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2.0.0Current29 September 2026
Browse and extract individual files, import supported disk images, and preserve more source media.
Windows
Windows 10 or later, 64-bit.
A guided, per-machine install with Start Menu shortcuts and the user guide beside the program.
archivehive-2.0.0-windows-x64-setup.exe9d0e4207591fade6987dbf4fe62479a801123eee88baf247adba32ee7001ae6a- Portable zip60 MB
The same programs, unpacked wherever you like. Nothing is installed.
archivehive-2.0.0-windows-x64.zip531ce2c3c768afe503a82c095bcc423983a8b754e75f0b5bd212a023ffdb2731
Verify before running: Get-FileHash <file> -Algorithm SHA256 in PowerShell, and compare with the value above. Signed by Steeltype LLC, so Windows names the publisher before anything runs.
macOS
macOS 13 or later on Apple silicon.
ArchiveHive.app with the command-line tool inside. Drag it to Applications.
archivehive-2.0.0-macos-arm64.dmg4e50db1b777c05f6a4bc331dd49508230c84bc22377f89f98226986826be25d6- Command-line tool1.8 MB
The bare archivehive-cli with its documentation, for scripts and headless Macs.
archivehive-2.0.0-macos-arm64-cli.tar.gzd7084c4198f3793c7692341ffff4e57c64203df846ef784e0ccb48b300abc092
Verify before running: shasum -a 256 <file> in Terminal, and compare with the value above. Developer ID-signed and notarized by Apple, so Gatekeeper confirms the publisher and that the download has not been altered.
What changed
- Browse archives and recover selected files or folders in both native apps and the command line. Capture-time catalogs support library search.
- Individual-file readers cover FAT12/16/32, exFAT, bounded NTFS, classic HFS, HFS+ and ext2/3/4. APFS is detected but cannot yet be extracted.
- Import supported E01, fixed or dynamic VHD, and standalone VHDX images from the command line. Differencing images and active VHDX logs remain unsupported.
- Capture readable data sectors from optical and floppy sources. Audio tracks, subchannels and floppy flux are outside this support.
- Optional allocation-priority rescue reads allocated extents first, then sweeps remaining space. Windows can capture NTFS volumes through per-volume VSS snapshots.
- Preservation records, portable copy history, recovery-dependency notes and BagIt exports help document and hand off an archive.
- New captures use a 2.x licence. Reading, verifying, repairing, extracting and resuming existing captures remain free. ArchiveHive 2.0 continues to read earlier archives.
Staying current
ArchiveHive never checks for updates on its own. When you ask it to — from Licence and updates in the application, or with archivehive-cli check-updates — it reads one small file from this site that names the current version and tells you whether a newer one exists. Nothing is downloaded or installed for you. Choosing the moment to change a tool that runs against failing hardware belongs to the person doing the work.
Archive compatibility promise
ArchiveHive 2.0 continues to read, verify, mount, extract, and repair archives created by earlier ArchiveHive releases. New releases may add optional metadata, but they will not make an existing archive unreadable or silently rewrite it into an incompatible format.
If an incompatible archive-format change is ever necessary, it will use a new, explicit schema and will be called out before release. Existing archives will remain readable. Every archive also carries plain-text recovery instructions and copies of the published format specifications, so recovering the data does not depend on ArchiveHive remaining available.
Questions
See Support, or the product overview.