Bitser (software)

Bitser is a free file archiver and backup software application for Microsoft Windows. It can combine multiple files and folders into a single archive file to serve as a backup copy of the original data. It uses data compression to reduce the overall size of files and can provide password protection using encryption. It also has a password manager and a MD5/SHA-1 checksum calculator to verify file identity. Bitser was released in January 2009 and has had updates released every few months with new features and bug fixes. It uses 7-zip open source software to perform all of its underlying archiving functions except for version 5 of the RAR file format.

Features

• Extracts archives: ZIP,ZIPX,7Z,RAR,RAR5,ISO,MSI,VHD,GZIP,BZIP2,TAR,LZMA,LZMA2,NTFS,FAT,MBR, SquashFS,CramFS,APM,MSLZ,CAB,CHM,CPIO,DEB,LZH,NSIS,RPM,UDF,WIM,XAR,XZ,Z
• Creates archives: ZIP, 7-ZIP, EXE (supports self extracting and split archives)
• AES-256 bit encryption for secure backup.
• Scans files for viruses & malware using over 50 anti-virus scanners simultaneously via VirusTotal's online scanner
• Supports multithreading on multiprocessor or multi-core systems
• Drag and drop support for adding and updating archives from the built in file explorer.
• Context menu access to archives from windows explorer
• Create or extract multiple zip files simultaneously from windows explorer.
• Convert archives between formats (full or partial conversion from any format to zip,7-zip or exe).
• Reports showing history of archived files, parameters used and comparisons of compression ratios, speeds, and sizes.
• Explorer style views of archives with source and destination folders accessible from a single window.
• MD5, SHA-1 and SHA-256 checksum calculator for windows file verification.
• Password Manager to store multiple passwords in a single AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encrypted file.
• Find and delete empty folders and sub-folders from windows explorer context menu.
• Calculate folder sizes of multiple selected folders from windows explore context menu.
• Supports Windows 8, 7, 2008, 2012, Vista, 2003, XP for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions
• Interface can be translated into any language.
• Windows installer (msi).

See also

• Comparison of file archivers
• Comparison of archive formats
• List of archive formats

References

• File Compression Programs Bitser
• A free tool for archiving and simple backups
• Bitser is an explorer styled archiving tool
• Bitser Review

External links

• Bitser.org - Official website