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Universal Extractor 2 vs unar: catalog facts
Universal Extractor 2	unar
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the LGPL.
Windows	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Extracts installers as well as ordinary archives Lets you unpack setup files without running them	Same format support as The Unarchiver, in a terminal Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux
Windows only Code activity has slowed, with the last push in mid-2024	Windows build is slightly outdated No graphical app outside macOS
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: LGPL-2.1-or-later
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 October 1, 2026

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