Open Source C++ File Archivers

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip works in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2022 / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. And there is command line version for Linux and macOS. Most of the source code is under the GNU LGPL license. The unRAR code is under a mixed license with GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check the license for details.

p7zip is a quick port of 7z.exe and 7za.exe (command line version of 7zip, see www.7-zip.org) for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with highest compression ratio. Since 4.10, p7zip (like 7-zip) supports little-endian and big-endian machines.

Bandizip is a fast file archiver for Windows that is free to use, including in business environments. It compresses to ZIP, 7Z, ZIPX, EXE (SFX), TAR, TGZ, LZH, ISO, GZ, and XZ, and extracts more than 40 formats, including RAR, ALZ, and EGG. Multi-core compression is up to 6 times faster. Bandizip splits archives for email attachments, compresses files larger than 4 GB, and protects archives with AES-256 encryption. It tests archives after compression, scans them for malware, and lets you edit files inside an archive without extracting it. The optional paid Professional Edition adds a password manager, corrupted ZIP recovery, archive password recovery, and image previews inside archives. Bandizip runs on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11 (32-bit, x64, and ARM64).

Staticcomp is a file archiver. It is a program using library libsc for compressing/decompressing files. Libsc uses compression method based on Burrows-Wheeler transform. For GST stage there are methods MTF, MTF-1, MTF-2, Timestamp, IFC and WFC.