7zipper-frontend

Independent desktop GUI frontend for local 7-Zip, built with PySide6.

Features

• Drag and drop workflow for files and folders
• Archive formats: .7z and .zip
• Compression level selection
• Split archives (volume mode)
• Password-protected archives
• Add files to an existing archive
• SHA-256 checksum create/verify
• Live status metrics (CPU, RAM, disk, elapsed time)

Screenshots

Requirements

• Windows
• Python 3.11+ (tested with Python 3.13)
• Local 7-Zip installation (7z.exe)
• Python dependencies from requirements.txt

Installation

python -m pip install -r requirements.txt

Run (Development)

python main.py

Build (PyInstaller)

python -m PyInstaller --noconfirm main.spec

Output executable:

dist/7zipper.exe

Testing

pytest -q
ruff check .

Legal Notice (7-Zip)

This application is an independent GUI frontend for 7-Zip.
It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the 7-Zip project.
It requires a local 7-Zip installation and uses the locally installed 7-Zip executable.

7-Zip license and source:

• https://www.7-zip.org/
• https://www.7-zip.org/license.txt

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE.