Free, open-source compression tool for archiving research data packages, code packages and project files.
7-Zip is a classic free, open-source compression and extraction tool supporting 7z, ZIP, TAR, GZIP and many other formats. In research it is commonly used to compress datasets, code files, paper attachments, project backups and software installers.
Use cases: data compression, project archiving, code packaging, organising attachments, file backup
Note: For long-term preservation of important data, keep the uncompressed original data and checksum information as well.
