7-Zip
Feature-rich archiving software with top-tier compression in 7z, integration in Windows Shell, AES-256 encryption, and multi-format support, including TAR, ZIP, RAR. Offers strong file management tools and a command line version for Linux/Unix systems.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (LGPL-2.1)
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- ReactOS
Features
Properties
- Lightweight
- User friendly
- Security-focused
- Privacy focused
Features
- Ad-free
- File Archiving
- File Compression
- Portable
- AES Encryption
- Works Offline
Windows Explorer Extension- Shell integration
- Built-in File Manager
- Benchmark
- Context Menu extension
- No Tracking
- Installer extraction
- Support for Unicode
- No registration required
- Built-in viewer
- AES-256 Encryption
- Command line interface
- Computation and verification of hashes
- Multi-threaded architecture
- Supports tar files
- Support for UDF extension
- Encrypted Backup
- Supports RAR files
- Checksums verification
- MD5 signature
- Supports Zip files
- SHA512
Tags
- Encryption
- MD5
- md5-checksum
- sha3-256
- sha384
- md5sum
- decompression
- unpack
- Open VMDK files
- hfs
- file-utilities
- vhdx
- Archive Extractor
- Unrar
- squashfs
- archiver
- xar
- dmg
- File Encryption
- hash-calculator
- vhd
- ihex
- CPU benchmark
- cpio
- sha-384
- archive-manager
- arj
- Unzip
- lzma
- iso-unpacking
- 7z
- hash-checker
- lzh
- archive-extractors
- rpm
- apfs
- cab
- archive-managers
- archive-management
- archiving
- sha-512
- md5-generator
- vmdk
- cramfs
- vdi
- chm
- checksum
- 7-Zip
7-Zip News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about 7-Zip
Two major security vulnerabilities discovered in 7-Zip, affecting Windows users7-Zip users on Windows are urged to update their software after the disclosure of two “path travers...
- Maoholguin published news article about 7-Zip
7-Zip v25 adds faster compression, enhanced CPU support, & improved legacy format handling7-Zip version 25 brings notable improvements in compression speed and hardware support for Windows ...
- POX published news article about 7-Zip
7-Zip rolls out 24.05 version with enhanced unpacking abilities and speed optimizations7-Zip, a widely used cross-platform file archiver program, has rolled out its 24.05 version. The la...
Recent activities
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What is 7-Zip?
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. The main features of 7-Zip
- High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
- Supported formats:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
- Unpacking only: APFS, AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK, XAR and Z.
- For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
- Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- Self-extracting capability for 7z format
- Integration with Windows Shell
- Powerful File Manager
- Powerful command line version
- Plugin for FAR Manager
- Localizations for 87 languages
7-Zip is free software with open source. The most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code. Read 7-Zip License information.
7-Zip works in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2022 / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000.
7-Zip information
Developed by
Igor Pavlov Licensing
Open Source (LGPL-2.1) and Free product.Rating
Average rating of 4.6Alternatives
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Comments and Reviews
It handles dozens of formats (included RAR5), it got also a stable x64 version, and the compression time (or rate) improves with every release. I love it!
This was my Windows reaction, 5 stars. Now as a noob Linux Mint user I say that I'd really LOVE to see a GUI version for my new platform. :-/
To be clear, it can decompress RAR files, but not create them.
No recovery/parity. There needs to be improvements for long term archiving.
Simple & Easier to access
It's free and it's fast. What else do you need?
I'm a fairly new Windows user here. It might sound weird, but I absolutely love using 7-Zip, even with the knowledge that Windows has compression baked.
7-zip is a no frills application that is very light on system resources. The 7z format has a very high compression ratio, so there's no need to purchase a proprietary app like WinRAR. Oh, and on top of that, 7-zip uses unRAR to read RAR files.
I mean, it's open source, what else is there to it. I've been using 7-zip for years and it's never done me wrong.
Just one wish list item for me... please support dark mode. :-)
The only thing missing is a dark theme.
Simple and functional. There's no extra functionality and old weird interface like WinRar has( it's just weird, but neat :) ). Just puck/unpack. But the only annoying thing is a lack of shortcuts, like Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V especially.