ArcX is a modern, fast, open-source archive manager and file browser for Android. Built with Jetpack Compose and Material Design 3, ArcX integrates libarchive via Android NDK for high-performance compression and extraction across multiple archive formats.
- Broad Format Support:
- Extract: ZIP, 7Z, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.XZ, TAR.BZ2
- Create: ZIP (ZipCrypto, AES-256), 7Z, TAR
- Password Protection & Security: Support for password-protected archives with AES-256 and ZipCrypto encryption methods.
- Background Operations: Large compression and extraction tasks run reliably in the background using Android WorkManager with persistent foreground progress notifications.
- Modern Material You UI: Full Jetpack Compose interface supporting dynamic colors (Android 12+), dark and light themes, and smooth animations.
- Full File Manager: File navigation, multi-select batch operations, details viewer, file renaming, deletion, and quick folder navigation.
- Customizable Preferences: Configure default extraction locations, compression defaults, overwrite rules, dynamic theme behavior, and notification alerts.
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Get the latest APK from the GitHub Releases page.
- Android Studio Ladybug or newer
- JDK 17
- Android SDK (API 35, Min SDK 24)
- Android NDK (26.1.10909125)
- CMake 3.22.1
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/m5dev/arcx.git cd arcx - Build debug APK:
./gradlew assembleDebug
- Run unit tests:
./gradlew test - Build release APK:
./gradlew assembleRelease
Contributions are welcome!
- Fork the repository.
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature). - Commit your changes following standard commit message conventions.
- Push to your branch and submit a Pull Request.
Please check the issue templates under .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE when reporting bugs or requesting new features.
ArcX is open-source software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL v3).