# NanaZip

Application: M2-Team

Also called nana zip, nanazip 7-zip fork

M2-Team, System

A modern 7-Zip fork with Windows 11 context-menu support. The process is NanaZip.exe. It is not the 7-zip.org build.

## What you need to know

NanaZip is a 7-Zip fork. 7-zip.org is still Igor Pavlov's product.

M2-Team's NanaZip keeps 7-Zip's engine and updates the Windows 11 context menu. Get it from GitHub or the Microsoft Store listing the team documents. Installing NanaZip does not replace 7-Zip unless you uninstall the old one.

- **What is it?**: A 7-Zip fork for current Windows

  **Same as 7-Zip?**: No. Different package and menu

  **Windows 11 menu?**: Yes. That is the usual reason to install it

Feex says

If the right-click menu on Windows 11 hid 7-Zip, NanaZip is the fork people install for that menu. I would still not call it the 7-zip.org app.

## What is NanaZip?

NanaZip is M2-Team's 7-Zip-derived archiver. The Windows 11 menu uses a sparse package. That packaging is why it is not 7zFM.exe from 7-zip.org.

## If you have never used it

If 7-Zip vanished from the Windows 11 right-click menu, NanaZip is the fork that puts extract back on that menu. Install it from the M2-Team GitHub or the Store page they link. It still speaks 7z. It is not Igor Pavlov's 7-Zip installer and it is not WinRAR.

## What is it used for?

**Extract and create 7z and zip**

Same everyday job as 7-Zip. The fork is about packaging and the menu, not a new container name.

**Windows 11 context menu**

NanaZip registers a modern context-menu package. Classic 7-Zip often lands under "Show more options".

**Store or GitHub install**

M2-Team documents both. A random NanaZip.exe on a forum is not their signed package.

## Who is it for?

- Windows 11 users who want 7-Zip features on the first right-click menu
- People who already know 7z and do not want WinRAR
- Anyone comparing this fork to peazip.github.io

## Current status

NanaZip (2021) is a current archive utility from M2-Team. The vendor still points Windows users at https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip.

## How old is it?

NanaZip started in 2021 after Windows 11 changed context menus. It is new next to 7-Zip (1999) and WinRAR (1995). If a guide still says to install only 7-zip.org for the Windows 11 menu, it may be stale.

## Versions

Major channels first. Exact build numbers are not all verified here.

GitHub release

Microsoft Store

## System requirements

Values follow the publisher's public guidance. Workload still changes the real need.

### Minimum

| Operating system | Windows 10 or Windows 11, per M2-Team. The modern menu is a Windows 11 reason to install it |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| RAM              | Enough for Windows plus this app. Heavy projects want more.                                 |

## Resource profile

- **CPU demand**: High on ultra 7z, same idea as 7-Zip

  **RAM demand**: Follows dictionary size

## Installed processes

These executables belong to this product when it is installed.

| NanaZip.exe        | File manager                                |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------- |
| NanaZip.Modern.exe | Windows 11 context-menu host on some builds |

## Startup components

NanaZip should not start at logon. The context-menu package loads when Explorer asks, not as a tray app.

## File locations

| Typical install | C:\Program Files\NanaZip\\ |
| --------------- | -------------------------- |

## File formats

7z, ZIP, TAR

## Common problems

### Two 7-Zip-like apps on the menu

Uninstall one if both 7-Zip and NanaZip registered extract. They are separate products.

### Store install will not run a random portable 7z.dll you dropped in

Update from M2-Team. Do not mix Pavlov's folder into the Store package.

## Getting unstuck

### Install from the M2-Team GitHub or the Store page they link

A "NanaZip Pro" exe host is not the fork. 7-zip.org remains the official Pavlov build if you wanted that instead.

### If the Windows 11 menu is empty, reboot Explorer after install

The sparse package registers with the shell. That is NanaZip packaging, not a PeaZip setting.

### Do not delete 7-Zip to "upgrade" unless you meant to switch

NanaZip does not silently replace 7-zip.org. Remove the one you do not want from Settings > Apps.

## Alternatives

7-Zip is the upstream. PeaZip is a different UI that can call 7z. WinRAR is shareware RAR.

## Official help and downloads

Start with the vendor. Random exe sites are not a support channel.

| Download      | [github.com/M2Team/NanaZip ](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip)Official installer or vendor page |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Help          | [github.com/M2Team/NanaZip/wiki ](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip/wiki)Vendor support          |
| Official site | [github.com/M2Team/NanaZip ](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip)Start here, not a random exe host |

## Related hardware

Same class of need as 7-Zip: CPU and disk during compress. The new menu does not need a better GPU.

## Technical details

Technical details

Vendor version numbers change. This article does not pin a build.

## Related

These entities connect to this article. Type is shown on every link.

[PeaZip: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/software/peazip)[7-Zip: Application](https://feex.it/wiki/software/7-zip)[How to read Task Manager: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager)

## Sources and verification

Reviewed by Feex editorial. Last verified August 2026 Status: Feex Reviewed. [How we research](https://feex.it/wiki/research).

- [NanaZip official site ](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip)· Vendor product page
- [NanaZip help ](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip/wiki)· Vendor support
- [NanaZip README ](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip#readme)· What the fork changes
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on Windows PCs. Not a lab benchmark.

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- **Developer**: M2-Team

  **Category**: Archive utility

  **Process**: NanaZip.exe

  **License**: Open source (MIT wrapper around 7-Zip code)

  **First released**: 2021

  **Official site**: [github.com/M2Team/NanaZip](https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip)

  **Mapped by Feex**: Seen on Windows PCs in Foxhole

Feex Reviewed: Last verified August 2026

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