Open Source 7-Zip Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to 7-Zip for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is PeaZip. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to 7-Zip and 19 are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to 7-Zip are NanaZip, FreeArc, Ark and 7-Zip ZS.

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  1. PeaZip icon

    PeaZip

     656 likes

    PeaZip is a cross-platform file archiver like 7-Zip, supporting prevalent formats with added features like drag-and-drop and Explorer integration. It offers a user-friendly interface admired for ease of use, while maintaining high performance and security across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

    97 PeaZip alternatives

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    • Chrome OS
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    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
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    Comments about PeaZip as an Alternative to 7-Zip
    Top Positive Comment
    Paul
    4

    The best file archiver I've used on Linux. It supports almost all file formats, and it's fast and lightweight.

    James Fogg
    Positive
    0

    Clean UI and seems much faster at unzipping too.

    Richie Scassellati
    Positive
    0

    This is the best 7-Zip alternative for Mac.

    3 of 12 comments
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    PeaZip icon
    • PeaZip is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  2. NanaZip icon

    NanaZip

     56 likes

    NanaZip, a fork of 7-Zip, offers enhanced integration for Windows 11, featuring a modern interface with dark mode and context menu support. Although limited to Windows, it maintains a lightweight and ad-free experience akin to 7-Zip, appealing to users craving modern features.

    91 NanaZip alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    NanaZip Context Menu on Windows 11
     
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    Comments about NanaZip as an Alternative to 7-Zip
    Eyji
    Positive
    1

    Simpler interface and better Windows integration, with a working context menu for Windows 11

    TheEmperorArt
    Positive
    0

    Its essentially 7-Zip with the main difference being an attempt to bring it in line with the modern Windows design, which still needs lots of UI work and refinement.

    BarnMTB
    Positive
    0

    NanaZip is a fork of 7zip that is better integrated with modern version of Windows and supports newer features such as Windows 11 context menu & dark theme. It's not really that different than 7zip otherwise.

    7zip developer is too stubborn to implement the new integrations, so they just created their own fork. Now this is the power of open source.

    3 of 4 comments
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    NanaZip icon
    • NanaZip is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  4. FreeArc icon

    FreeArc

     52 likes

    FreeArc is a free and open source file archiver developed by Bulat Ziganshin. It uses LZMA, PPMD, TrueAudio and GRzip algorithms with automatic switching by file type, and also uses set of filters—for instance it can remove repetitions from text.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Comments about FreeArc as an Alternative to 7-Zip
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    Positive
    1

    i've tested many popular archivers (7z, winrar) but this acheived the highest compression ratio

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    • FreeArc is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  5. Ark icon

    Ark

     23 likes

    Ark is a program for viewing, extracting, creating and modifying archives. Ark can handle various archive formats such as tar, gzip, bzip2, zip, rar, 7zip, xz, rpm, cab and deb (support for certain archive formats depend on the appropriate command-line programs being installed).

    39 Ark alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
    • Windows
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  6. 7-Zip ZS icon

    7-Zip ZS

     8 likes

    7-Zip with support for Zstandard, Brotli, Lz4, Lz5 and Lizard Compression. Open source under LGPL-2.1 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Comments about 7-Zip ZS as an Alternative to 7-Zip
    Ashley Green
    Positive
    0

    Exactly the same as vanilla 7-Zip, but with support for additional codecs like ZStandard.

    7-Zip ZS icon
    7-Zip ZS icon
    • 7-Zip ZS is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  7. p7zip icon

    p7zip

     29 likes

    p7zip is a port of the command line version of the 7-Zip file archiver to POSIX-conforming operating systems like Unix (Linux, Solaris, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Cygwin, AIX, ...), MacOS X and also for BeOS and Amiga.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    Comments about p7zip as an Alternative to 7-Zip
    Guest
    Positive
    5

    It uses the same engine and compression of 7zip, so if you care more about that than the GUI, this is the best.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    4

    7-Zip is a graphical program and p7zip is command line only

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • p7zip is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source

  9. Free ARC NEXT

     3 likes

    A new rewritten Alternative for Free ARC by Bulat Ziganshin.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  10. LZ4

     2 likes

    It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Comments about LZ4 as an Alternative to 7-Zip
    Sonomabob
    Negative
    0

    lz4 is a command line compressor for a single compression format: lz4. 7-Zip in contrast features a GUI and supports a buch of different archive formats and compression algorithms.

    ruediix
    Negative
    0

    LZ4 is an amazing program, don't get me wrong. It's best option for compression of a data stream with zero performance loss. However, it is a command line compression stream program (and library) for compressing a single file, not an archive creation program.

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    • LZ4 is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  11. 7z SFX-Creator icon

    7z SFX-Creator

     41 likes

    A simple and easy to use GUI based on 7zip for creating self-extracting archives and self-extracting installers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  12. ArcThemAll! icon

    ArcThemAll!

     10 likes

    A simple software to multiple compress files and folders. ArcThemAll provides compression and extraction of batches of multiple folders or files with simple drag&drop loading. It includes an intelligent UPX compression mode, the support to self-extracting archives creation...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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  13. zpaq icon

    zpaq

     8 likes

    zpaq is a free and open source incremental, journaling command-line archiver for Windows, Linux and Mac OS/X.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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    Archive size vs. time to compress and extract 10 GB (79,431 files) to an external USB hard drive at default and maximum settings on a Dell Latitude E6510 laptop (Core i7 M620, 2+2 hyperthreads, 2.66 GHz, 4 GB, Ubuntu Linux, Wine 1.6).
     
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    Comments about zpaq as an Alternative to 7-Zip
    ruediix
    Positive
    1

    Not really discontinued, just not updated in 5 years.

    Since there have been no security issues, there is really nothing to update a simple utility like this.

    Works good for it's purpose as one of the best compression standards out there, although lack of widespread adoption of the protocol does limit it's usefulness to internal use.

    I recommend 7z or zip for files for others due to exceeding the adoption and familiarity threshold that people know how to open the archive.

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    • zpaq is Free and Open Source7-Zip is also Free and Open Source
  14. KGB Archiver icon

    KGB Archiver

     16 likes

    KGB Archiver is the compression tool with an unbelievably high compression rate. Unfortunately, in spite of its powerful compression rate, it has high hardware requirements (I recommend processor with 1,5GHz clock and 256MB of RAM as an essential minimum).

    78 KGB Archiver alternatives

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    • Free
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    • Discontinued

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