This tool is very easy to use, you will be surprised. 7-Zip is able to create a.7z file extension for 7Z-format files. Windows can only read and create ZIPs and you won’t be able to repair any damaged archives if there are. Although Windows also has its own integrated compression tool, its functions cannot be denied. You can operate on the command line, using Windows 7, 8, 10, XP, Vista and Linux.

It works with Windshell which means that when you right-click a zip file, you will see an option to unpack a file with that tool. Most of the sources code of 7-Z is licensed under the GNU LGPL the unRAR code is, however, subject to an’ unRAR restriction’ GNU LGPL which says the developers are not permitted to use the RAR compression algorithm by reverse engineering. You can use the program from an interface with a command line as the p7zip command and from a graphical user interface with shell integration.

However, several other archive formats can be read and written. It has been developed and first released in 1999 by Igor Pavlov. 7-Zip is a free, open-source file archiver, a file archiver that uses compressed containers called archives to place group files.