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• 7-Zip

  http://www.7-zip.org/
  An open source file archiver with a high compression ratio. GUI and command line options. GNU LGPL license.

• B1 Free Archiver

  http://b1.org/
  A free compression and decompression tool for Windows, Linux, Mac and Android. Works with b1, zip, 7z, rar and other archive formats.

• Bandizip

  http://www.bandisoft.com/bandizip/
  All-in-one free zip archiver that supports ZIP, 7Z, RAR and other formats.

• Bzip2 and Libbzip2

  http://www.bzip.org/
  Patent free, high-quality data compressor for Windows or Unix.

• Cabextract

  http://www.cabextract.org.uk/
  Portable, open source UNIX decompressor for the Microsoft Cabinet (.CAB) format.

• Dzip

  http://speeddemosarchive.com/dzip/
  Compact Windows compression program that creates small .DZ archive files. Integrates with Windows Explorer.

• FreeArc

  http://freearc.org/
  Open source archiver for Windows and Linux. Documentation, screenshots, research articles.

• FreeZip

  http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/
  Windows zip utility that prides itself on being small, fast and efficient.

• Gzip

  http://www.gzip.org/
  Open source command line data stream compressor and archiver.

• Hamster Free Zip Archiver

  http://www.hamstersoft.com/free-zip-archiver/
  Free file archiver for Windows. Supports many compression formats, totally free, is translated into various languages.

• ICEOWS

  http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html
  Windows compression utility using the ARJ format (was called ArjFolder). Can extract, test, and view files stored in ZIP, GZIP, TAR, CAB, RAR, ACE, PK3, etc. and create SFX executables.

• IZArc

  http://www.izarc.org/
  Freeware file archiver for Windows with a large number of supported formats like 7z, ISO, BH, TAR and others. Developed by Bulgarian programmer Ivan Zahariev

• IZip

  http://www.izip.com/
  A free archiving utility designed specifically for Mac.

• Jzip

  http://www.jzip.com/
  Free file compression software for Windows based on 7zip for Windows. Supports zip, jar, xpi, 7z and other formats.

• Keka

  http://www.kekaosx.com/
  Free Mac OS X file archiver with the main compression core p7zip

• LZX

  http://xavprods.free.fr/lzx/
  Encoding for Amigas that uses large match offsets and file merging.

• Make SFX

  http://74.cz/en/make-sfx
  A free program that lets you make self-extracting archives under Win32 platform.

• Open Source ARJ

  http://arj.sourceforge.net/
  Offers a free implementation of the ARJ archiver for several operating systems such as DOS, Windows and GNU/Linux.

• PeaZip

  http://www.peazip.org/
  Presents this free, open source archiver featuring volume spanning, authenticated encryption and compression in several formats. Includes download links, documentation and a support forum.

• RAR File Open Knife

  http://www.philipp-winterberg.com/software/rar_file_open_knife.php
  Tool for opening RAR archives. The website itself contains books, apps and other content.

• The Unarchiver

  http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/unarchiver.html
  Free data decompression frontend of libxad for OS X, Linux

• Tugzip

  http://www.tugzip.com/
  Free archiving utility with Windows integration, script support and ZIP-64 for huge archives. Provides a free support forum.

• UnRarX

  http://www.unrarx.com/
  UnRarX is a free archive extractor for Mac OS X. Works with rar format only.

• WinBZip2

  http://www.irnis.net/soft/winbzip2/
  A small GUI utility for working with files in bzip2 format, compressing, decompressing and testing the integrity of bzip2 files.

• WinGZip

  http://www.irnis.net/soft/wingzip/
  A small GUI utility for working with files in gzip format. It allows to compress any file into gzip format, decompress and test the integrity of already gzipped files.

• XStandard Zip Component

  http://www.xstandard.com/en/documentation/xzip/
  ZIP or unzip a file or folder using a single line of code with this free component. [ActiveX DLL]

• Zip 2 Secure EXE

  http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatSfx.asp
  Utility to convert any ZIP file into a self-extracting executable. Supports AES encryption, can unpack automatically to a temporary directory and run a setup.exe after extraction.

• zipdiff

  http://zipdiff.sourceforge.net/
  An open source Java utility for comparing two zip files. Also suitable for JAR, EAR, WAR and RAR files.

• Zipeg

  http://www.zipeg.com/
  Archive decompression and browsing utility to extract files from ZIP, RAR and other archives. Supports Windows and Macintosh OS X.

• Zipfusion: Zip Self-Extractor

  http://www.cathonian.com/software/zipfusion/
  Flexible self-extractor that can be used with any zip tools that create type 0/8/9 format zip files.

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