File Archiver Software List

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File Archiver Software List

A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. Many file archivers employ archive formats that provide lossless data compression to reduce the size of the archive which is often useful for transferring a large number of individual files over a high latency network like the Internet. The most basic archivers just take a list of files and concatenate their contents sequentially into the archive. In addition the archive must also contain some information about at least the names and lengths of the originals, so that proper reconstruction is possible. Most archivers also store metadata about a file that the operating system provides, such as timestamps, ownership and access control. The process of making an archive file is called archiving or packing. Reconstructing the original files from the archive is termed unarchiving, unpacking or extracting. source:wikipedia

Name	Developer(s)	Cost(USD)	Licence	Official Web	Platform(s)
7-Zip	Igor Pavlov	Free	LGPL (RAR plugin is proprietary)	7-zip	Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X
ALZip	ESTsoft	Free to try (60-day trial); $29.95 to buy - However Korean language version is free	Proprietary	ALZip	Windows 2000, XP(32 bit),Vista, 7, 8 (32-64 bit),Mac OS
Archive Utility	Apple Inc.	Free	Proprietary	apple	Mac OS X
Ark	KDE team	Free	GPL	Ark	Cross-platform
Bandizip	Bandisoft	Free	Proprietary	bandizip	Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8,Mac OS X
BetterZip	BetterZip	$19.95 USD	Proprietary	BetterZip	Mac OS X 10.4 and later
Bitser	Bitser	Free	Proprietary	Bitser	Windows 7,8,2008,Vista,2003,XP (32-bit and 64-bit versions are supported)
Compressed Folders	Microsoft Inc.	Included in Microsoft Windows Windows Explorer shell since Windows 98	Proprietary
Disk ARchiver	Denis Corbin	Free	GPL	Disk ARchiver	Cross-platform
File Roller	Paolo Bacchilega	Free	GPL	File Roller	Unix-like
Filzip	Philipp Engel	Free	Proprietary (Freeware)	Filzip	Microsoft Windows
FreeArc	Bulat Ziganshin	Free	GPL	FreeArc	Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux
iArchiver	Dare to be Creative Ltd.	Single User USD 19.99, Family Pack USD 24.99	Proprietary	Archiver	Mac OS X
Info-ZIP (Wzip)	Samuel Smith	Free	BSD-like	Info-ZIP	widely cross-platform
IZArc	IZSoftware	Free	Proprietary	IZArc	Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7,iOS
KGB Archiver	Tomasz Pawlak	Free	GPL	KGB Archiver	Microsoft Windows, Unix-like
PeaZip	Giorgio Tani	Free	LGPL	PeaZip	Windows 9x,NT/2K/XP,Vista/7/8 (32 and 64 bit), ReactOS, Wine
PKZIP	Phil Katz	$29.00 (PKZIP for Windows Desktop Standard Edition)	Proprietary	PKZIP	Cross-platform
PowerArchiver	ConexWare	$22.95 (PowerArchiver 2012 Standard), $31.45 (PowerArchiver 2012 Professional)	Proprietary	PowerArchiver	Windows
StuffIt	Aladdin Systems, Smith Micro Software	Free expander; $29.99 (StuffIt Mac&Windows), $49.99 (StuffIt Deluxe Mac&Windows)	Proprietary	StuffIt	Mac OS X, Windows
TAR	AT&T	Free	Various
The Unarchiver	Circlesoft	Free	LGPL	The Unarchiver	Windows,Mac OS X,iOS,Linux
TUGZip	Christian Kindahl	Free	Proprietary	TUGZip	Microsoft Windows
WinAce	e-merge GmbH	Free expander (GNU/Linux & Mac only); $29.00 Standard; $39.00 Plus	Proprietary	WinAce	Windows, DOS, (read only: Linux, Mac OS X)
WinRAR	Eugene Roshal / Alexander Roshal	Free expander; $29	Proprietary	WinRAR	Windows, Linux,FreeBSD, Mac OS X.
WinZip	WinZip Computing, Inc	$29.95 Standard; $49.95 Pro	Proprietary	WinZip	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, IOS and Android
XAD a.k.a. XADMaster.library	Dirk Stoecker	Shareware, Free for non commercial use	Proprietary	XAD	AmigaOS, MorphOS
Xarchiver	Giuseppe Torelli	Free	GPL	Xarchiver	Unix-like
ZipGenius	Matteo Riso	Free	Proprietary	ZipGenius	Microsoft Windows

