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WinRAR vs The Unarchiver: catalog facts
WinRAR	The Unarchiver
Paid Paid licence after a 40-day trial. The trial continues to work and shows a reminder on…	Free Free to download and use. The software is closed source.
Windows, macOS, Linux	macOS
The only tool that creates RAR archives, including recovery records Reads ZIP, 7z, tar, ISO and most other formats you are handed	Opens almost any archive format with no configuration Handles legacy filename encodings that other extractors mangle
Paid software; the free trial is technically an evaluation, not a licence Windows only for the graphical version	Extraction only; it cannot create archives
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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