7-Zip is a free,opensource file archiver, Powerful File Manager, compresses the files and distributed under the GNU General Public License (LGPL) which is related to a cross-platform port. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression and can read and write several other archive formats. 7-Zip can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or with Microsoft Windows shell integration. 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.
Key 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: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, 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 command line version
- Plugin for FAR Manager
- Localizations for 79 languages
Download 7-Zip (32-bit) – 1 MB
Download 7-Zip (64-bit) – 1 MB
Developer:Igor Pavlov
Price:free
Size:1 MB
OS:Windows All
Category:Compression tools
