This is Python module for RAR_ archive reading. The interface follows the style of zipfile_. Licensed under ISC_ license.
Features:
.. _RAR: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAR_%28file_format%29 .. _zipfile: https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html .. _ISC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license .. _bsdtar: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive .. _unrar: https://www.rarlab.com/ .. _unar: https://theunarchiver.com/command-line .. _7zip: https://www.7-zip.org/
Backends:
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| Backend | Status | Notes |
+=============+======================+=====================================================+
| unrar_ | Supported | * Recommended: full format support. |
| | | * Non-free software, but free to use. |
+-------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| unar_ | Supported | * Not usable on Windows: last build is from 2013 |
| | | (v1.8.1) that does support output to stdout. |
| | | * Does not support RAR2 locked files. |
| | | * Does not support RAR5 Blake2 hash checking. |
+-------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| 7zip_ | Supported | * RAR support not available on Debian/Ubuntu repos. |
+-------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| p7zip_ | Supported | * Unmaintained? |
| | | * Requires p7zip-rar package on Debian/Ubuntu. |
+-------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| bsdtar_ | Supported | * Not recommended: limited RAR format support. |
| | | * Does not support multi-volume archives. |
| | | * Does not support solid archives. |
| | | * Does not support password-protected archives. |
| | | * Does not support RARVM-based compression filters. |
+-------------+----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| unrar-free_ | Supported | * Supports output to stdout (v0.2.0). |
| | | * Based on libarchive so similar format support |
| | | as bsdtar but supports multi-volume (v0.3.0). |
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.. _p7zip: https://sourceforge.net/projects/p7zip/ .. _unrar-free: https://gitlab.com/bgermann/unrar-free
Links:
Documentation_Downloads_Git_ repo.. _Git: https://github.com/markokr/rarfile .. _Downloads: https://pypi.org/project/rarfile/#files .. _Documentation: https://rarfile.readthedocs.io/
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RAR archive reader for Python
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