7-Zip
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7-Zip is a freeware open source archiving program for Linux and Windows which supports many different compression, package, and file system formats. It also has customizable Windows context-menu integration. It is vastly superior to WinZip and WinRar. It is written in C++.
The only problem I've had with the program is that it sometimes fails when you're compressing and decompressing multiple large files at once.
Personal
7-Zip is my primary compression utility. Although PeaZip supports a few different exotic formats, I do not like the bloated interface of PeaZip, and 7-Zip supports all of the formats I use on a regular basis, so I stick with 7-Zip.
Supported Formats
| Format | Read | Write |
|---|---|---|
| 7Z | Yes | Yes |
| ARJ | Yes | |
| BZIP | Yes | |
| BZIP2 | Yes | Yes |
| CAB | Yes | |
| CHM | Yes | |
| CPIO | Yes | |
| DEB | Yes | |
| DMG | Yes | |
| FAT | Yes | |
| GZIP | Yes | Yes |
| HFS | Yes | |
| ISO | Yes | |
| JAR | Yes | |
| LHA | Yes | |
| LZH | Yes | |
| LZMA | Yes | |
| NTFS | Yes | |
| RAR | Yes | |
| RPM | Yes | |
| SQUASHFS | Yes | |
| SWM | Yes | |
| TAR | Yes | Yes |
| VHD | Yes | |
| WIM | Yes | Yes |
| XAR | Yes | |
| XZ | Yes | Yes |
| ZIP | Yes | Yes |
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