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[[7-Zip]] is an open source file archiving application. It can decode many compression and archiving formats.
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:''This article is about the software. For the 7-Zip file format, see [[7z]].''
  
7-Zip has a native compressed archive format named [[7z]].
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[[7-Zip]] is an open source file archiving application. It can decode many compression and archiving formats. It has a native compressed archive format named [[7z]].
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip web site]
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* [https://www.7-zip.org/ 7-Zip web site]
 
* [[Wikipedia:7-Zip|Wikipedia: 7-Zip]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:7-Zip|Wikipedia: 7-Zip]]
  
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7-Zip doesn't seem to provide good information about what formats it supports, so this list may not be completely accurate.
 
7-Zip doesn't seem to provide good information about what formats it supports, so this list may not be completely accurate.
  
The "RW" column indicates ''read'' support (R), ''write'' support (W), or both (RW).
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The "RW" column indicates ''read'' support (R), or ''read/write'' support (RW).
  
 
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|-
 
|-
 
|APM  || R  || [[Apple Partition Map]]
 
|APM  || R  || [[Apple Partition Map]]
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|AR  || R  || [[AR]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|ARJ  || R  || [[ARJ]]
 
|ARJ  || R  || [[ARJ]]
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|-
 
|-
 
|CHM  || R  || [[CHM]]
 
|CHM  || R  || [[CHM]]
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|Compound || R  || [[Microsoft Compound File]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|CPIO || R  || [[cpio]]
 
|CPIO || R  || [[cpio]]
 
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|-
|CramFS || R  ||  
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|CramFS || R  || [[Cramfs]]
 
|-
 
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|DEB  || R  ||  
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|DEB  || R  || [[deb]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|DMG  || R  || [[Apple Disk Image]]
 
|DMG  || R  || [[Apple Disk Image]]
 
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|ELF || R  || [[ELF]]
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|EXT || R  || [[ext2]], [[ext3]], [[ext4]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|FAT  || R  || [[FAT12]], [[FAT32]], [[IMA]]
 
|FAT  || R  || [[FAT12]], [[FAT32]], [[IMA]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|FLV  || R  || [[FLV]]
 
|FLV  || R  || [[FLV]]
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|GPT || R  || [[GUID Partition Table]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|GZIP || RW || [[gzip]]
 
|GZIP || RW || [[gzip]]
 
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|HFS  || R  || [[HFS]]
 
|HFS  || R  || [[HFS]]
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|IHEX || R  ||
 
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|ISO  || R  || [[ISO image]], [[ISO 9660]]
 
|ISO  || R  || [[ISO image]], [[ISO 9660]]
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|LZMA || R  || [[LZMA Alone|LZMA_Alone]]
 
|LZMA || R  || [[LZMA Alone|LZMA_Alone]]
 
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|-
|Mach-O || R  ||
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|Mach-O || R  || [[Mach-O]]
 
|-
 
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|MBR  || R  || [[MBR]]
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|MBR  || R  || [[Master Boot Record]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|MSI  || R  || [[Windows Installer]]
 
|MSI  || R  || [[Windows Installer]]
 
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|MSLZ || R  ||
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|MSLZ || R  || [[MS-DOS installation compression]]
 
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|NSIS || R  ||  
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|NSIS || R  || [[NSIS]]
 
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|NTFS || R  ||  
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|NTFS || R  || [[NTFS]]
 
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|PE executable || R  || [[EXE]]
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|PE || R  || [[PE]]
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|QCOW2 || R  || [[qcow]]
 
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|RAR  || R  || [[RAR]]
 
|RAR  || R  || [[RAR]]
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|RPM  || R  || [[RPM]]
 
|RPM  || R  || [[RPM]]
 
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|SquashFS || R  ||
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|SquashFS || R  || [[Squashfs]]
 
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|SWF  || R  || [[SWF]]
 
|SWF  || R  || [[SWF]]
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|TAR  || RW || [[Tape Archive]]
 
|TAR  || RW || [[Tape Archive]]
 
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|UDF  || R  || [[ISO image]], [[UDF]]
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|UDF  || R  || [[ISO image]], [[Universal Disk Format]]
 
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|UEFI || R  ||
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|UEFI || R  || [[Firmware File System]]
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|VDI  || R  || [[VDI]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|VHD  || R  || [[VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)]]
 
|VHD  || R  || [[VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)]]
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|VMDK || R  || [[VMDK]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|WIM  || RW || [[Windows Imaging Format]]
 
|WIM  || RW || [[Windows Imaging Format]]
 
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|XAR  || R  || [[xar]]
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|XAR  || R  || [[Xar (Extensible Archive)]]
 
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|XZ  || RW || [[XZ]]
 
|XZ  || RW || [[XZ]]
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|Z    || R  || [[compress]]
 
|Z    || R  || [[compress]]
 
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|ZIP  || RW || [[ZIP]]
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|ZIP  || RW || [[ZIP]], [[Zipx]]
 
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[[Category:Archiving]]
 
[[Category:Compression]]
 
[[Category:Compression]]

Revision as of 14:18, 16 February 2019

Software > Conversion Software > 7-Zip
This article is about the software. For the 7-Zip file format, see 7z.

7-Zip is an open source file archiving application. It can decode many compression and archiving formats. It has a native compressed archive format named 7z.

External links

Format cross-reference

7-Zip doesn't seem to provide good information about what formats it supports, so this list may not be completely accurate.

The "RW" column indicates read support (R), or read/write support (RW).

Format RW Refer to
7z RW 7z
APM R Apple Partition Map
AR R AR
ARJ R ARJ
BZIP2 RW bzip2
CAB R Cabinet
CHM R CHM
Compound R Microsoft Compound File
CPIO R cpio
CramFS R Cramfs
DEB R deb
DMG R Apple Disk Image
EXT R ext2, ext3, ext4
FAT R FAT12, FAT32, IMA
FLV R FLV
GPT R GUID Partition Table
GZIP RW gzip
HFS R HFS
IHEX R
ISO R ISO image, ISO 9660
LZH R LHA
LZMA R LZMA_Alone
Mach-O R Mach-O
MBR R Master Boot Record
MSI R Windows Installer
MSLZ R MS-DOS installation compression
NSIS R NSIS
NTFS R NTFS
PE R PE
QCOW2 R qcow
RAR R RAR
RPM R RPM
SquashFS R Squashfs
SWF R SWF
TAR RW Tape Archive
UDF R ISO image, Universal Disk Format
UEFI R Firmware File System
VDI R VDI
VHD R VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)
VMDK R VMDK
WIM RW Windows Imaging Format
XAR R Xar (Extensible Archive)
XZ RW XZ
Z R compress
ZIP RW ZIP, Zipx
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