7-Zip 9.07 Beta (Open Source)

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".

HOMEPAGE: www.7-zip.org
TYPE: (Open Source)
DOWNLOAD: 7z.exe(32 bit)
7z.msi(64 bit)
SIZE: < 1 MB
GOOGLE HITS: 133 Millions +
 7-Zip 9.07 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 9.07 Whats new :

• It's possible to specify Diff program in options (7-Zip File Manager).
• Some bugs were fixed.