Free File Compression Software

You are using pirated or cracked version of paid softwares like winzip or winrar for compressing files.  But there are some  freeware sotware available for compression.

7-zip : Its is a open source software. You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a  commercial organization.

Features of 7-zip :

• 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 works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. There is a port of the command line version to Linux/Unix.

Download 7-zip from http://7-zip.org/

TUGZip: TUGZip is a powerful award-winning freeware archiving  utility for Windows® that provides support for a wide range of  compressed, encoded and disc-image files, as well as very powerful  features; all through an easy to use application interface and Windows  Explorer integration.

Main Features of  TUGzip

• Supports ZIP, 7-ZIP, A, ACE, ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, JAR, LHA (LZH), LIB, RAR, RPM, SQX, TAR, TGZ, TBZ, TAZ, YZ1 and ZOO archives.
• Supports BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG disc-images.
• Support for external plugins.
• Windows® shell integration, for example drag & drop, shell context menu and drop handlers.
• Create 7-ZIP, BH, BZ2, CAB, JAR, LHA (LZH), SQX, TAR, TGZ, YZ1 and ZIP archives.
• Script support which allows you to make automated backups.
• Basic features like: add, extract, delete, rename, run, view, checkout, install, test, comment, SFX, virus-scanning, disk-spanning and much more.
• Repair corrupted ZIP and SQX archives.
• Can extract multiple archives at once using Multi Extract.
• Encrypt archives using 6 different algorithms. Blowfish (128-bit), DES (56-bit), Triple DES (168-bit) and Rijndael (128-bit, 192-bit and 256-bit).
• Create self-extracting encrypted archives.
• Automatic updates using the “Web Update” function.

Download TUGZip from http://tugzip.com/

Don’t use pirated or cracked software. Use freeware software if you don’t have enough money to purchase the genuine software.

If you know any other freeware compression software please comment on this post.