rarfile - RAR archive reader for Python

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	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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