{
 "id": "ace-2",
 "name": "ACE",
 "category": "archive",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "ace"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/x-ace-compressed"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/2076"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q138362012"
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "ACE Archive 2",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 7,
      "max_offset": 0,
      "pattern": "2a2a4143452a2a1414"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "ACE is a compressed archive format, originally developed by Marcel Lemke and later by e-merge GmbH. Some relevant software includes Ace (for DOS, OS/2 and Windows console, WinAce, Active ACE and ACE Compression. Version 2 of ACE introduced new compression schemes that are not supported by all ACE compression software.",
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/2076",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/2076",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q138362012",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138362012",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "version": "2",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "ALZip",
   "url": "https://www.altools.co.kr/download/alzip.aspx",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware",
   "via": "ace"
  },
  {
   "name": "Hachoir",
   "url": "http://hachoir.readthedocs.io/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "ace"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "ace"
  }
 ],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": [],
 "family": "ace"
}