Alternatives to par2cmdline
The reference command-line tool for creating PAR2 recovery files and repairing damaged file sets. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
par2cmdline
The reference command-line tool for creating PAR2 recovery files and repairing damaged file sets.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as par2cmdline.
MultiPar
A Windows program for creating PAR2 recovery files and repairing damaged or incomplete file sets.
MultiPar creates and repairs PAR2 sets through a graphical interface with optional GPU acceleration, but it runs on Windows only.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
WinRAR
The archiver that created the RAR format, sold as shareware whose trial has never really expired.
Lzip
A command-line lossless compressor using a simplified LZMA, designed for long-term archiving and data safety.
Disk ARchive (dar)
Command-line archiver and backup tool with compression, encryption and differential archives.
