: It offers a high compression ratio, often significantly better than standard .zip files, especially when using the LZMA and LZMA2 algorithms.
: Developers often use the name "MPL.7z" to distribute code repositories for 7-Zip wrappers. For example, some wrappers for Pascal/Delphi (like sevenzip.pas ) are distributed as MPL-licensed 7z archives so they can be easily integrated into both open-source and commercial projects.
: The format is open-source and supported by a wide variety of tools, including 7-Zip and libraries like bit7z .
