7-Zip
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7-Zip Features
| Developer: | Igor Pavlov |
| License: | Open Source / Free |
| User Rating: |   (8 votes) |
| Official Website: | www.7-zip.org |
| Platform: | Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix |
7-Zip Review
7-Zip is a free file compression software (open source software under the GNU LGPL license) with high compression ratio. 7-Zip is a product of Igor Pavlov. It can pack and unpack, self-extract, encrypt archived files and supports up to 74 languages.
7-Zip is available for Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Vista and Mac OS X. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix. User can download the software at this file compression software website.
7-Zip Highlight Features:
- The software has high compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression.
- Supported Formats for Packing / Unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
- Supported Formats for Unpacking Only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
- It provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip (for ZIP and GZIP formats)
- Comes with strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
- It has self-extracting capability for 7z format
- Has integration with Windows Shell
- It has powerful File Manager
- Comes with powerful command line version
- Has plug-in for FAR Manager
- Has localizations for 74 languages
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