{
 "id": "lha",
 "name": "LHA",
 "category": "archive",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "lzh",
   "lha"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/x-lzh-compressed"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/626"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q368782"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 2,
    "hex": "2d6c68",
    "notes": "LHA File Format"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "LHA File Format",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 2,
      "pattern": "2d6c68(30|31|34|35|36|37|64)2d"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "LHA is a freeware compression utility and associated file format. It was created in 1988 by Haruyasu Yoshizaki, and originally named LHarc.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "ALZip",
   "url": "https://www.altools.co.kr/download/alzip.aspx",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "B1 Free Archiver",
   "url": "http://www.b1.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "LHA",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96236880",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "libarchive",
   "url": "https://libarchive.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q215051",
   "url": "https://7-zip.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "WinRAR",
   "url": "https://www.rarlab.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "WinZip",
   "url": "https://www.winzip.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "license": "shareware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Zipeg",
   "url": "http://www.zipeg.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "BSD licenses",
   "open_source": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/LHA",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "Kaitai Struct: lzh",
   "url": "https://formats.kaitai.io/lzh/",
   "kind": "grammar",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/626",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/626",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q368782",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368782",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "ffw",
   "kaitai",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-24",
 "parsers": [
  {
   "engine": "kaitai",
   "url": "https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/archive/lzh.ksy",
   "license": "CC0-1.0"
  }
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}