7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.
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RAR Opener by raropener.com is a small and freeware application that can help you open your RAR archive files and access its contents. Even though there is no version of RAR Opener for Mac available on the Internet, there are many other tools that can open RAR archives on Mac.
Download 7-Zip 19.00 (2019-02-21) for Windows:
| Link | Type | Windows | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download | .exe | 32-bit x86 | 1.2 MB |
| Download | .exe | 64-bit x64 | 1.4 MB |
Download 7-Zip 20.02 alpha (2020-08-08) for Windows:
| Link | Type | Windows | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download | .exe | 32-bit x86 | 1.2 MB |
| Download | .exe | 64-bit x64 | 1.4 MB |
| Download | .exe | 64-bit ARM64 | 1.5 MB |
License
7-Zip is free software with open source. The most of the code is under the GNU LGPL license. Some parts of the code are under the BSD 3-clause License. Also there is unRAR license restriction for some parts of the code. Read 7-Zip License information.
You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.
The main features of 7-Zip
- High compression ratio in 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 compression
- Supported formats:
- Packing / unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM
- Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT, FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VMDK, 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 87 languages
7-Zip works in Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2019 / 2016 / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000.
p7zip - the port of the command line version of 7-Zip to Linux/Posix.
On 7-Zip's SourceForge Page you can find a forum, bug reports, and feature request systems.
Compression ratio
We compared 7-Zip with WinRAR 5.20.
FILE SETS: Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 for Windows and Google Earth 6.2.2.6613 for Windows.
| Archiver | Mozilla Firefox | Google Earth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 files 85 280 391 bytes | 483 files 110 700 519 bytes | |||
| Compressed size | Ratio | Compressed size | Ratio | |
| 7-Zip 9.35 -mx | 39 357 375 | 100% | 15 964 369 | 100% |
| WinRAR 5.20 -m5 -s -ma5 -md128m | 41 789 543 | 106% | 17 035 432 | 107% |
Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually, 7-Zip compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format. And 7-Zip compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.
A RAR file is a compressed file that can contain any number of files and folders inside it. On Microsoft Windows, RAR files are assigned the file extension .RAR. Windows by default cannot open RAR files but you can install free 3rd party software such as Zipware to open them. RAR files are useful because they allow many files and folders to be bundled together into a single archive file that is compressed to reduce its overall size. RAR files can also be password protected using strong encrpytion which makes them particluar useful for creating backups of important files.
Opening and extracting RAR files
To open or extract RAR files using Zipware freeware simply follow the steps shown below. Zipware is free software that supports all the major archive formats including RAR, Zip, 7-zip and many more.
1. Download archive software
First download Zipware.
Click here to download Zipware to your computer.
2. Install archive software
Double click the file you have downloaded above to install Zipware.
Click through the installation wizard prompts accepting the defaults.
3. Run Zipware
Find this Zipware icon on your desktop.
Run Zipware by double clicking the icon shown.
4. Open RAR archive file
Click the open icon on the toolbar, browse to your file with the .RAR file extension and click OK. You can also open it by dragging and dropping the file directly into Zipware's main window. The below screenshot shows an example of an open RAR file with many folders inside it.
5. Extract RAR file
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Click the purple extract button in the toolbar and then select the directory where you would like the files and folders extracted to. Note that by default zipware will create a containing folder with the same name as the RAR file and extract all the files and folders into that directory. There are many options you can select when extracting RAR files but the default options are fine. For further details regarding all the options please refer to Zipware's help for extracting archives.
Note: Depending on the size of the RAR file it may take some time for Zipware to decompress and extract the files. Once the extracting process has completed you will be able to access the files like any other Windows files.
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That's all there is know about the RAR file extension!