Engrampa

What Engrampa is

Engrampa is the official archive manager included with the MATE desktop environment. It provides a graphical interface to tools such as tar and zip, letting Linux users create, modify, and extract archives. You can browse archive contents and open files stored inside them. Supported formats span 7z, ACE, ARJ, CAB, CPIO, DEB, EPUB, ISO, JAR, RAR, RPM, TAR variants, ZIP, and many other compression, package, disk-image, and comic-book formats. Engrampa can handle encrypted archives and split archives, and it offers command-line options for adding files or extracting them to a selected directory or an archive-named folder. The project is a fork of File Roller and is open source under a free plan. Linux is the listed platform; MATE is available through official repositories for distributions including Debian, Fedora, Arch Linux, and Ubuntu. The project page links to source code, dependencies, and bug tracking, and documents source builds using Meson-related files or an autogen.sh and make process.

Who it suits

Engrampa suits Linux users, particularly those using the MATE desktop, who need broad archive-format support and graphical or command-line operations.

Limits

The Engrampa plan is free. Its listed platform is Linux, and the application is included in the MATE desktop environment.

Getting started

1. Open the Engrampa page on the MATE website
2. Install it from your Linux distribution's official repository
3. Launch Engrampa from the MATE desktop applications
4. Open an archive or choose an archive operation
5. Use the graphical interface or command-line options

Verdict

Engrampa combines MATE integration with extensive archive-format coverage, encryption, split archives, and command-line controls. It is a focused Linux archive manager rather than a cross-platform tool.