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 "id": "cabinet",
 "name": "Cabinet",
 "category": "archive",
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   "cab"
  ],
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   "application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "x-fmt/414"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q194831"
  ],
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   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "4d534346",
    "notes": "Windows Cabinet File"
   },
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "4d53434600000000"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Windows Cabinet File",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "4d534346{20}0301"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "An archive format native to Microsoft Windows that contains compressed data.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "7-Zip (WebAssembly)",
   "url": "https://github.com/use-strict/7z-wasm",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1-or-later (unRAR restriction)",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "ABViewer",
   "url": "https://cadsofttools.com/products/abviewer/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "ACDSee",
   "url": "https://www.acdsee.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "ALZip",
   "url": "https://www.altools.co.kr/download/alzip.aspx",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "B1 Free Archiver",
   "url": "http://www.b1.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "cabextract",
   "url": "https://www.cabextract.org.uk/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Hachoir",
   "url": "http://hachoir.readthedocs.io/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "libarchive",
   "url": "https://libarchive.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "2-clause BSD License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "libmspack",
   "url": "https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Library General Public License, version 2.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Photorecovery",
   "url": "https://lc-tech.com/help/PhotoRecovery/English/index.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Q215051",
   "url": "https://7-zip.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "WinRAR",
   "url": "https://www.rarlab.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license"
  },
  {
   "name": "WinZip",
   "url": "https://www.winzip.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "shareware"
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Cabinet",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM x-fmt/414",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/x-fmt/414",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q194831",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194831",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "engines",
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-25",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "zip",
   "tool": "7-Zip (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Files are kept; archive comments, permissions or encryption may not be.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "7zip"
  },
  {
   "to": "7z",
   "tool": "7-Zip (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Files are kept; archive comments, permissions or encryption may not be.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "7zip"
  },
  {
   "to": "tape-archive",
   "tool": "7-Zip (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Files are kept; archive comments, permissions or encryption may not be.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "7zip"
  }
 ],
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}