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== Archiver features == Information about what common archiver features are implemented natively (without third-party add-ons). {{sort-under}} {| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;" |- ! File archivers ! [[Data compression]] ! [[Shell (computing)|Shell]]<br/>integration ! Password protection ! Multiple volumes ! Self extraction ! File repairing ! Batch conversion ! [[Unicode]] file /<br />directory names{{efn|name=unicode-names|Extracting/adding file and/or directory names into archive in either [[UTF-7]], [[UTF-8]] or [[UTF-16/UCS-2]] encoding to support single file/directory name which contains characters from different languages. More recent versions of the zip file format have support for Unicode filenames.}} ! Encryption ! Filename Encryption |- ! [[7-Zip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[ALZip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=features-ALZip|Commandline batch compression is available only for ZIP and ALZ formats.}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[Archive Manager]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |- ! [[Archive Utility]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[ARJ]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[Ark (software)|Ark]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[B1 Free Archiver]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[BetterZip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[Tar (file format)#Key implementations|bsdtar/libarchive]] | {{partial|non-tar formats}}{{efn|name=tar-compression|Traditionally, tar, cpio, or pax calls the external programs gzip and bzip2 to perform compression; these external programs usually come with systems that contain the archiver. This is the case for [[GNU]] tar. BSD tar uses its own implementation, since it also has to deal with archive formats that do their own compression.}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|zip}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|7z, zip, rar}} | {{partial|7z, zip, rar}} |- ! [[Commander One]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} for 7z |- ! [[DAR (Disk Archiver)|Disk ARchiver]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[Filzip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[FreeArc]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[Tar (file format)#Key implementations|GNU tar]] | {{no}}{{efn|name=tar-compression}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|}}Separate | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[iArchiver]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[Info-ZIP]] | {{yes}} | {{no}}{{efn|Many shells have built-in zip file support. [[Windows Explorer]] has "Send To"->"ZIP-compressed folder".}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=infozip-since|Unicode and volumes since version 3.0 (2008). AES since 3.1 (in beta).}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=infozip-since}} | {{yes|}}ZipCrypto (weak) and AES{{efn|name=infozip-since}} | {{no}} |- ! [[KGB Archiver]] | {{yes}} | {{partial|}}Not enabled by default | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[Peazip|PeaZip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=unicode-peazip|UTF-8 file/path-names support was completed in release 3.0.1 on Unix systems, and in release 5.8.0 on Windows systems. GUI UTF-8 support for full internationalization of the application was completed in release 2.2.0. Optionally, extended characters can be set to be replaced by jolly "?" character for exporting scripts to legacy systems; scripts creation screen informs if commands are ANSI-safe, OEM-codepage-safe (on Windows), or requires UTF-8 compliant environment to run (system, command interpreter, etc).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://peazip.sourceforge.net/peazip-free-archiver.html|title=Learn more - PeaZip free file archiver utility|access-date=2 July 2016}}</ref>}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=batch-winzip|Command-line batch compression and expansion requires free add-on software downloaded from the WinZip website.}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[PKZIP]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial|}}Separate | {{partial|}}Separate | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[PowerArchiver]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|Does support Unicode names, but not under the default (initial) option settings: the user must tick "Use OEM conversion for filenames" under "General" on the "Miscellaneous" tab in the Configuration dialog to enable Unicode name support. Full support for Unicode files names by default is supported only for 7-Zip and RAR archive formats.}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[StuffIt]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[The Unarchiver]] | {{no}}{{efn|name=decompress-only|Application is only for decompression.}} | some formats | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=decompress-only}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[TUGZip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[WinAce]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[WinRAR]] and RAR | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|Allows for a variable amount of [[Error correction code|error correction]]. See also [[RAR (file format)]].}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=winrar-7z|In WinRAR 3.60, when opening 7-Zip archives which contains Unicode file/directory names, they will not be displayed correctly. There will be no problem extracting them, however.}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- ! [[WinZip]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{efn|name=batch-winzip}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}<!--http://kb.winzip.com/kb/13--> | {{yes}}<!--http://kb.winzip.com/kb/13--> |- ! [[XAD (software)|XAD]] | {{no}}{{efn|name=decompress-only}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[Xarchiver]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[ZipGenius]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} |- ! [[ZPAQ]] | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} |-class="sortbottom" ! ! [[Data compression]] ! [[Operating system shell|Shell]]<br/>integration ! Password protection ! Multiple volumes ! Self extraction ! File repairing ! Batch conversion ! [[Unicode]] file /<br />directory names{{efn|name=unicode-names}} ! Encryption ! Filename Encryption |} '''Notes:''' {{notelist}}
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