7-Zip

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.

Download 7-Zip 9.20 (2010-11-18) for Windows:

Link	Type	Windows	Size
Download	.exe	32-bit x86	1 MB
Download	.msi	64-bit x64	1 MB

Download 7-Zip 9.38 beta (2015-01-03) for Windows:

Link	Type	Windows	Size
Download	.exe	32-bit x86	1 MB
Download	.msi	64-bit x64	1 MB

License

7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check license information here: 7-Zip license.

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
• Supported formats:
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
  • Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, 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

7-Zip works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2013 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000 / NT. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.

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		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.

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