most recent 30 from superuser.com 2010-03-21T05:37:56Z http://superuser.com/feeds/question/70590 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://superuser.com/questions/70590/what-good-free-archivers-are-there -3 Vilx- http://superuser.com/users/8128 2009-11-14T19:14:42Z 2009-11-14T21:44:44Z

<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="http://superuser.com/questions/7399/whats-a-good-free-alternative-to-winzip">What&rsquo;s a good, free alternative to WinZip?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I used to like TugZip, but the development on it has stopped and it has no x64 version, so after installing a fresh Windows 7 x64 I'm in the market for a good freeware archiver.</p> <p>That said, don't limit your answers just to x64 or Windows solutions. Let's make this thread a nice thorough list of freeware archivers.</p> <p>It would be nice to post one software per answer, and also to include as much information as possible about the tool. Interesting pieces of knowledge include (but are not limited to):</p> <ul> <li>What OS it supports?</li> <li>What file formats it supports (or at least how many)? The de-facto standards today are ZIP, 7Z, RAR, TAR, GZ and BZ2, so it would be nice to know if it supports at least these. ISO is also popular, although not strictly an archive format.</li> <li>Does it have a 64 bit version as well?</li> <li>Does it have GUI/CLI components?</li> <li>Does it have shell extensions?</li> <li>What other strengths/weaknesses does it have?</li> </ul>

http://superuser.com/questions/70590/what-good-free-archivers-are-there/70594#70594 6 Phoshi http://superuser.com/users/6998 2009-11-14T19:24:18Z 2009-11-14T19:24:18Z

<p><a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z465.exe" rel="nofollow">7-Zip</a>!</p>

http://superuser.com/questions/70590/what-good-free-archivers-are-there/70606#70606 1 Molly7244 http://superuser.com/users/0 2009-11-14T20:06:34Z 2009-11-14T20:06:34Z

<blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://peazip.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">PeaZip</a></strong> - open source file and archive manager. Flexibe, portable, secure, and free as in freedom.</p> </blockquote> <p><em>basically, you get <strong>7-Zip</strong> and much, much more.</em></p>

http://superuser.com/questions/70590/what-good-free-archivers-are-there/70624#70624 1 Phoshi http://superuser.com/users/6998 2009-11-14T20:36:51Z 2009-11-14T20:36:51Z

<p><a href="http://www.rarlab.com/" rel="nofollow">WinRAR</a>!</p> <p>Ain't free, but it's the best archiver I've ever used. 7z tends to get better compression ratios, but this <em>is</em> 2009, so that shouldn't influence your choice for your "standard" archiver.</p> <p>Runs on Windows, opens most anything, <em>creates</em> zip and rar with a lot of options. Has some nice shell integration, too!</p>

http://superuser.com/questions/70590/what-good-free-archivers-are-there/70637#70637 -1 NoCanDo http://superuser.com/users/8924 2009-11-14T21:00:04Z 2009-11-14T21:00:04Z

<p>7-zip!As of yet, can't be beaten in terms of compression algorithms. Maybe in the future!</p>

http://superuser.com/questions/70590/what-good-free-archivers-are-there/70641#70641 0 harrymc http://superuser.com/users/8672 2009-11-14T21:44:44Z 2009-11-14T21:44:44Z

<p>If multi-format capabilities are important to you, use <a href="http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-file-archiver-zip-utility.htm#IZArc" rel="nofollow">IZArc</a>.</p> <p>It's freeware and can read nearly 50 archive types including media formats like ISO, BIN, and IMG. It also can convert and save to 12 different formats. It can handle multi-part zip files, which 7-Zip can't. It also supports command line parameters. Available on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.</p> <p>Here's what the interface looks like (quite standard for this type of product):</p> <p><img src="http://www.izarc.org/images/main.png" alt="image"></p>