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7-Zip version 9.20 released, still the best tool for compressed files
7-Zip, one of the most active and mature open source projects, has just reached version 9.20. Work on Version 9 only begun last year, in 2009, but it's already far ahead of the old version (4.65) in terms of speed and functionality.If you've never used 7-Zip before, now's the time to start. In one fell swoop it removes any need for other compressed file managers. It's faster and slimmer than WinZip, and lacks the nag screens of WinRar -- and it supports more file formats to boot! After installing, 7-Zip (or '7z') sits innocuously in your right-click context menu, ready to decompress almost every archive under the sun.
With version 9.20, you can even decompress some EXE, FLV and SWF files, peek inside NTFS, FAT and VHD files, and the command-line tool has been beefed up considerably. There's also localizations for Hindi, Gujarati, Sanskrit, Tatar, Uyghur and Kazakh, meaning there's more than 70 supported languages.
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Subscribe to commentspat_boy2008Nov 23rd 2010 12:18PM
I completely agree. 7-Zip is all I use for compressed files. It's simple, fast, and best of all free!
aidan.cageNov 23rd 2010 1:23PM
fav prog for me, but I couldn't get it to open .ace files
aidan.cageNov 23rd 2010 1:26PM
@(Unverified) had to find and use a tool called uniextract. dld a portable one so as not to disrupt 7zip, which I use all regularly. might as well link: http://legroom.net/software/uniextract
RyzvonusefNov 23rd 2010 12:41PM
I don't think there really *is* anything that really competes with 7zip. This is one of my first installs in any system.
bkj216Nov 23rd 2010 1:13PM
I love 7zip and all but WOW why won't they release a Mac version of this? All we've really got that comes close is The Unarchiver...but that isn't even in the same league really
Sebastian AnthonyNov 23rd 2010 1:14PM
@216 There's an unofficial version at least: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19139/ez7z
I don't know how up-to-date that is though.
mohsenu88Nov 23rd 2010 1:29PM
7-Zip Rocks!
it also has X64 version
is there any software that has better compression rate than 7zip(Considerably better)?
Angus HedgerNov 23rd 2010 3:46PM
@(Unverified)
lrzip in ZPAQ mode will compress a 9.1GB file down to 116M but its slow, talking 40-80min compress and 20min ish decompress, but makes stuff dam small ;)
see: http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/README
mohsenu88Nov 24th 2010 4:27AM
@Valentine thanks but i think that's a Linux software
Mike ZachaczewskiNov 23rd 2010 6:15PM
Hmmmm thinking of dumping my WinZip and try this one.
MuzikgodNov 23rd 2010 8:06PM
I've been using PeaZip, 2nd best? Here's the link for 64 version http://download.cnet.com/PeaZip-64-bit/3000-2250_4-75179694.html
emmzeeNov 23rd 2010 11:23PM
I tried 7-Zip years ago, but didn't care for it. Is the interface still the same? I found it unintuitive. I use jZip, which is based on 7-Zip technology, although it unfortunately seems to have been abandoned (last updated in 2008 I think).
FreezerNov 24th 2010 5:31PM
And yet, we still don't have an "Open Folder After Extraction" option... Not even a plug-in.
William AlemanDec 2nd 2010 11:15PM
What do you think is better 7-Zip or Peazip? I have used Peazip as a portable app for my pendrive and works well.