.CPIO File Overview

File Extension:	CPIO
File Type Description:	Unix CPIO Archive
File Type Developer:	Power Software Ltd
Primary Associated Software:	7-Zip
Primary Software Developer:	Igor Pavlov

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What is File Extension CPIO?

Unix CPIO Archive files are the most popular type of files to carry the CPIO file extension, originally developed by Open Source for PeaZip. Internal website statistics show that CPIO files are most popular with users in United States and those running the Windows 10 operating system. Generally, we have found that most of these people are Google Chrome users.

Associated Developers and Software

	PeaZip by Open Source
	Apache Commons Compress by Apache Software Foundation
	7-Zip by Igor Pavlov
	IZArc by Ivan Zahariev
	ditto by Interscape
	Zipeg by Leo Kuznetsov
	ZipZag by Open Source
	GNU Cpio by GNU Project
	Apple Archive Utility by Apple
	The Unarchiver by Dag Agren, Circlesoft
	Incredible Bee Archiver by Incredible Bee Ltd

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Top User Operating Systems


Windows 10	Windows 11	Windows 6	Windows 8.1

Associated Operating Systems

	Windows
	Android
	Linux
	Mac
	DOS

Other File Types Related to CPIO Files

Extension	File Type Developer	File Category	File Type Description
.ARC	Symantec Corporation	Backup Files	Norton Backup Archive
.JAR	Oracle Corporation	Compressed Files	Java Archive File
.R84	Eugene Roshal	Compressed Files	RAR Compressed Files From A Multi-Volume Archive
.XAR	Magix Software GmbH	Vector Image Files	Xara Xtreme Drawing
.PET	Larry Short, Mick Amadio and Puppy community	Compressed Files	Puppy Linux Install Package
.035.	bhv	Data Files	Winfunktion Mathematik V8.0 Julia Fractal File
.BZ2	Julian Seward	Compressed Files	Bzip2 Compressed File
.VHD	Microsoft Corporation	Developer Files	VHDL Source File
.E_E	Igor Pavlov	Executable Files	Renamed EXE File
.R86	Eugene Roshal	Compressed Files	RAR Compressed Files From A Multi-Volume Archive