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7-Zip

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Summary

7-Zip is a compression software[1]. 7-Zip has Wikipedia articles in 45 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: free and open-source software[3]
  • Developer: Igor Pavlov[4]
  • Copyright license: GNU Lesser General Public License[5]
  • Programmed in: C++[6], C[7]
  • Operating system: Linux[8], ReactOS[9], Windows Vista[10], Windows 7[11], Windows 2000[12], Windows Server 2003[13], Windows Server 2008[14], Windows XP[15], Windows 8[16], Windows 8.1[17], Windows 10[18], Windows Server 2012[19], Windows Server 2016[20], Windows Server 2019[21]
  • Software version identifier: 19.00[22], 16.04[23], 9.20[24], 21.05[25], 21.06[26], 21.07[27], 22.00[28], 22.01[29], 2.00[30], 2.01[31], 2.10[32], 2.11[33], 2.20[34], 2.21[35]
  • Commons category: 7-Zip[36]
  • Country of origin: Russia[37]
  • Inception: July 18, 1999[38]
  • Has edition or translation: P7zip[39]
  • Official website: https://www.7-zip.org/[40]
  • Topic's main category: Category:7-Zip[41]
  • Commons gallery: 7-Zip[42]
  • Readable file format: 7z[43], xz[44], bzip2 Archive[45], GZIP[46], tar[47], ZIP[48], Windows Imaging Format[49], ar[50], Cabinet[51], Microsoft Compiled HTML Help[52], cpio[53], cramfs[54], Apple Disk Image[55], extended file system[56]

Why It Matters

7-Zip is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . sourceforge.net. sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . sourceforge.net. sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . sourceforge.net. sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . sourceforge.net. Retrieved . sourceforge.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . 7-zip.org. 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . 7-zip.org. Retrieved . 7-zip.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Mykhal · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Official website: https://www.7-zip.org/"
  2. 1d ago · ~2026-54910-52 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.7-zip.org/
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  3. 8d ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 46
    Software version identifier → 19.00, 16.04, 9.20 +27
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', '
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  4. 5w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 19.00, 16.04, 9.20 +27
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  5. 15w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Source code repository url → https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/files/7-Zip/, https://github.com/ip7z/7zip
    Software version identifier → 19.00, 16.04, 9.20 +27
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  6. 16w ago · Lbocquet · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Portableapps id → utilities/7-zip_portable
    Zhihu topic id → 19923841
    Topic's main category → Category:7-Zip
    Macports port → 7zip
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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