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 |
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| unrar | Supported |
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| unar | Supported |
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| 7zip | Supported |
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| p7zip | Supported |
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| bsdtar | Supported |
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| unrar-free | Supported |
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Links:
- Documentation
- Downloads
- Git repo