Best Free File Archivers and Compressors (2026)

7-Zip

Igor Pavlov

LGPL-2.1 v26.00

4.3

4 reviews

7-Zip is a free, open source file archiver by Igor Pavlov. It compresses and extracts archives in most common formats - ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZ, and its own 7z format, which typically compresses better than ZIP. The program is completely free under the LGPL license, with no ads, no nag...

7-Zip Portable

Igor Pavlov

GPL-2.0 v25.01 3MB

4.0

4 reviews

7-Zip Portable is the portable version of the popular open source file archiver that runs from a USB drive or folder without installation. It provides the same compression and extraction capabilities as installed 7-Zip - supporting 7z, ZIP, RAR, TAR, ISO, and dozens of other arch...

IZArc

Ivan Zahariev

Freeware v4.6 5.3MB

4.5

4 reviews

IZArc is a free archive manager for Windows that handles over 50 compression formats including ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, and ISO. It integrates into the Windows Explorer context menu for quick extraction and compression, and supports drag and drop operations. The program is a lightw...