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53 <H1>Welcome to the 7-Zip Home!</H1>
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55 <P><B>7-Zip</B> is a file archiver with a high compression ratio.</P>
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57 <P><B>Download 7-Zip 4.65 (2009-02-03) for Windows</B>:</P>
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62 <TH class="Title" align="center" width=80>Windows</TH>
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63 <TH class="Title" align="center" width=55>Size</TH>
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66 <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z465.exe">Download</A></TD>
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67 <TD class="Item" align="center">.exe</TD>
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68 <TD class="Item" align="center">32-bit</TD>
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69 <TD class="Item" align="center">1 MB</TD>
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72 <TD class="Item" align="center"><A href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sevenzip/7z465-x64.msi">Download</A></TD>
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73 <TD class="Item" align="center">.msi</TD>
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74 <TD class="Item" align="center">x64</TD>
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75 <TD class="Item" align="center">1 MB</TD>
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79 <P>The download links above redirect you to download pages on SourceForge.net</P>
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83 <P><B>7-Zip</B> is <B>open source</B> software. Most of the source code is under the <B>GNU LGPL</B> license.
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84 The unRAR code is under a mixed license: GNU LGPL + unRAR restrictions. Check
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85 license information here: <A href="license.txt">7-Zip license</A>.</P>
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88 You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip. But you can <A href="register.html">make a donation</A> to support further development of 7-Zip.</P>
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90 <H2>The main features of 7-Zip</H2>
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92 <LI>High compression ratio in new <A href ="7z.html">7z format</A> with <B>LZMA</B> compression</LI>
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93 <LI>Supported formats:
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95 <LI>Packing / unpacking: 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR</LI>
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96 <LI>Unpacking only: ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.</LI>
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99 <LI>For ZIP and GZIP formats, <B>7-Zip</B> provides a compression ratio that
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100 is 2-10 % better than the ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip</LI>
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101 <LI>Strong AES-256 encryption in 7z and ZIP formats</LI>
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102 <LI>Self-extracting capability for 7z format</LI>
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103 <LI>Integration with Windows Shell</LI>
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104 <LI>Powerful File Manager</LI>
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105 <LI>Powerful command line version</LI>
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106 <LI>Plugin for FAR Manager</LI>
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107 <LI>Localizations for 74 languages</LI>
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112 <P><B>7-Zip</B> works in Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista. There is a port of the
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113 command line version to Linux/Unix.</P>
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116 <P>On <A href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/">7-Zip's Source Forge Page</A>
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117 you can find a forum, bug reports, and feature request systems.</P>
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119 <H2>Compression ratio</H2>
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121 <P>We compared <B>7-Zip</B> with some of the leading archivers.</P>
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123 <P><B>FILE SETS:</B>
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124 <A href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">Mozilla Firefox</A> 1.0.7 for Windows
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126 <A href="http://earth.google.com/">Google Earth</A> 3.0.0616 for Windows
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127 after full installation.</P>
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131 <TH class="Title" rowspan = 3>Archiver</TH>
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132 <TH class="Title" align="center" colspan = 2>Mozilla Firefox</TH>
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133 <TH class="Title" align="center" colspan = 2>Google Earth</TH>
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136 <TH class="Title" align="center" colspan = 2>161 files<BR>15,684,168 bytes</TH>
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137 <TH class="Title" align="center" colspan = 2>115 files<BR>23,530,652 bytes</TH>
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140 <TH class="Title" align="center">Compressed size</TH>
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141 <TH class="Title" align="center">Ratio</TH>
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142 <TH class="Title" align="center">Compressed size</TH>
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143 <TH class="Title" align="center">Ratio</TH>
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146 <TD class="Item"><B>7-Zip 4.23 (7z format)</B></TD>
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147 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>4621135</B></TD>
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148 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>100%</B></TD>
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149 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>6109183</B></TD>
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150 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>100%</B></TD>
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153 <TD class="Item">WinRAR 3.50</TD>
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154 <TD class="Item" align="center">5021556</TD>
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155 <TD class="Item" align="center">109%</TD>
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156 <TD class="Item" align="center">6824892</TD>
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157 <TD class="Item" align="center">112%</TD>
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160 <TD class="Item">CABARC 5.1</TD>
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161 <TD class="Item" align="center">5131393</TD>
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162 <TD class="Item" align="center">111%</TD>
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163 <TD class="Item" align="center">7434325</TD>
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164 <TD class="Item" align="center">122%</TD>
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167 <TD class="Item">WinZip 10.0 beta (maximum-PPMd)</TD>
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168 <TD class="Item" align="center">5277118</TD>
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169 <TD class="Item" align="center">114%</TD>
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170 <TD class="Item" align="center">8200708</TD>
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171 <TD class="Item" align="center">134%</TD>
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174 <TD class="Item"><B>7-Zip 4.23 (zip format)</B></TD>
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175 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>6222627</B></TD>
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176 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>135%</B></TD>
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177 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>8909446</B></TD>
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178 <TD class="Item" align="center"><B>146%</B></TD>
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181 <TD class="Item">WinZip 10.0 beta (maximum-portable)</TD>
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182 <TD class="Item" align="center">6448666</TD>
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183 <TD class="Item" align="center">140%</TD>
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184 <TD class="Item" align="center">9153898</TD>
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185 <TD class="Item" align="center">150%</TD>
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189 <P>Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests.
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190 Usually, <B>7-Zip</B> compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format.
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191 And <B>7-Zip</B> compresses to zip format 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs.</P>
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213 <P><A href="http://sourceforge.net/community/index.php/landing-pages/cca07/">
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214 <IMG src="bestProjectTech.gif" alt="7-Zip CCA Awards" width="200" height="45"></A></P>
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215 <P>7-Zip is a winner in the SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards 2007 in two categories:</P>
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217 <LI>Best Project</LI>
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218 <LI>Best Technical Design</LI>
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227 <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 9.05 alpha</TD>
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228 <TD class=NewsDate>2009-08-09</TD></TR>
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231 <A href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3360545&forum_id=45797">Download</A>
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239 <TD class=NewsTitle colSpan=2>7-Zip 9.05 alpha for Windows Mobile</TD>
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241 <TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>
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242 <A href="http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=3362486&forum_id=45797">Download</A>
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250 <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 4.65</TD>
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251 <TD class=NewsDate>2009-02-03</TD></TR>
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253 <TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>
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254 <LI>The bug was fixed
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256 <A href="/history.txt">Read about all changes</A>
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264 <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 4.63</TD>
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265 <TD class=NewsDate>2008-12-31</TD></TR>
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267 <TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>
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268 <LI>Improved AES support in ZIP archives
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269 <LI>Some bugs were fixed
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278 <TD class=NewsTitle>7-Zip 4.62</TD>
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279 <TD class=NewsDate>2008-12-02</TD></TR>
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281 <TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>
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282 <LI>LZMA compression for .ZIP archives
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283 <LI>Some bugs were fixed
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290 <TR class=NewsHeader>
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291 <TD class=NewsTitle>LZMA SDK 4.62</TD>
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292 <TD class=NewsDate>2008-12-02</TD></TR>
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294 <TD class=NewsText colSpan=2>
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295 <LI>LZMA SDK is placed in the public domain
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305 <HR><P><SMALL>Copyright (C) 2009 Igor Pavlov.</SMALL></P>
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