Unar AlternativesFile Archivers and other similar apps like Unar

Unar is described as 'The Unarchiver is a macOS app, but the underlying unarchiving code can run on other OSes, too. There is not yet any GUI app for any other OS, but there are two command-line tools, unar and lsar, which can be used on macOS, Windows and Linux' and is a File Archiver in the file management category. There are eight alternatives to Unar for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, BSD and Haiku apps. The best Unar alternative is The Unarchiver, which is free. Other great apps like Unar are Arclite Pro, Unzip One, ArKiwi and RAR Expander.

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  1. The Unarchiver icon
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    The Unarchiver is a small and easy to use program that can unarchive many different kinds of archive files. It will open common formats such as Zip, RAR (including v5), 7-zip, Tar, Gzip and Bzip2. It will also open many older formats, such as StuffIt, DiskDoubler, LZH, ARJ and...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • The Unarchiver is the most popular Mac alternative to Unar.

    • The Unarchiver is the most popular free alternative to Unar.

    • The Unarchiver is Free and ProprietaryUnar is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Arclite Pro icon
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    Open and explore ZIP, 7z, RAR, and many more archives without extracting. Create and edit archives with encryption and advanced compression. Open, search, and share files directly from the archive.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • Arclite Pro is the most popular commercial alternative to Unar.

    • Arclite Pro is Paid and ProprietaryUnar is Free and Proprietary
  3. Unzip One icon
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    A free, fast and secure archive manager by Trend?Micro—Unzip?One supports drag-and-drop, right-click extraction and safe preview for dozens of formats including ZIP, RAR, 7z, gzip, bzip2, ISO and more, on Windows 10+ and macOS 10.13+.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Unzip One is the most popular Windows alternative to Unar.

    • Unzip One is Free and ProprietaryUnar is also Free and Proprietary
    • Unzip One is LightweightUnar is not according to our users
  4. ArKiwi icon
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    A lightweight and very fast file archiver, where you can add, compress, extract, delete, password protect, and blazing fast search all your files.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  5. RAR Expander icon
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    RAR Expander is a MacOSX program which extracts the files contained in RAR archives. It supports both single and multi-part archives, and has support for password-protected archives as well. It uses the official unRAR library internally so it is fully compatible with archives...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
    • RAR Expander is the most popular Open Source alternative to Unar.

    • RAR Expander is Free and Open SourceUnar is Free and Proprietary
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    UnRAR is an application for extracting RAR archives, distributed by RARLAB, the makers of the commercial WinRAR archivers.

    8 RARLAB UnRAR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
     
    • RARLAB UnRAR is the most popular Linux alternative to Unar.

    • RARLAB UnRAR is Free and ProprietaryUnar is also Free and Proprietary
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    unrar (or unrar-free in some Linux distributions) is a free software version of the non-free unrar utility that exists on many GNU/Linux systems today. It uses the GPL'd UniquE RAR Library by Christian Scheurer and Johannes Winkelmann.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
     
    • Gna! UnRAR is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Unar.

    • Gna! UnRAR is Free and Open SourceUnar is Free and Proprietary
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