

This allows you to treat archives like regular folders, copying files into and out of compressed archives. Even when using the zip format 7-Zip can achieve higher compression ratios than other programs such as WinZip (around 2-10% better).ħ-Zip has an integrated file manager that allows a seamless navigation within compressed archives, similar to Windows Explorer. The compression ratio achieved by LZMA is much better than traditional formats such as zip and rar (around 30-70% better than zip). Unpacking only support is provided for the following formats: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR, and Z.ħ-Zip was the first program to feature the LZMA compression algorithm in its native. Its name indicates that it supports the following 7 file formats for both packing and unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, and WIM. 7-Zip by Russian developer Igor Pavlov is a free and open source file compression and archive tool.
