「Bandizip」A Versatile, Ad-Free Cross-Platform Compression Utility

2018.07.23 9,658 0

As an essential piece of compression software for computers, I had always been using HaoZip from 2345. I used to think HaoZip was better than software such as WinRAR, 7Z, and KuaiZip, after all, many so-called cracked versions of WinRAR and similar software pose security risks.

I chose HaoZip because it was supported by 2345's official website, and used it happily for several years. However, HaoZip's recent updates made me feel disgusted: automatically popping up windows at startup, forcibly changing the browser's default homepage, and automatically installing updates in the background. All of these violate the user agreement, so I had no choice but to give up HaoZip and start looking for a replacement.

Bandizip

Bandizip interface

An exceptionally clean interface with no annoying ads. Compared with many other compression utilities, it also offers many user-friendly features.

I wonder whether the name of this software seems somewhat familiar to you.

The company that developed this software is called Bandisoft, a rather low-profile South Korean software company. It was the original developer of the well-known screen-recording software Bandicam (development was later taken over by Bandicam Company).

Bandizip official website

Main Features

Supported operating systems: Windows Vista/7/8/10
License: Freeware (EULA)
Full-featured compression/decompression/browsing/editing application
Extracts more than 30 formats, including: RAR/RAR5/7Z/ZIP
Compresses archive files using passwords and multiple volumes
Uses multiple cores for fast compression

Compression

Supported formats: ZIP, 7Z (lzma2), ZIPX (xz), EXE (sfx), TAR, TGZ, LZH (lh7), ISO (joliet), GZ, XZ
Modify ZIP files (add/delete/rename)
Compress up to 6 times faster using multiple cores
Create encrypted archive files
Supports the AES256 encryption algorithm
Supports compressing files larger than 4 GB
Unicode or MBCS filenames in ZIP format
Create multi-volume archives in ZIP/7z format

Decompression

Supported formats: 7Z, ACE, AES, ALZ, ARJ, BH, BIN, BZ, BZ2, CAB, Compound (MSI), EGG, GZ, IMG, ISO, ISZ, LHA, LZ, LZH, LZMA, PMA, RAR, RAR5, SFX (EXE), TAR, TBZ, TBZ2, TGZ, TLZ, TXZ, UDF, WIM, XPI, XZ, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, ZPAQ
Easily view archive file lists
Extract only selected files; drag and drop is also supported
Archive comments are available for ZIP and RAR formats
Extract files in TGZ/TBZ formats in one step