rarfile
Published: 2024-04-03 · Archived: 2026-04-05 14:24:12 UTC
Project description
This is Python module for RAR archive reading. The interface follows the style of zipfile. Licensed under ISC
license.
Features:
Supports both RAR3 and RAR5 format archives.
Supports multi volume archives.
Supports Unicode filenames.
Supports password-protected archives.
Supports archive and file comments.
Archive parsing and non-compressed files are handled in pure Python code.
Compressed files are extracted by executing external tool: unrar (preferred), unar, 7zip or bsdtar.
Works with Python 3.6+.
Backends:
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.
https://pypi.org/project/rarfile/
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Backend Status Notes
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).
Links:
Documentation
Downloads
Git repo
Source: https://pypi.org/project/rarfile/
https://pypi.org/project/rarfile/
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