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7zX is a file archiver with high compression ratio. Compression ratio results are very dependent upon the data used for the tests. Usually 7zX compresses to 7z format 30-70% better than to zip format, and 2-10% better than most of other zip compatible programs. 7zX currently supports tar, zip, gzip, bzip2, UNIX compress, 7z, s7z and various kinds of segmented archives.

7-zip and the algorithm it uses (LZMA) is not that common on UNIX-like operating systems. It is well-known as a free alternative for WinZip on Windows systems and was started back in 1998. For Ubuntu p7zip – a port of 7-zip to POSIX – is available in universe (sudo apt-get install p7zip).