RAR Archive 2.9

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RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery and file spanning.

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• Apache TikaOpen sourcereads · Apache Software License 2.0
• ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
• HachoirOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0
• libarchiveOpen sourcereads · 2-clause BSD License
• ouchOpen sourcereads · MIT License
• PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
• Q215051Open sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
• ZipegOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
• ACDSeereads · proprietary license
• Altap Salamanderreads
• ALZipreads · freeware
• B1 Free Archiverreads · proprietary license
• Daemon Toolsreads · shareware
• Passcovery Suitereads · shareware
• PowerArchiverreads
• Q122522973reads
• UnRARreads · proprietary license
• WinRARreads · proprietary license
• WinZipreads · shareware

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Documentation

• kaitai grammar: https://github.com/kaitai-io/kaitai_struct_formats/blob/master/archive/rar.ksy

Sources

• Kaitai Struct: rar
• PRONOM fmt/411
• Wikidata Q35221401

From Kaitai Struct format gallery, PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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