7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.
Command line version of 7-Zip can be used in Linux via Wine program.
7-Zip is the free file archiver with the highest compression ratio.
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 other zip compatible programs.
· High compression ratio in the new 7z format
Supported formats:
· Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR and ZIP
· Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR and Z.
· Fast compression and decompression
· Self-extracting capability for 7z format
· Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
· Integration with Windows Shell
· Powerful File Manager
· Powerful command line version
· Localizations for 74 languages
What's New in This Release:
· 7-Zip now uses progress indicator displayed on a taskbar button under Windows 7.
The BUG in 7-Zip 9.21 beta was fixed:
· 7-Zip could ignore some options when you created ZIP archives.
· For example, it could use ZipCrypto cipher instead of AES-256.