Scripting software & tools

The editors, IDEs, runtimes, and utilities that pair well with the scripts on this site — curated, not hosted. Each link goes to the official source.

🗜️ Archive & File Utilities

The standard free, open-source file archiver with a very high compression ratio.

Fast, free archive manager with a clean modern interface.

Free folder comparison and synchronization tool, great for scripted backups.

Modern 7-Zip fork designed for Windows 11, with shell integration.

Free, open-source archive manager supporting a huge range of formats.

Fast file-copy utility with pause/resume, useful in scripted file operations.

Long-standing commercial archive manager supporting RAR and many other formats.

One of the original commercial Windows archive managers.