STARKIVE ARCHIVE · 01
Archive Studio is the heart of Starkive: lock a file or folder with a password, or seal it in a Starkive Certified container that emails you the moment it's opened. It reads 13 archive formats, so it's the only unzip tool you need too.
Q3_Board_Deck.ssz
★ VEGA · STARKIVE CERTIFIED
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Vega opened Q3_Board_Deck.ssz · 14:32 UTC · 1 open
WHAT IT DOES
Seal a file as a Starkive Certified (.ssz) container and get an email the moment someone opens it, with the time and open count.
Every open of a Certified file generates a timestamped PDF certificate you can keep as proof of delivery.
Extract ZIP, 7z, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, LZIP, and comic archives (.cbz/.cbr). One tool for everything you receive.
Create a Starkive Certified container, an age file, or an OpenPGP file, all AES-256. Or a password ZIP for maximum compatibility.
Browse inside an archive and pull out a single file without unpacking the whole thing.
Before you seal a file, Starkive can flag passwords, API keys, and card numbers it finds inside, all locally.
Starkive Certified, age, and OpenPGP use AES-256. A password ZIP uses legacy ZipCrypto so it opens in Windows Explorer, weaker, so reach for Certified, age, or PGP when strength matters. 7z, TAR, GZIP, and BZIP2 are compression only, no password.
Starkive reads and extracts these but won't create new ones. RAR is extract-only; Starkive never recreates the proprietary RAR format. See every format and how it works →
HOW CERTIFIED WORKS · A Certified .ssz file is a custom container, not a renamed ZIP. Its AES-256 payload is unreadable without the password, and an embedded SHA-256 hash makes it tamper-evident, a recipient can tell if it was altered. Open tracking works because each file carries a token that pings our server on open; we log only that event, never your file's contents. Read the published .ssz spec →
PART OF STARKIVE
Archive Studio comes bundled with the rest of Starkive. Free to try, unlock everything once.