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7-Zip
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Free and open source
7-Zip is licensed under GNU LGPL, and the *.7z format has support across all major operating systems. There should be no trouble opening the archives under any operating system, and no need to deal with messages bugging you to register or pay for the app. Source code can be found here.
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GUI looks dated
Could use a new fresh user interface.
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High compression .7z format
Their own file format .7z that ships with 7-Zip is one of the best compression formats. 7z file format is usually more compact than Zip.
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XZ/LZMA2 format inadequate for long-term archiving
LZMA2 is unsafe and less efficient than the original LZMA. Use: 7Z LZMA Non-Solid, RAR 5 LZSS/PPMd Non-Solid, or ZIP Deflate. See here.
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Lightweight
Starts quickly.
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Does not support data recovery
It's not possible with 7-zip to add data recovery records to the archive which could repair minor integrity errors.
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Explorer right-click menu integration
Makes it easy to open any archive file, or create new archives, without having to go open another program first.
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Very fast compression/decompression
7z is muli-threaded, allowing it to do very fast compression and decompression.
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Unobtrusive
No nag screen.
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Platforms:
Windows, Unix-like (only CLI)
License:
LGPL-2.1-or-later
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Xarchiver
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Can show a file list without loading the whole archive
For 7zip-files (perhaps other types too) while File Roller cannot do this.
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Segfaults when creating large archives
When creating large archives it crashes and doesn't show you any helpful message (unless you started it from the terminal you will get something like "[1] 14858 segmentation fault (core dumped) xarchiver").
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Doesn't show a progress UI while it's creating an archive
You have to "guess" when it's done.
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Not in active development
Xarchiver has only one maintainer and it seems he's not working on it actively.
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7zFM
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Multiplatform
it is available for windows and UNIX-like systems.
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Made for 7z
might not support all features from other file formats.
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p7zip-gui is the official GUI for 7z
It is made for 7z but it can also unpack other files.
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