PeaZip is an excellent compression tool which is seriously feature-packed – and all the more impressive because it’s free. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service ...

7-Zip is one of the best archive managers for Windows, offering a long list of features. However, I recently came across PeaZip, an open-source archive manager, and I find it very similar to 7-Zip.

While most Linux veterans would tell you the command line is all you need to archive a bunch of files, we're fond of PeaZip for its feature-filled, easy-to-use (if sometimes glitchy) interface.

PeaZip can extract most of the archive formats both from Windows and Unix worlds. Currently, 87 file extensions are supported, ranging from mainstream 7Z, RAR, TAR, and ZIP to experimental ones like ...