7-Zip: Multi Format Compress & Decompress Utility

Most of us should have been familiar with Winzip or Winrar to archive/backup files & folders. Have heard about 7-Zip ?
What most interesting about this software is the support for multi format. Following are the features you will get:

• High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
• Supported formats:
  • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
  • Unpacking only: RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS
• For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
• Self-extracting capability for 7z format
• Integration with Windows Shell
  
• Powerful File Manager
• Powerful command line version
• Plugin for FAR Manager
• Localizations for 63 languages

You can use 7-Zip on any computers, including computers in commercial organizations. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. But you can make a donation to support further development of 7-Zip.

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