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Best Free File Archiver Or Zip Utility [1]

Introduction

Utilities that compress one or more files into one smaller file have been around since the first personal computers were introduced. These archive or zip file utilities were known by various names such as arc, pkarc and pkzip and they were run from a command line.

Considering that most personal computers back then didn't have a hard drive larger than 10 MB (if they even had one at all) and were only connected via modem speeds up to 1200bps, these compression utilities were essential for saving space and shortening upload and download times.

Even though today's computers have much more storage space and faster connection speeds, compression utilities are still incredibly useful for saving time and hard disk space. Through their modern graphical interfaces, drag and drop capability, support for multiple compression formats, security features and much more, they are also easier than ever to use.

Rated Products

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7-Zip [4] [5]

A fantastic program fulfills 99% of all your file archiving needs

Our Rating:
5
License: Free (Open source)
Easy to install, gives meaningful error messages, capable of uncompressing from multiple embedded files.
User interface is minimalistic.
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PeaZip [10] [11]

Support most archive formats from Windows and Unix worlds

Our Rating:
4.5
License: Free (Open source)
Supports many file types, cross-platforms.
n/a
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B1 Free Archiver [13] [14]

A freeware compression utility that works on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and online

Our Rating:
4.5
License: Free (Limited features)
Smooth and intuitive user interface; greatly customizable; across most platforms.
Support fewer formats than other archivers; bundled with unwanted components;
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IZArc [17] [18]

Support most compressed and encoded files, with powerful features and tools

Our Rating:
4
License: Free
Handles nearly 50 different compression formats.
Large file download and memory footprint; the installer is bundled with OpenCandy.
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Other File Archivers Or Zip Utilities

  • Bandizip [22], handle most popular compression formats including Zip, ZipX, 7z and RAR files.
  • HaoZip [23], build Zip, 7z and Tar compressed files directly, decompress 50 formats, support virtual CD-ROM mounting and extract the disc image, etc.
  • FreeArc [24], fast but efficient compression, create SFX (self-extracted) archives and installers and many other features, with console and GUI versions for both Windows and Linux.
  • TUGZip [25], a powerful archiving utility supporting for a wide range of compressed, encoded and disc-image files, create self-extracting encrypted archives, repair corrupted ZIP and SQX archives, etc.
  • Zipeg [26], decrypts password protected .zip and .rar files, combines and opens multipart .zip and .rar files, shows content of archives and allow you to select what to extract, and more.
  • Bitser [27], free windows software for managing archives and backups similar to WinZip, 7-zip and WinRAR but with an alternate user interface.

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