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Comparison of file archivers

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

Contents

General information

Basic general information about the archivers: creator/company, license/price etc.

Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost (USD) Software license
7-Zip Igor Pavlov October 1, 2001 3.13 Free LGPL
GNU tar GNU Project 1989 1.15.1 Free GPL
Info-ZIP Phil Katz March, 1989 5.02 (WiZ) Free BSD-like
IZArc IZSoftware  ? 3.4.1.6 Free Proprietary
PKZIP Phil Katz 1989 8.0 $24.95 Proprietary
TUGZip Christian Kindahl August 18, 2002 3.2.0.0 Free Proprietary
WinZip WinZip Computing, Inc  ? 9.0 SR-1 $29 Proprietary
WinRAR Eugene Roshal / Alexander Roshal  ? 3.42 $29 Proprietary
Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost (USD) Software license

Operating system support

The operating systems the archivers can run on without emulation.

Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix
7-Zip Yes Yes1 Yes1 Yes1 Yes1
GNU tar Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Info-ZIP Yes No Yes Yes Yes
IZArc Yes No No No No
PKZIP Yes No No No No
TUGZip Yes No No No No
WinRAR Yes Yes2 Yes2 Yes2 No
WinZip Yes No No No No
Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix

Note (1): The UNIX-like system port is known as p7zip [1].

Note (2): The programs for other platforms are called simply RAR.

Archiver features

Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons).

Data compression Shell integration Password protection Self extraction File repairing Batch conversion
7-Zip Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?
GNU tar No  ? No No Separate Yes
Info-ZIP Yes  ? Yes3 Yes  ?  ?
IZArc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PKZIP Yes  ?  ?  ?  ?  ?
TUGZip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinRAR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?
WinZip Yes Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?
Data compression Shell integration Password protection Self extraction File repairing Batch conversion

Note (3): The binaries distributed in the official site do not support file encryption because of legal issues. [2]

Archive format support (Reading)

Information about what archive formats the archivers can read. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality.

ZIP TAR gzip bzip2 7-Zip RAR LHA
7-Zip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GNU tar No Yes No No No No No
Info-ZIP Yes No No No No No No
IZArc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
PKZIP Yes No No No No No No
TUGZip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinRAR Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
WinZip Yes Yes No No No No No4
ZIP TAR gzip bzip2 7-Zip RAR LHA

Note (4): Requires external program [3].

Archive format support (Writing)

Information about what archive formats the archivers can write. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the archiver or extensions that provide such functionality.

ZIP TAR gzip bzip2 7-Zip RAR LHA
7-Zip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GNU tar No Yes No No No No No
Info-ZIP Yes No No No No No No
IZArc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
PKZIP Yes No No No No No No
TUGZip Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No5 No
WinRAR Yes No No No No Yes No
WinZip Yes No No No No No No4
ZIP TAR gzip bzip2 7-Zip RAR LHA

Note (5): Requires external plugin [4].

See also

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