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Universal Extractor 2 vs bsdtar (libarchive): catalog facts
Universal Extractor 2	bsdtar (libarchive)
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source with no paid tier.
Windows	Windows, Linux, Command line
Extracts installers as well as ordinary archives Lets you unpack setup files without running them	One tool reads many formats, including zip, rar and ISO Automatic format and compression detection
Windows only Code activity has slowed, with the last push in mid-2024	Writes fewer formats than it reads; rar is read-only Command-line only
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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