UnRAR is the name of two different command-line applications for extracting RAR file archives.

Contents

1 RARLAB UnRAR

2 UnRAR-free

3 See also

4 References

5 External links

RARLAB UnRAR

This source-available freeware [1] is a command-line version of UnRAR, released by RARLAB, the same company that released the proprietary WinRAR software.[2] This software can extract newer RAR 5.0 file archives, which have limited support in free extractors.

The source-available license stipulates that users may not use the UnRAR code to create a RAR compressor.

UnRAR-free

This is a free software version of UnRAR that uses a library based on an old version of RARLAB's UnRAR with permission from author Eugene Roshal.[3] It is reportedly licensed under the GPLv2-only, while unrarlib is available under the GPLv2-or-later or a proprietary license.Template:Citation needed Work ended in 2007. Unrarlib only supports the RAR2 format.[3]

See also

Comparison of file archivers

Comparison of archive formats

List of archive formats

RAR (file format)#Third-party software for extracting RAR files

References

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External links

RARLAB UnRAR

UnRAR-free

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