If you are using shareware apps for compression and extraction in your windows operating system then it is time to save your bucks. Don’t think that the open source software can’t replace your sharewares. I’m going to share you some freeware compression tools which can perform as equal as your paid applications. Encouraging freeware software motivates the developers to take the application to the next level
Okay here are some of the best freeware compression tools
Four best freeware compression tools
1. 7zip
7zip is a powerful file archiver with high compression ratio. It provides high compression ratio in 7z formats. It supports packing and unpacking formats like 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR. It also supports several formats for unpacking only are ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z. It provides Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats with Self-extracting capability for 7z format. Localized in 74 languages. It is the most popular freeware compression tool. 7zip is an OpenSource project.
2. IZArc
IZArc is a freeware archiver utility with cool user interface. Its archiving formats like 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BIN, BZ2, BZA, C2D, CAB, CDI, CPIO, DEB, ENC, GCA, GZ, GZA, HA, IMG, ISO, JAR, LHA, LIB, LZH, MDF, MBF, MIM, NRG, PAK, PDI, PK3,RAR, RPM, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, TZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, YZ1, Z, ZIP, ZOO. With drag and drop option you can simply drag and drop files from and to windows explorer to create and extract archive files. You can create multiple archives and self-extracting archives. Prefer your antivirus to scan your archives when you open them. It supports 256-bit AES encryption to secure your data. Available in multiple languages. If you want to create highly compressed files it will be a good choice
3. kgb archiver
Kgb archiver is a powerful compression tool which focus to produce high ratio compression files. Archiver is powerful but it takes some time for compression. You can choose compression formats between KGB and zip. It has simple user interface. It works well on Windows 7 and I faced issues while using it in windows 8. The main thing to worry about is time for compression. It takes more time when it compared to others
4. Peazip
PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. PeaZip can extract most of archive formats both from Windows and Unix, ranging from 7Z, RAR, TAR and ZIP.It has a wonderful Graphical user interface.It provides features like 7Z’s AES256 encryption
ZIP WinZip’s AE encryption based on AES256 (and ZipCrypto for legacy compatibility); can decrypt PKZip’s AES encryption
FreeARC’s ARC: AES256, Blowfish, Twofish256 and Serpent256 – this format is also capable to generate recovery records to protect data against corruption
PEA: AES256 EAX authenticated encryption
Try these freeware compression tools these are worth using. It will be a good alternative to shareware and will save your penny.
These are some of the four best freeware compression tools which are the most picks by critics and users
