7-Zip
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
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What is 7-Zip?
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
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: 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, VMDK, WIM, 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 works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.
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: 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, VMDK, WIM, 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 works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.
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Summary
Our users have written 78 comments and reviews about 7-Zip, and it has gotten 4297 likes
- Developed by Igor Pavlov
- Open Source and Free product.
- Average rating of 4.3
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View all7-Zip was added to AlternativeTo by Stuck on Oct 15, 2008 and this page was last updated Sep 14, 2021. 7-Zip is sometimes referred to as 7zip.
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!
Much better than standard Zip for compression. If you compress plain text files such as HTML use the PPMd method rather than standard LZMA, which is better suited to other file types.
No recovery/parity. There needs to be improvements for long term archiving.
7-Zip is a very versatile application. It supports many compressed archive formats. 7-Zip also reads many disk images formats:
_ ISO images for CD/DVD.
_ Windows Image files (WIM), used in bootable CDs/DVDs/USB pendrives.
_ image files (IMG) of old floppy disks!
The only drawback of 7-Zip is the addition of new files to an existent archive. This operation is possibile, but it is not straighforward. I need to open the 7-zip file manager, selecting the folder containing the new files to be added, clicking "Add", inserting the path and name of existing archive file in the dialog box, and then confirming.
It's such a good compression file app
free
I like 7-Zip because it's extremely lightweight and useful. It's better than WinRAR and other proprietary software.