Bandizip : Best Free WinZip, 7-Zip and WinRAR Alternative
Bandizip is a lightweight, fast, free archiving software that works with the most popular compression formats including WinZip, 7-Zip, WinRAR, as well as other archive formats. Bandizip has a very fast Zip algorithm for compression & extraction by Fast Drag and Drop, High Speed Archiving, and Multi-core compression function. Bandizip has all the features a professional may need, while there are also settings to allow beginners to take full advantage of this software.
Super Compression
When you archive multimedia files (AVI, WMV, MP3) or archived files (ZIP, RAR, 7Z), you cant get good compression results. These files are hard to compress and sometimes the file size could be bigger than the original one. Bandizips "High Speed Archiving" function will allow you to compress or bypass the files its own algorithm. It will increase the archiving speed dramatically.
Fast Compression and Extraction
Bandizip has made great improvements. Bandizips "Fast Drag & Drop" allows you to download your files directly to the target folder. Another advantage of Bandizip is that it supports Unicode system perfectly. Adding Explorer shell extensions for "Extract here", etc is a piece of cake and lets me be in full control of the settings best suiting my needs. Bandizip Portable has "Code Page", and it will allow you to select a language in archive without breaking international characters.
A comparison between Bandizip, WinZip, WinRAR and 7-Zip
| Bandizip | WinZip | WinRAR | 7-Zip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freeware | ? | X | X | ? |
| Extracting .z01 | ? | ? | ? | X |
| Extracting .part1.rar | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Extracting 7zip.001 | ? | X | ? | ? |
| Extracting zip.001 | ? | ? | X | ? |
| Changing Code Page | ? | X | X | X |
| Fast Drag&Drop | ? | X | X | X |
| High Speed Archiving | ? | X | X | X |
| Multi-core Compression | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bandizip Supports Packing and Unpacking: Zip(z01), ZipX(zx01), TAR, TGZ, 7Z(7z.001), and EXE(e01).
Bandizip Unpacking Only: RAR(part1.rar, r01), ACE, ALZ, APK, ARJ, BH, BZ, BZ2, CAB, EGG, GZ, J2J, JAR, IMG, IPA, ISO, LHA, LZH, LZMA, PMA, TBZ, TBZ2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WAR, WIM, XZ, and Z.
Download free Bandizip and Bandizip Portable for Windows.
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Bandizip file size 4.43MB.
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