Though console applications are open source (PAR clients are GPL), GUI application is closed source. Console applications and some UI resource are open source.




PAR Buddy is described as 'Free Parchive (PAR) and RAR client which makes it possible to easily queue and schedule PAR2 check/repair jobs and RAR unpacking' and is an app. There are three alternatives to PAR Buddy for Windows and Mac. The best PAR Buddy alternative is MultiPar, which is free. Other great apps like PAR Buddy are Par-N-Rar and MacPAR deLuxe.
Though console applications are open source (PAR clients are GPL), GUI application is closed source. Console applications and some UI resource are open source.




Par-N-Rar is a graphical utility which accepts a directory as input and will repair/verify any PAR/PAR2/SFV/MD5 files in that directory. Once it verifies a set of files, it will attempt to unRAR them. Once it finishes unRARing a RAR archive, it will (optionally) remove the...

MacPAR deLuxe is a utility program that runs on the Apple Macintosh. It is useful to you if you download (or upload) binary files from internet newsgroups (a.k.a. “Usenet”).