---
name: "gba3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gambas3-dev-tools"
version: "3.22.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gba3"
---

# gba3(1)

GAMBAS Archiver

## NAME

gba3 - GAMBAS Archiver

## SYNOPSIS

**gba3** \[options\] \[\<project directory\>\]\
 **gba3** -x \<archive path\> \<file\>

## DESCRIPTION

Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, a mix of Java(tm) and Visual Basic(tm). With Gambas, you can quickly design your program GUI with Qt or GTK+, access database systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQlite or ODBC databases, pilot applications with DBus, translate your program into many languages, create GStreamer, OpenGL or SDL applications, and so on...

**gba3** is the archiver that allows you to create a standalone one-file executable from a Gambas project or extract a specific file from a Gambas executable (-x option).

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  display help and exit

- **-i, --ignore=PATH**

  exclude a specific file or directory

- **-l, --list=ARCHIVE**

  list archive files

- **-L, --license**

  display license

- **-o, --output=ARCHIVE**

  archive path \[\<project directory\>/\<project name\>.gambas\]

- **-p, --ignore-public**

  exclude the '.public' directory

- **-s, --swap**

  swap endianness

- **-x, --extract=ARCHIVE**

  archive path

- **-v, --verbose**

  verbose output

- **-V, --version**

  display version

## AVAILABILITY

The Gambas website is at: **https://gambaswiki.org/website/**

The Gambas source code is available at: **https://gitlab.com/gambas/gambas/**

The documentation about the language is at: **https://gambaswiki.org/wiki**

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to **http://gambaswiki.org/bugtracker**

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright© Benoît Minisini \<benoit.minisini@gambas-basic.org\>;

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.