7-Zip is a file compressor featuring top-notch compression capabilities along with useful functions and a simple and easy-to-use interface.
It features high compression levels in the new 7z format with LZMA compression – 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL license. Also, it supports a wide range of file formats and non-compression such as: ZIP, Microsoft cabinet (CAB) files, RAR, ARJ, Z, gzip, bzip2, LHA, tar, cpio, smzip, JAR, rpm and Debian deb archives.
It features more than 53 languages, Windows shell integration, a powerful command line version, a Plug-in for FAR Manager and much much more.
It also supports multiple CPU threading settings can be configured, it has the ability to browse and extract data from ISO data images/archives. What´s more, 7-Zip flexibly supports volumes of dynamically variable sizes, useful for backups on removable media such as writable CDs and DVDs.