7-Zip is a file archiver designed originally for the Microsoft Windows operating system, and later made available to other systems. In the form of p7zip, 7-Zip has been ported for use on Unix-like systems such as Linux and FreeBSD. Also, it is usable in DOS, there are even 2 methods available: the DOS port, based on p7zip, or executing the Windows command line version as-is, using the HX-DOS extender.

 The Main Features of 7-Zip

• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• Supported formats:
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
  • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
• For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
• Powerful File Manager
• 7-ZIP Download Page
  
• Powerful command line version
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 63 languages

7-Zip Home Page

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