TUGZip explained

TUGZip
Developer:Christian Kindahl (known pseudonym)
Operating System:Windows XP and later
Genre:File archiver
License:Proprietary (Freeware)

TUGZip is a freeware file archiver for Microsoft Windows. It handles a great variety of archive formats, including some of the commonly used ones like zip, rar, gzip, bzip2, sqx and 7z.[1] It can also view disk image files like BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO and NRG.[2] TugZip repairs corrupted ZIP archives and can encrypt files with 6 different algorithms.[3]

Since the release of TUGZip 3.5.0.0, development has been suspended due to lack of time from Kindahl's side.[4]

Supported formats

TUGZip supports the following file formats:

Disc images: BIN, C2D, IMG, ISO, NRG
  • File archives: 7z (7-zip), A, ACE (Extraction only; compression and other features can be added via Ace32.exe), ARC, ARJ, BH, BZ2, CAB, CPIO, DEB, GCA, GZ, IMP, JAR, LHA (LZH), LIB, RAR (Extraction only; compression can be added via rar.exe), RPM, SQX, TAR, TAZ, TBZ, TGZ, YZ1, ZIP, ZOO[5]
  • See also

    Notes and References

    1. http://www.sofotex.com/download-blog/zip-it-up-with-tugzip-2-1014.html Zip it Up with TugZip
    2. Paul Rowlingson (7 Apr 2008), TUGZip 3.5. Feature-rich old-school archiving utility, v3.co.uk
    3. Samer Kurdi (December 18, 2006), TugZip, Freewaregenius (review)
    4. Christian Kindahl (2 April 2008), Sad News tugzip.com News Section
    5. Alex Muradin (1 December 2005) Compression's The Game, TUGZip's The Name, Softpedia review