rarfile

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.
7zip	Supported	Requires 7zip-rar package on Debian/Ubuntu.
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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Metadata

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Source distribution for rarfile 4.5
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rarfile-4.5.tar.gz	155.5 kB	Aug 2, 2026	Details

Table of built distributions (wheels) for rarfile 4.5
File	Interpreter	ABI	Platform	Reset
rarfile-4.5-py3-none-any.whl 30.0 kB Aug 2, 2026	Python 3	none	any	Details

Total release size: 185.6 kB

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Upload date	Aug 2, 2026
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Uploaded via	`twine/6.2.0 CPython/3.11.15`