The Best Free WinZip AlternativesTop File Archivers & File Compressors like WinZip

The best free alternative to WinZip is 7-Zip, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to WinZip and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to WinZip are PeaZip, WinRAR, NanaZip and Bandizip.

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  1. 7-Zip icon

    7-Zip

     4756 likes

    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.

    111 7-Zip alternatives

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    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
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    Comments about 7-Zip as an Alternative to WinZip
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    7-Zip is highly efficient, open source archiver.

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    • Almost everyone thinks 7-Zip is a great WinZip alternative.

    • 7-Zip is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to WinZip.

    • 7-Zip is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to WinZip.

    • 7-Zip is Free and Open SourceWinZip is Paid and Proprietary
    • 7-Zip is Lightweight, Security-focused and Privacy focusedWinZip is not according to our users
  2. PeaZip icon

    PeaZip

     655 likes

    PeaZip is free file archiver utility, based on Open Source technologies of 7-Zip, p7zip, FreeArc, PAQ, and PEA projects, for Linux, macOS and Windows.

    97 PeaZip alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about PeaZip as an Alternative to WinZip
    Guest
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    Has all features of 7zip and most of features of WinRAR. And it has a GUI.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PeaZip is a great WinZip alternative.

    • PeaZip is Free and Open SourceWinZip is Paid and Proprietary
    • PeaZip is Lightweight and Privacy focusedWinZip is not according to our users
  4. WinRAR icon

    WinRAR

     1164 likes

    Powerful file compression and archiving tool supporting numerous formats. Offers secure file transfer, efficient storage, cross-platform compatibility, and multi-language support.

    97 WinRAR alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • ReactOS
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    • Most users think WinRAR is a great WinZip alternative.

    • WinRAR is the most popular Android alternative to WinZip.

    • WinRAR is Freemium and ProprietaryWinZip is Paid and Proprietary
    • WinRAR is Lightweight and Privacy focusedWinZip is not according to our users
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  7. Bandizip icon

    Bandizip

     171 likes

    Bandizip is a powerful archiver which provides an ultrafast processing speed and convenient features. Available free of charge, and its paid editions support a variety of advanced features.

    91 Bandizip alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    Really Strong ! and free On all my computers !

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Bandizip is a great WinZip alternative.

    • Bandizip is Freemium and ProprietaryWinZip is Paid and Proprietary
  10. MacPacker icon

    MacPacker

     13 likes

    Archive manager for macOS. Open source, because essential tools should be free. Preview (nested) archives without extracting them.

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    • Mac
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  11. ZipXtract icon

    ZipXtract

     14 likes

    ZipXtract is a comprehensive, open-source file extraction utility designed to handle a wide range of compressed file formats, including RAR, ZIP, TAR, BZ2, GZ, 7Z, XZ, JAR, and Z. This versatile application offers users the ability to extract files from both standard and...

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    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  12. The Unarchiver icon

    The Unarchiver

     247 likes

    The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip and Bzip2. It will also open many older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ and...

    97 The Unarchiver alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    FreeArc

     52 likes

    FreeArc is a free and open source file archiver developed by Bulat Ziganshin. It uses LZMA, PPMD, TrueAudio and GRzip algorithms with automatic switching by file type, and also uses set of filters—for instance it can remove repetitions from text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. p7zip icon

    p7zip

     29 likes

    p7zip is a port of the command line version of the 7-Zip file archiver to POSIX-conforming operating systems like Unix (Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cygwin, AIX, ...), MacOS X and also for BeOS and Amiga.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
  15. File Roller icon

    File Roller

     83 likes

    File Roller is the archive manager of the GNOME desktop environment. It can extract, view, create and modify archives. File Roller is only a graphical interface to archiving utilities such as tar and zip.

    87 File Roller alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
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