7-Zip

7-Zip is a functional archiver through which you can compress files in size for compact and fast transfer to the cloud or a physical drive. The software is distributed with an open license, which implies free use on a personal computer or in enterprises and organizations for commercial purposes. The latest version of the program is available for download at Freesoft without registration and advertising.

The 7-Zip archiver and decompiler supports the Russian and English languages and is used on Windows systems (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10). Installation time is a couple of minutes, and there are no ads and offers to subscribe or install additional software. The archiver does not require computer resources.

Features of 7-zip archiver

Main features:

• Compression ratio, which is up to 10% higher compared to competitors PKZip and WinZip;
• Multi-threaded compression function, which makes the archiving process 40% faster;
• built-in file manager;
• Support for 35 different archive formats;
• Encrypted or password protected archives.

7-zip Functions

The archiver uses the following feature set:

1. Support for extensions to work with FAR Manager and Total Commander.
2. Support for Drag and Drop in the Windows interface, by which the user moves files to a specified directory directly from the archiver. 7-Zip will unzip files before moving them to the desired directory.
3. Creation of archives that are able to unpack themselves and do not require additional programs for their use.
4. Ability to work from the command line.
5. Creating archives consisting of several parts, in order to bypass file size limitations for uploading to servers or cloud services.

Supported formats

7-Zip can handle the following types of data:

• compression and extraction: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, TAR, XZ and BZIP2 (including BZ2, TB2, TBZ, TBZ2);
• Extraction: RAR, VHD, XAR, Z (TAZ), CramFS, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, ISO.

If you need a lightweight and functional manager for unpacking or archiving files that supports various types of archives, we recommend you choose 7-Zip.