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7-Zip vs UnRAR: catalog facts
7-Zip	UnRAR
Free Free software with open source. The site states you can use 7-Zip on any computer…	Free Freeware under the RARLAB licence; creating RAR archives needs the paid WinRAR or RAR.
Windows, Linux, macOS, Command line	Windows, Command line
High compression ratio in the 7z format with LZMA and LZMA2 Packs 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM and unpacks dozens more, including RAR, ISO, MSI and…	Official RAR extractor from the format's developer Free to use
The Linux and macOS builds are console versions; there is no official graphical app on those platforms The Windows interface has not changed much in twenty years	Extraction only, cannot create RAR archives Not open source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: LGPL-2.1	License: Freeware
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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