There are multiple reasons: 1. it already supports more formats [1] than atool. 2. It's written in Python and easily extendable by anyone interested supporting

There are multiple reasons: 1. it already supports more formats [1] than atool. 2. It's written in Python and easily extendable by anyone interested supporting their own formats. [2] 3. It's probably faster because of hyperscan. 4. More reasons :) [3] [1]: https://unblob.org/formats/ https://unblob.org/formats/ [2]: https://unblob.org/development/#writing-handlers https://unblob.org/development/#writing-handlers [3]: https://unblob.org/#why-unblob https://unblob.org/#why-unblob