The file is a compressed archive in the 7z format , commonly created using the 7-Zip utility .

A popular commercial tool that can also open and extract 7z files .

The extension indicates that the file likely uses LZMA or LZMA2 compression algorithms, which often result in smaller file sizes than standard ZIP files.

Standard options for macOS users to handle 7z files.

A free, open-source tool that provides high compression ratios and supports extracting many formats.