7-Zip

7-Zip is a free and open source alternative to WinZip and WinRar. It integrates in to the windows shell and can open almost any format you can throw at it!

7-Zip


7-zip can handle the following formats:

  • Packing / unpacking: 7Z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
  • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS

7-zip also has it’s own format .7z which has a higher compression ratio than .zip. It is however limited in that you need 7-zip to open it.

You can download 7-zip from http://www.7-zip.org/

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