gzip

Free compressor ported from Linux.

gzip, or in other worlds GNU ZIP, is one of the most famous compressors developed for Linux. And due to its success on that platform, is has now been ported over to Windows.

  One of the great advantages of gzip is that it uses the DEFLATE algorithm (a combination of LZ77 and Huffman coding), thus it doesn't use a compressor algorithm that is subject to a patent. As well as for that reason, the use of DEFLATE comes in very handy, because is assures that the compression/decompression will be lossless.

  The great inconvenient of gzip is that is can only be used from the command line console, and due to this fact, those people are only used to using program with a graphic interface may find it somewhat difficult to use. Nevertheless, those people that have used the program under Linux should have any problem at all when it comes to using it.

  So, if you are looking for a good free compressor, and you have any inconvenient in resorting to the use of the command line console, download gzip.