ratarmount
A command-line tool that mounts TAR, ZIP, RAR and compressed archives as a read-only filesystem.
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Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install ratarmount
About ratarmount
Ratarmount (Random Access To Archived Resources) indexes the position of every file inside an archive so it can jump straight to any file and read it without extracting the whole thing. The archive is then mounted through FUSE, much like archivemount, and browsed as an ordinary folder.
It is aimed at very large archives, where extracting everything or scanning from the start for each file would be slow. Supported formats include TAR, RAR, ZIP, GZ, BZ2, XZ and ZSTD, and an AppImage build is provided.
Strengths
- Fast random access into large archives without full extraction
- Handles many formats, including TAR, ZIP, RAR, XZ and ZSTD
- Index lets you reopen large archives quickly
- AppImage build available
Limitations
- Depends on FUSE, so it suits Linux-style systems
- Mounts are for reading, not editing archives
- Command-line only
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to use with source on GitHub.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Maximilian Knespel
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Browsing very large TAR or compressed archives without unpacking them
- Categories
- Compression, CLI tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to ratarmount
Compare allSoftware that can replace ratarmount for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
archivemount
A FUSE filesystem that mounts tar, zip and other archives so they can be browsed like folders.
archivemount also mounts archives through FUSE using libarchive formats, and mounted files are usable by any program, but it is built from source and develops slowly.
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