Archivator for Mac
Menu bar archive utility for compressing and extracting files by dragging them onto a dial.
By davidpraznik. Free and open source, MIT licence.
Archivator at a glance
- Version
- 1.3.1
- Released
- 29 October 2026
- Download size
- 760 KB
- Works on
- Apple silicon and Intel
- Licence
- MIT
- Category
- Utilities
- Developer
- davidpraznik
- GitHub stars
- 12
About Archivator
macOS menu bar archive tool. Hold Option while dragging files to open the wheel.
Screenshots

How to install Archivator on a Mac
- Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
- Search for Archivator and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.3.1 from davidpraznik's own GitHub release.
- Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.
Updates to Archivator show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.
Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Archivator-1.3.1.zip (760 KB).
What is new in Archivator 1.3.1
## What's changed - **Settings window.** The window is wider, so the Level control no longer overflows and the content has equal margins on both sides.
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