StuffIt File Formats
 Why the StuffIt format?
There are many tools available for compression but only the StuffIt format provides all of these benefits:
- Lossless compression of single or multiple files.
- Variable compression ratios to maximize compression or speed.
- Greater compression than zip on standard compression tests.
- Unicode and two-byte language support to assure broad international support.
- FREE Expander "client" for Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris with a large installed base on Mac and Windows. Aladdin's StuffIt Expander is freeware not shareware like many of its competitors.
- Self-extracting archives for either Windows or Macintosh.
StuffIt Supports the following File Formats
| Format |
Mac |
Windows |
Linux |
Solaris |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Legend: c=create x=expand m=mount |
| AppleSingle |
c,x |
x |
x |
x |
| Arc |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Arj |
|
x |
x |
x |
| Binhex |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| BtoAText |
c,x |
x |
x |
x |
| Bzip2 |
c,x |
c,x |
x |
x |
| CAB |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| CompactPro |
x |
|
|
|
| [Unix] Compress |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| Gzip |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| Lha |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| MacBinary |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| MIME |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| PrivateFile |
x |
x |
c,x |
c,x |
| RAR |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Self-extracting Mac archives |
c |
x |
c |
c |
| Self-extracting Windows archives |
c |
c |
c |
c |
| [StuffIt] Segments |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| Shrinkwrap & DiskCopy images |
m |
|
|
|
| StuffIt |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| Tar |
c,x |
c,x |
x |
x |
| UU |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
| yEnc |
x |
x |
x |
x |
| Zip |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
c,x |
|
