Best File Compression Software in 2026 · page 2

IZArc

IZArc creates and extracts archives on Windows, with AES-256 encryption and conversion tools.

lzip

Lossless LZMA-based compressor with integrity checks and a related damaged-file recovery tool.

File Roller

GNOME archive manager for creating, browsing, modifying, and extracting archives.

XZ Utils

Command-line .xz compression tools and library; .xz compresses files but does not archive them.

StuffIt Expander

Ashampoo ZIP Pro

Brotli

Linux and macOS command-line software for handling Brotli (.br) files.

GNU Gzip

Unix-like command-line tool for gzip files and several other compression formats.

Xarchiver

GNU cpio

Command-line archiver that reads and writes several cpio formats as well as tar formats.

GNU tar

Command-line archiver for Unix-type systems, with support for multiple archive and compression formats.