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WinRAR vs UnRAR: catalog facts
WinRAR	UnRAR
Paid Paid licence after a 40-day trial. The trial continues to work and shows a reminder on…	Free Freeware under the RARLAB licence; creating RAR archives needs the paid WinRAR or RAR.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, Command line
The only tool that creates RAR archives, including recovery records Reads ZIP, 7z, tar, ISO and most other formats you are handed	Official RAR extractor from the format's developer Free to use
Paid software; the free trial is technically an evaluation, not a licence Windows only for the graphical version	Extraction only, cannot create RAR archives Not open source
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License: Freeware
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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