Tuesday, March 16, 2010

7-Zip 9.11 Beta

7-Zip is an open source file archiver designed originally for Microsoft Windows. 7-Zip operates with the 7z archive format, and can read and write to several other archive formats. The program can be used from a command line interface, graphical user interface, or Windows shell integration. 7-Zip began in 2000 and is actively developed by Igor Pavlov. It is related to a cross-platform port, p7zip.7-Zip is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. It was the winner of the SourceForge.net 2007 community choice awards for "Technical Design" and for "Best Project".
7-Zip's HOMEPAGE: www.7-zip.org
7-Zip's TYPE: Open Source
7-Zip's DOWNLOAD: 7z.exe(32 bit)
7z.msi(64 bit)
Direct Download from FH
7-Zip's SIZE: 1.01 MB
7-Zip's GOOGLE HITS: 133 Millions +

7-Zip Features :

  • High compression ratio in new 7z format with LZMA compression
  • Supported formats:


    • Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
    • Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.
  • For ZIP and GZIP formats, 7-Zip provides a compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
  • Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats
  • Self-extracting capability for 7z format
  • Integration with Windows Shell
  • Powerful File Manager
  • Powerful command line version
  • Plugin for FAR Manager
  • Localizations for 74 languages

7-Zip 9.11 Beta Whats new :

- 7-Zip now supports PPMd compression in .ZIP archives.
- Speed optimizations in PPMd codec.
- The support for archives in installers was improved.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- New localization: Kazakh.

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