7 - Zip with high compression

The very good free zip program 7-Zip compresses approx. 20% better than other file packers. So 7-Zip is one of those who can compress data very heavily.

 7-zip

With the 7z format, 7-Zip files that are up to 50% smaller than other formats can be achieved. Without sacrificing quality or speed. Files can be compressed quickly and easily using the context menu.

7-Zip can be downloaded here in German.

The main characteristics of the 7z format:

  • Open architecture
  • High compression rate
  • Strong AES-256 encryption
  • Any encryption, conversion or encryption method can be used or added
  • File sizes up to 16.000.000.000 GB are supported
  • Unicode filenames
  • Progressive compression
  • Archive header compression

Formats that 7-Zip can create:

ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, GZIP, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, LZMA2, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, TAR, UDF, WIM, XAR, XZ, Z, ZIP as well as your own Format 7z.

7-Zip
Version License Author System Purchase price filesize
9.20 Open source GNU z-zip Windows 95/98/98SE/Me/2000/XP/Vista/7 - 1 MB

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