下列的表格比較各数据压缩软件的一般及技術性資料。欲知詳情，請參見各產品的條目。本條目並不包含全部資料，亦不一定是最新資訊。除非於註腳中另有指定，否則一切比較，皆基於穩定版及沒有其他增益集、附加元件、附加程式、擴充套件或外部程式。

概括資料 
有關壓縮軟件的概括資料，如開發者或公司、許可協議、價格等。

作業系統的支援 
这些压缩软件所运行于的操作系统。

注：

压缩特性 
关于常见压缩软件原生支持特性的信息（不包含第三方插件）。

注：
 只能解压缩.
  GNU tar用外部程序gzip和bzip2来压缩。这些外部程序经常和包含GNU tar的系统同时存在。
 为了更好地错误修复，允许添加大小可变的数据冗余。參考RAR和WinRAR。
  BitZipper会使用多种方式从受损的文件中解压缩数据。
 为了显示含有不同语言字符的文件或文件夹，将包含有UTF-7, UTF-8或UTF-16（UCS-2）编码的文件或文件夹添加/释放到一个压缩包。目前仅被7z（7-Zip）, RAR（WinRAR）以及RK（WinRK）支持。
 在WinRAR 3.60版本中，当打开一个含有Unicode字符的文件或文件夹时，这些Unicode字符无法正确的显示，然而解压此文件或文件夹是没问题的。
 确实支持Unicode名称，在最新的13.03版本中，"Miscellaneous"标签下的"General"选项中已默认勾选了"Use OEM conversion for filenames"以启用Unicode名称支持。

壓縮格式支援

讀取 

Notes:
  曾经支持，现因技术与法律问题不再支持。
  Tar implementations call external programs (like compress, gzip or bzip2 or any other programs working with abstract streams and supporting the "-d" option) to perform (de)compression, and allowing you to implement your own filters. These external programs may be shipped with your Operating System.
  GNU tar lets you implement your own filters , allowing you to use other compression programs (p7zip, ...) and filters (GPG, ...).
  从版本11开始支持。
  需要外部程序。More info 
  Archive Utility本身无法打开ISO文件，然而Disk Utility, which also comes with Mac OS X，可以将其挂载为虚拟磁盘。
  需要外部程序。
  Only partial support for reading proprietary SITX format.  
  FreeARC使用.arc作为扩展名，但是格式与traditional ARC file有所不同。
  Supports these formats as compression stream of other archive formats like tar.bz2 or iso.xz but does not support the format as an archive itself.
  从5.00版本开始支持。

寫入

Notes:
  Tar implementations call the external programs gzip and bzip2, 7z, xz, ... to perform compression; these external programs usually come with systems that contain tar.
  需要WinRAR的rar.exe。
  对于WinZip 11.1及更早版本，需要外部程序。More info 
  需要WinAce的Ace32.exe。
  The Extractor与XAD不在此列表之中，因为它们只解压归档文件。
  ALZip也可以输出为以下格式：BH, JAR和LZH。
  不支持更新归档文件。
  需要外部程序。
  Stuffit supported file formats 
  Ark is a front-end only and requires appropriate command-line programs be installed. Programs like bzip2, gzip, tar, zip usually come with systems that contain Ark; writing in .rar format requires a commercial program. 
  Xarchiver is a front-end only and requires appropriate command-line programs be installed. Programs like bzip2, gzip, tar, zip usually come with systems that contain Xarchiver; writing in .rar format requires a commercial program. 
  File-Roller is a front-end only and requires appropriate command-line programs be installed. Programs like bzip2, gzip, tar, zip usually come with systems that contain File-Roller. writing in .rar format requires a commercial program.
  If there are more than one, files must be grouped in a .tar before being compressed.
  supports the formats as stream compression of  other archive format and can create compressed format like tar.bz2 or iso.xz but cannot create an archive in these formats

參考資料

外部連結 
 SQUEEZECHART : See which archiver performs best on the world's largest file sets
 Maximum Compression- Comparison of many archivers
 Lossless Data Compression (links and spreadsheets)
 Archive Comparison Test
 Compression Tools Compared , Linux Journal, September 2005
 Comparison of various softwares of compression (french)
 NanoZip

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