KingZip KingZip
The world's fastest high-performance archive manager
Ditch your slow paid archive manager
Ultra-fast high-performance integrated archive management
Free Download v1.1.0Ultra-fast Compress/Extract
2~16x faster than other programs. Pushes SSD to its limit
Various Archive Formats
ZIP, RAR, 7Z, EGG, ALZ and almost every archive format. Compression creation supported
Password Recovery & File Repair
1 billion password checks per second. Repair broken archives. Error check, virus scan
No Ads / Completely Free
Free for everyone — personal, business, government. No ads. No subscriptions.
Overwhelming Speed
- 2~16x faster compression/extraction than other archive managers
- Pushes SSD to its maximum throughput
- Smart resource utilization for maximum performance even on low-end systems
- Minimal memory and CPU resource usage
- Multi-core parallel compression and extraction
Various + Latest Formats
- Create: ZIP, 7Z, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ, TAR.ZSTD, ZSTD, WIM, SFX(EXE)
- Extract: ZIP, 7Z, RAR, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, ZSTD, LZ4, LZ5, Brotli, ALZ, EGG, CAB, ISO, WIM, ARJ, LZH, LZMA, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB, MSI, NSIS, ASAR, UDF, IMG, ZPAQ, KZ, Lizard, Deflate64, PPMd
- ZIP methods: Deflate, ZSTD, LZMA, BZip2, PPMd, Deflate64, XZ
- Full EGG encryption support (ZipCrypto, AES-128/256, LEA-128/256)
- Split file support (ZIP, RAR, 7Z, EGG/ALZ)
- Multi-core, solid, and split compression
Password Recovery
- 1 billion ultra-fast checks per second — far faster than other programs
- Supports ZIP, RAR, 7Z, EGG encrypted files
- Configurable search range: digits, letters, special characters
- Automatically applies recovered password and extracts immediately
Broken File Repair
- Recover data from damaged ZIP, RAR, 7Z files
- Automatically scans for recoverable files
- Maximum recovery even from partially damaged files
Check / Security / Compatibility
- Error check — verify archive integrity
- Virus scan — integrated with Windows built-in security
- Automatic language detection and Unicode compression (supports Mac, Linux archives)
- High-resolution monitor optimization
Convenient User Experience
- Image preview without extracting
- Password manager — save and auto-fill frequently used passwords
- Explorer right-click menu — Smart Extract, Extract Here
- Easy compress/extract via drag & drop
- Welcome screen message customization (e.g. "Proud KingZip")
Performance Comparison
| Feature | KingZip | Bandizip | 7-Zip | ALZip |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIP Compress Speed (12GB) | 4.5s | 10s | 42s | 60s |
| ZIP Extract Speed (12GB) | 3.2s | 9s | 20s | 3.3s |
| Password Recovery | 1B/sec | 450M/sec | ||
| File Repair | ||||
| ZSTD Compression | ||||
| ALZ/EGG Support | ||||
| Supported Formats | 40+ | 40+ | 30+ | 40+ |
| Languages | 100+ | 30+ | 80+ | 1 |
| Price | Free | Free / Paid | Free | Free / Paid |
| Ads | None | Free ver. has ads | None | Yes |
* Test environment: Intel i7-13700K, 12GB SQL file
System Requirements
OS
Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
License
Freeware (free for everyone — personal, business, school)
FAQ
Yes! Completely free. Use it anywhere — personal, business, school, government. No paid editions, no ads, no subscriptions.
12GB ZIP benchmark: KingZip 3.5 seconds, Bandizip 8 seconds, 7-Zip 20 seconds.
Yes! ALZ and EGG are both supported. KingZip extracts EGG/ALZ faster than ALZip. Encrypted EGG files (ZipCrypto, AES, LEA) and split files are all handled.
You can create ZIP, 7Z, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ, TAR.ZSTD, ZSTD, WIM archives. Self-extracting (SFX/EXE) is also supported.
No! KingZip shows no ads and collects no personal information.
Supported Formats
| Extract (40+ formats) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIP | PKZIP / WinZip / ZIPX | 7Z | 7-Zip |
| RAR | WinRAR (v4/v5/v7) | TAR | TAR / TGZ / TBZ2 / TXZ |
| ALZ | ALZip (Split) | EGG | ALZip EGG (Encrypt/Split) |
| ZSTD | Zstandard / TAR.ZSTD | LZ4 | LZ4 Frame |
| LZ5 | LZ5 Frame | Lizard | Lizard Frame |
| Brotli | Brotli (.br) | LZMA | LZMA Alone |
| GZ | GZip | BZ2 | BZip2 |
| XZ | XZ / LZMA2 | Z | Unix Compress |
| ISO | Disc Image | IMG | Disc Image |
| CAB | Windows Cabinet | WIM | Windows Image (SWM/ESD) |
| MSI | Windows Installer | NSIS | NSIS Installer |
| ARJ | ARJ Archive | LZH | LHA / LZH |
| CPIO | CPIO (newc/crc/old) | RPM | RPM Package |
| DEB | Debian Package | UDF | UDF Filesystem |
| ASAR | Electron ASAR | ZPAQ | ZPAQ Archive |
| KZ | KingZip (AES-256) | EXE | SFX / PE Archive |
| Create | |||
| ZIP | Deflate / ZSTD / LZMA / BZip2 / PPMd | 7Z | LZMA2 / LZMA / PPMd / BZip2 |
| TAR.GZ | GZip | TAR.BZ2 | BZip2 |
| TAR.XZ | XZ / LZMA2 | TAR.ZSTD | Zstandard |
| ZSTD | Standalone Zstandard | WIM | Windows Image |
| EXE | Self-Extracting (SFX) | KZ | KingZip (AES-256, Parallel) |