Zipware
Zipware is simple and free zip software for Microsoft Windows that supports all major archiving formats including the new RAR5 format. Zipware has been designed to be simple, fast, and stable to handle both small and large archives with millions of files. Zipware also supports many Linux archive formats such as tar and gzip. Zipware is freeware for personal and commercial use! bullet Extract ZIP, ZIPX, 7Z, RAR, RAR5, ISO, VHD, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, XZ, DEB, DMG, RPM, XPI & more. Create password-protected archives encrypted using AES-256 encryption. Perform all archiving functions from Windows Explorer using Zipware's integrated context menu. Windows Explorer context menu that can scan any file using over 50 anti-virus products via VirusTotal. Explorer context menu that calculates & lists sizes of all folders in a directory. Also, find & delete empty folders. Password Manager for storing passwords and confidential information.
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7-Zip
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. 7-Zip is free software with open source. Most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also, there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code. Read 7-Zip license information. 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. High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression. For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip. Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats. Self-extracting capability for 7z format. Integration with Windows Shell. Powerful command-line version. Plugin for FAR Manager. Localizations for 87 languages. Packing/unpacking 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, and WIM.
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The Unarchiver
The Unarchiver is the world’s favorite RAR opener for Mac. Unlike Mac’s native tool it’s sleeker and supports all known archive types. Install right away. Set it as the default archive opener in two clicks. A people’s app. Free of charge, free from extra purchases. The Unarchiver reads any archive, even non-Latin ones. The only unarchiving tool you will ever need. The Unarchiver stays out of your way but will handle any archive you can imagine including weird and rare archives. The Unarchiver is a small and easy-to-use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip, and Bzip2. It will also open many older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ, and ARC. It will even open other kinds of files, like ISO and BIN disc images, some Windows .EXE installers. The Unarchiver also tries to detect and correctly handle the filename encoding in the archives it opens.
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8 Zip
8 Zip is a powerful file archiver for Windows 10. Create an archive file (ZIP, 7z, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ) Open archives (RAR, ZIP, 7z, ZipX, ISO, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ARJ, CAB...) Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats. Multi-volume archives extraction support. Extract files form the archive. Add and delete files from archive. Open files in archives and search charm. 8 Zip is supported by Finebits OÜ on the following editions of Windows 10, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Mobile, and Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise. Run the application, click on the "create archive" button, chose the location of an archive, and add files or folders to the archive. The powerful 8 Zip compressor has extended its set of capabilities with new Continuum, Cortana, and Windows Hello technologies. Now one app, one license, one consistent design and functionality for all device types.
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