Smart Archiver

Create, extract, and browse archives in VS Code — powered by a bundled native 7-Zip (WASM fallback) plus native zstd/lz4/brotli codecs. Works out of the box, nothing to install.

RAR and WinRAR are registered trademarks of RARLAB; this extension is not affiliated with or endorsed by RARLAB.

Renamed from smart-archive → ships as yjdyamv.smart-archiver: re-apply settings (now smart-archiver.*) and keybindings (command IDs now yjdyamv.smart-archiver.*).

Features

Compress to 7z, ZIP, RAR5, TAR, WIM, tar.gz/bz2/xz/zst/lz4/br/sz — extract 40+ formats (everything 7-Zip reads)
AES-256 encryption for 7z/zip/rar5 (header encryption, recovery records)
Archive browser — search, multi-select, add/delete/rename in place, preview, copy/paste
Multi-volume — RAR .r00/.partN, split 7z/zip .001
Big files — archives beyond 2 GiB
Secure — zip-slip, size-limit, and decompression-bomb protection
Smart exclude (skips node_modules, .git, …); GBK filename recovery for old CJK archives
Trilingual UI — English / 简体中文 / 繁體中文; right-click anywhere

Usage

Action	How
Compress	Right-click file(s)/folder(s) → `Smart Archiver: Compress` → format → optional password
Extract	Right-click archive → `Smart Archiver: Extract` → extracts to `<name>.extracted/`
Extract to…	Right-click archive → pick a folder (opt-in: `smart-archiver.extractTo.enabled`)
Browse	Right-click archive → `Smart Archiver: Browse Contents`, or double-click it

Browser keys: ↑↓/PgUp/PgDn/Home/End move · Space toggle · Enter extract · Delete remove · F2 rename · Ctrl+A select all · Ctrl+C copy · Esc clear.

License

Proprietary. See LICENSE.