for complete ref.:wikipedia

Terms used in the table:
LGPL
The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL (formerly the GNU Library General Public License) is a free software license published by the Free Software Foundation (FSF). The LGPL allows developers and companies to use and integrate LGPL software into their own (even proprietary) software without being required (by the terms of a strong copyleft) to release the source code of their own software-parts. Merely the LGPL software-parts need to be modifiable by end-users (via source code availability): therefore, in the case of proprietary software, the LGPL-parts are usually used in the form of a shared library (e.g. DLL), so that there is a clear separation between the proprietary parts and open source LGPL parts.

Proprietary
Proprietary software or closed source software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder with the intent that the licensee is given the right to use the software only under certain conditions, and restricted from other uses, such as modification, sharing, studying, redistribution, or reverse engineering.

Complementary terms include free software,licensed by the owner under more permissive terms, and public domain software, which is not subject to copyright and can be used for any purpose. Proponents of free and open source software use proprietary or non-free to describe software that is not free or open source.

A related, but distinct categorization in the software industry is commercial software which refers to software produced for sale, but without meaning it is closed source.

According to Eric S. Raymond, in the Jargon File, "In the language of hackers and users" it is used pejoratively, with the meaning of "inferior" and "a product not conforming to open-systems standards"

GNU
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or GPL) is the most widely used free software license, which guarantees end users (individuals, organizations, companies) the freedoms to use, study, share (copy), and modify the software. Software that ensures that these rights are retained is called free software. The license was originally written by Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) for the GNU project.

The GPL grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the Free Software Definition and uses copyleft to ensure the freedoms are preserved whenever the work is distributed, even when the work is changed or added to. The GPL is a copyleft license, which means that derived works can only be distributed under the same license terms. This is in distinction to permissive free software licenses, of which the BSD licenses are the standard examples. GPL was the first copyleft license for general use.

Shareware
Shareware (also termed trialware or demoware) is proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability (it may be functional for a limited time period only), or convenience (the software may present a dialog at startup or during usage, reminding the user to purchase it. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a periodical such as a newspaper or magazine. The rationale behind shareware is to give buyers the opportunity to use the program and judge its usefulness before purchasing a license for the full version of the software; the name comes from the fact that shareware authors encourage users to distribute the trial software to their friends. Firms with superior software thus have an incentive to offer samples, except if their product is already well known, or if they do not want to be listed in direct competition with other products on shareware repositories.

Shareware is usually offered either with certain features only available after the license is purchased, or as a full version but for a limited trial period of time. Once the trial period has passed, the program may stop running until a license is purchased. Shareware is often offered without supports or updates which only become available with the purchase of a license. The words "free trial" or "trial version" are indicative of shareware.

Shareware is often packaged with adware. During the install of the intended software, the user is presented with the option to install other programs, often browser toolbars.

The term shareware is used in contrast to retail software, which refers to commercial software available only with the purchase of a license which may not be copied for others; public domain software, which refers to software not copyright protected; open-source software, in which the source code is available for anyone to inspect and alter; and freeware, which refers to copyrighted software for which the developers solicit no payment (though they may request donations).

BSD licenses
BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software licenses, imposing minimal restrictions on the redistribution of covered software. This is in contrast to copyleft licenses, which have reciprocity share-alike requirements. The original BSD license was used for its namesake, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system. The original version has since been revised and its descendants are more properly termed modified BSD licenses.

Two variants of the license, the New BSD License/Modified BSD License and the Simplified BSD License/FreeBSD License have been verified as GPL-compatible free software licenses by the Free Software Foundation, and have been vetted as open source licenses by the Open Source Initiative,while the original, 4-clause license has not been accepted as an open source license and, although the original is considered to be a free software license by the FSF, the FSF does not consider it to be compatible with the GPL due to the advertising clause.

A Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification.

There is no standard for defining the term, and some difference of opinion is possible as to the degree to which a given operating system is "Unix-like".
The term can include free and open-source operating systems inspired by Bell Labs' Unix or designed to emulate its features, commercial and proprietary work-alikes, and even versions based on the licensed UNIX source code (which may be sufficiently "Unix-like" to pass certification and bear the "UNIX" trademark)

source:Wikipedia