7-Zip 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Download 7-Zip 23.01 (2023-06-20) for Windows: Link | Type | Windows | Size | Download | .exe | 64-bit x64 | 1.5 MB | Download | .exe | 32-bit x86 | 1.2 MB | Download | .exe | 64-bit ARM64 | 1.5 MB | License 7-Zip is free software with open source. The most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code. Read 7-Zip License information. 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. The main features of 7-Zip -
High compression ratio in
7z format
with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
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Supported formats:
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Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
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Unpacking only: APFS, 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, VHDX, VMDK, 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
7-Zip works in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2022 / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000. p7zip
- the port of the command line version of 7-Zip to Linux/Posix.
On
7-Zip's SourceForge Page
you can find a forum, bug reports, and feature request systems.
Compression ratio We compared 7-Zip with WinRAR 5.20. FILE SETS: Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 for Windows and Google Earth 6.2.2.6613 for Windows. Archiver |
Mozilla Firefox
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Google Earth
| 65 files 85 280 391 bytes | 483 files 110 700 519 bytes | Compressed size | Ratio | Compressed size | Ratio | 7-Zip 9.35 -mx | 39 357 375 | 100% | 15 964 369 | 100% | WinRAR 5.20 -m5 -s -ma5 -md128m | 41 789 543 | 106% | 17 035 432 | 107% | Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs. | |