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7-Zip

7-Zip is a free and open-source file archiver, a utility used to place groups of files within compressed containers known as "archives". It is developed by Igor Pavlov and was first released in 1999. 7-Zip has its own archive format called 7z introduced in 2001, but can read and write several others.

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Available in
89 languages
Developer
Igor Pavlov
License
LGPL-2.1-or-later with unRAR restriction / LZMA SDK in the public domain
Operating system
BSD Linux macOS ReactOS Windows 2000 or later
Release
2 January 1999; 27 years ago (1999-01-02)
Repository
github.com/ip7z/7zip

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Features

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Software development kit

Security

Reception and usage

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7-Zip

Nodes108
Edges107
Triples146
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018519
Components1

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7-Zip

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related to Others · 35
7-Zip → APM, ARJ, DMG, EXEs, FAT, FLV, HFS, ISO, It, JAR, LHA/LZH, LZMA, LZX, MBR, Microsoft, MSI, MSLZ, NSIS, NTFS, Office Open XML
related to Features · 31
7-Zip → AES, Basic, Calculating Blake2SP, CDs, CRC-32, CRC-64, Creation, DVDsMulti-threaded, EXE, Explorer's, Extract, For Unix-like, GUI, GUIs, Installer, MD5, Only, PeaZip, Setup, SHA-1
related to Security · 14
7-Zip → April, CVE, DLL, It, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, RAR, Self-extracting, SFX, UXTheme, Versions, Wikisource-logo, Zip
related to 7z · 13
7-Zip → As, By, Developed, Each, LZ-based, LZMA, LZMA2, MB, Pavlov, PPMd, The, These, Zip
related to Awards · 10
7-Zip → Best Project, In, MagicRAR, SourceForge, Technical Design, Tom's Hardware, Tom's Hardware Elite, WinRAR, WinZip, Zip
related to Software development kit · 8
7-Zip → Common Public License, December, GNU LGPL, Igor Pavlov, LZMA SDK, On, SDK, Zip
related to Reception and usage · 6
7-Zip → And, Snapfiles, TechRepublic, Windows, Windows File Manager, Zip
related to External links · 5
7-Zip → GitHub7-Zip Portable, Official, PortableApps, SourceForge7-Zip, Zip
related to File manager · 5
7-Zip → Going, The, When, Windows Explorer's, Zip
related to Plugins · 3
7-Zip → Links, TC4Shell, The

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file 7z files compression versions archives format support archive lzma code manager formats available windows zip rar prior used also

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
7-ZipAvailable in89 languages1.00infobox
7-ZipDeveloperIgor Pavlov1.00infobox
7-ZipLicenseLGPL-2.1-or-later with unRAR restriction / LZMA SDK in the public domain1.00infobox
7-ZipOperating systemBSD Linux macOS ReactOS Windows 2000 or later1.00infobox
7-ZipRelease2 January 1999; 27 years ago (1999-01-02)1.00infobox
7-ZipRepositorygithub.com/ip7z/7zip1.00infobox
7-ZipSize1.1–1.7 MB1.00infobox
7-ZipStable release26.02 (26 June 2026; 58 days ago (26 June 2026))1.00infobox
7-ZipTypeFile archiver1.00infobox
7-ZipWebsite7-zip.org1.00infobox
7-ZipWritten inAssembly, C and C++1.00infobox
7-Zipis afree and open-source file archiver0.90text

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