7Zip - Open Source File Archiver For Extremely High Compression

Posted by : Free To Use Software Tuesday, October 6, 2015

7Zip (Seven Zip) is a file archiver with a high compression ratio with LZMA and LZMA2 Compression. With its own format (7z), 7Zip can boost compression ratio than its peers—up to 40% higher!. You can use 7Zip on any computer (Personal or Commersial use) and works for Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, 2003, 2008,XP,Vista,7,8,10. You don't need to register or pay for it because it's free.

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