An Alternative to Winzip & Winrar Which is Free!

Winzip & Winrar are the most popular software's used for handing archive formats like zip, rar, iso, etc!

Both of the above software's obviously are not free so the next best alternative is 7-zip ,which is an open-source Windows-only tool that doesn’t have a very fancy GUI but can do everything that you would want a file compression software to do.

7-Zip performs all the task just like Winrar & Winzip. The program supports 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP, WIM, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR, Z & other formats too.





If you are looking for an alternative to 7-zip as well, go with PeaZip. This is also a free and open-source zip utility which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux.



In PeaZip, all the features within Winzip , Winrar as well as 7-Zip is available. It also includes password protection in a single click which is also available in 7-Zip.


Both 7-zip and PeaZip have portable versions , you may try them without installation.

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