Crisper
RU

The archive you edit like a folder

Crisper packs files into a secure container and lets you work with it like an ordinary directory: add, delete, move and search — without repacking. Ten compression algorithms, AES encryption, splitting into parts.

Windows · macOS · Linux — version 1.0 · terminal 3.0.3

Features

Everything you expect from an archive — and what archives usually lack

Edit in place

Add files and folders to a finished container, delete, rename and move them — it is never rebuilt from scratch.

AES encryption

AES-128, AES-192 or AES-256 with a password. Without the password the contents can't be read.

Ten algorithms

ZSTD, Brotli, LZMA, BZIP2, GZIP, Deflate, LZ4, Lizard, Density and Snappy: denser for storage, faster for sharing.

Split into parts

A container is split into parts of a set size — for USB sticks, cloud storage and network transfer.

Search inside

Files are found by name across the whole container without unpacking, and search forgives typos.

Diagnostics

Integrity checks and index rebuilding with a detailed log: damage shows up at once.

Author details

Name, contacts, copyright and a description live in the container itself; copyright can be locked with its own password.

Lock editing

A finished container can be closed to further changes: it stays exactly as its author built it.

Screenshots

A file manager, not a window with an “Extract” button

A container opens as a directory tree: sizes, dates, search and actions in one panel. Files are dragged with the mouse; the interface speaks Russian and English.

Main window. The container tree with sizes and dates; on top — new container, add a file or folder, delete, create, search.
Search. A search field right in the toolbar: 2,094 .hpp files found in the container with one query.
Container settings. Path, compression algorithm, splitting into parts and password — before creating.
Creating. Progress, the current file and buffer memory use; the operation can be cancelled at any moment.
Compression and protection

Ten compression algorithms — for any job

The algorithm is chosen per container: pack quickly on the fly, balanced for everyday work, or as dense as possible for long-term storage. Already compressed data can be stored as is.

Fast

When time matters more than space: transfers, temporary copies, hot data.

LZ4SnappyDensityLizard

Balanced

Good compression at high speed — the default choice for most cases.

ZSTDDeflateGZIP

Dense

When every byte counts: long-term archives and slow links.

LZMABrotliBZIP2

Encryption is AES with a 128, 192 or 256-bit key. The password is set when the container is created; without it the contents can't be read.

Terminal

The same — from the command line

The console version is for servers, scripts and backups. The dan command does everything the app does: create and unpack a container, add, delete, move, search and check. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris — on x86_64 and ARM64.

# pack a folder: ZSTD, AES-256, all cores
dan -method INTRACT -name photos -src ./photos -dest ./box \
    -compress ZSTD -cipher AES256 -password "secret" -workers 0 -progress

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