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bsdtar (libarchive)UnRAR
Free

Free and open source with no paid tier.

 Free

Freeware under the RARLAB licence; creating RAR archives needs the paid WinRAR or RAR.

Windows, Linux, Command line Windows, Command line
  • One tool reads many formats, including zip, rar and ISO
  • Automatic format and compression detection
  • Official RAR extractor from the format's developer
  • Free to use
  • Writes fewer formats than it reads; rar is read-only
  • Command-line only
  • Extraction only, cannot create RAR archives
  • Not open source
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Closed source
License: BSD-2-Clause License: Freeware
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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