Free WinRAR and WinZIP Replacements

Several visitors recently have asked me how to open .RAR files of files which they have downloaded from this blog. That’s main reason why I have write this post for you. All above listed applications are completely free and they can open .RAR files easily!

The Best WinRAR and WinZIP Freeware Replacements

7-Zip – Very advanced and good file archiver with a high compression ratio. It have largest compression ratio than any other archiving tool listed here! Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.

Download 7-Zip (840 kb)

2.) TUGZip – It’s an advanced archiving utility with an easy-to-use interface and support for a wide range of file formats. Comes with SFX-tool to create self-extracting archives and an additional scripting tool to simplify automated backups.

Download TUGZip (4.00 Mb)

3.) IZArc – It’s an archiving tool suports many archive formats including .RAR and many other popular archive formats. IZArc can be configured to run your preferred Anti-Virus scanner when you open any archives. One of the most advanced free archive formats available!

Download IZArc (3.55 Mb)

4.) ZipGenius – is the absolutely free software for Windows? that lets you compress files to almost any kind of archive. ZipGenius supports more than 20 compressed archive formats. Unfortunatelly, this archiver doesn’t support 7-Zip archive formats!

Download ZipGenius (5.2 Mb)

5.) PeaZip – is an archiver tool that supports its native Pea archive format and other mainstream formats, with special focus on handling open formats. PeaZip doesn’t need to be installed/unistalled, it can run from any path. It’s Open Source application with GPL licence!

Download PeaZip (3.73 Mb)