Archive generally used to compress the size of files. Two famous archives format are .zip and .rar. Every average computer user aware of it, however for extracting this two format, most of us only know two paid software WinZip and WinRar. We usually use demo copy of this two duo to extract our archives file.

There are some free extractor available one of which is 7zip but if we talk about most powerful one then PeaZip is the best solution.

PeaZip can create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, PAQ/ZPAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX, ZIP format and can extract 95 different format and the most well known are ACE, ARJ, CAB, CHM, COMPOUND (MSI, DOC, XLS, PPT), CPIO, ISO, Java (JAR, EAR, WAR), Linux (DEB, PET/PUP, RPM, SLP), LHA/LZH, LZMA, Mac (DMG/HFS), NSIS, Open Office files, PAK/PK3/PK4, RAR, SMZIP, U3P, UDF, VHD, WIM, XAR, XPI, XZ, Z/TZ.

It also can repair ARC archive format.

In their word:

PeaZip allows to apply powerful multiple search filters to archive’s content; create and extract multiple archives at once; create self-extracting archives; export job definition as command line; save archive’s layouts; bookmark archives and folders; scan and open with custom applications compressed and uncompressed files etc.

Other features: strong encryption, robust file copy, split/join files (file span), secure data deletion, compare, checksum and hash files, system benchmark, generate random passwords and keyfiles.

It is available in both 32 bit and 64 bit version for Windows and Linux and there is also a portable version is available for both systems. That means you get enough freedom to use it anywhere without paying a penny.

Note: It support newly arrive Windows 7

Download Peazip Archive Creator & Extractor.