

thedwarf -- gitdwarf

Support / Tip Jar

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License

GPL-2.0-or-later -- same as ROX Archive, whose workflow inspired this tool.