Any free alternatives to WinRAR?

[BZeto]

I love winrar but I dont want to register it. Are there any free alternatives?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

gzip might be able to do it.

- M4H

 

[igowerf]

A couple are listed in this thread.

 

[Childs]

Originally posted by: BZeto
I love winrar but I dont want to register it. Are there any free alternatives?

You do not have to register. It'll just nag you every time you use it, but the program is still fully functional.

 

[Schadenfroh]

7-Zip

Opensource, freeware utililty

Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

i switched to it from a registered version of winzip 9

 

[43st]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
7-Zip

Opensource, freeware utililty

Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

i switched to it from a registered version of winzip 9

The 7zip rocks! But don't forget to set your file associations after you install it. At default it does not associate archives to the program.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

Izarc is all I use these days...

 

[monzie]

Errrrrrrr........Winrar

Cant liddle ole BZeto take the pressures of a nag box? Diddums...does he cry at everything...mummy, muumy my shoe lace came undone........ahhh diddums...GROW UP...its a computer generated nag box and nothing else, it still works.

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Izarc is all I use these days...

 

[JackMDS]

As said above 7-Zip.

:sun:

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: monzie
Errrrrrrr........Winrar

Cant liddle ole BZeto take the pressures of a nag box? Diddums...does he cry at everything...mummy, muumy my shoe lace came undone........ahhh diddums...GROW UP...its a computer generated nag box and nothing else, it still works.

Go away.

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Izarc is all I use these days...

 

[watek]

Originally posted by: hatim

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Izarc is all I use these days...

Thanks. I've been looking for something like this

 

[WillyF1uhm1]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
7-Zip

Opensource, freeware utililty

Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

i switched to it from a registered version of winzip 9

Thanks for the tip. I was just looking for something like that.

 

[Mem]

ZipGenius .

ZipGenius is the file compression suite you were searching for: it is free and easy to use, plus it supports more than 20 formats of compressed archives, inlcuded RAR, ARJ, ACE, CAB, SQX and the excellent 7-zip.

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Main features.


Screenshots.

More Zip programs here .

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

I just click once every time to get by WinRar's nag message. It's not too annoying, Winzip's is much more annoying since they move the buttons around.

 

[spacelord]

ZipGenius seems like a nice program.

 

[Mem]

ZipGenius seems like a nice program.

Yes it is,I`m using it and find it has a professional look with a normal and expert interface layout, it even gives you tips ,just amazing for a free zip/unzip program .

 

[Slickone]

Besides WinRAR, a lot of people seem to use 7-Zip, Ultimate Zip, Power Archiver.

I use Winzip and Power Archiver, but ZipGenius looks impressive. Haven't heard of it until now. I'll have to try it.

 

[bunker]

Anyone gone through and checked the compression ratios of the various programs? For example, take a 20mb text file and see how far down in can compress.

 

[oog]

unrar

 

[episodic]

I used 7-zip before I gave in and registered WinRar - as much as I've used it over the years, they finally deserved my money . . .

 

[mattg1981]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
7-Zip

Opensource, freeware utililty

Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

i switched to it from a registered version of winzip 9

 

[Zugzwang152]

I use ALZIP. Unlimited shareware license.


ed: adding supported file formats:

Open and extract 30 different file formats including 00x, ACE, ALZ, ARC, ARJ, B64, BH, BHX, BZ2, CAB, EAR, ENC, GZ, HA, HQX, ICE, JAR, LHA, LZH, MIM, PAK, RAR, TAR, TGZ, UUE, WAR, XXE, Z, ZIP, and ZOO files too! No other archiving utility beats ALZip. Not WinZip. Not WinRAR. Not WinACE. Nothing. ALZip is the Winner hands down!

 

[Savarak]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
Izarc is all I use these days...

same here, but i wish the GUI was more refined