RAR archives support.

What opens, what edits, and what is coming next.

49 format groups available

FormatExtensionsSupportDetails

RAR archivesArchives

.rar

Available

List and extract supported single-volume RAR 4/5 through libarchive. Up to 256 MiB compressed/expanded, 1,000 entries and a 1,000:1 ratio. Encrypted headers/files, split volumes, executable SFX files, links and unsafe paths are rejected. RAR is read-only; repack extracted files with an existing archive output.Open tool

ZIPArchives

.zip

Available

Verified engine. Review tool-specific limits.Open tool

7-ZipArchives

.7z

Available

List and extract supported unencrypted single-file 7z archives through libarchive. Up to 256 MiB compressed/expanded, 1,000 entries and a 1,000:1 ratio. Unsafe paths, links and special entries are rejected. Import/extraction only; no 7z encoding or password support.Open tool

TAR.XZ / TXZArchives

.tar.xz .txz

Available

List and extract one XZ-compressed TAR stream. 64 MiB decoder memory, 256 MiB expanded, 1,000 entries and a 1,000:1 ratio. Concatenated streams and trailing data are rejected. Export/repacking uses the existing archive outputs.Open tool

TAR.BZ2 / TBZArchives

.tar.bz2 .tbz2 .tbz

Available

List and extract one BZIP2-compressed TAR stream. Existing TAR path/type, 1,000-entry, 256 MiB expansion and 1,000:1 ratio bounds apply. Concatenated streams and trailing data are rejected. Input/extraction only.Open tool

XZ streamArchives

.xz

Available

Decompress one XZ stream to a file named from the upload. Up to 256 MiB compressed/expanded, 64 MiB decoder memory and a 1,000:1 ratio. Concatenation, trailing bytes and dictionaries exceeding the decoder budget are rejected. No XZ encoding.Open tool

BZIP2 streamArchives

.bz2

Available

Decompress one BZIP2 stream to a file named from the upload. Up to 256 MiB compressed/expanded and a 1,000:1 ratio. Concatenated streams and trailing bytes are rejected. No BZIP2 encoding.Open tool

TARArchives

.tar

Available

USTAR/PAX regular files and directories. Links, devices and sparse files are rejected. List, extract or create.Open tool

TAR.GZ / TGZArchives

.tar.gz .tgz

Available

GZIP-compressed TAR. List, extract or create with the same entry and expanded-size limits as TAR.Open tool

GZIPArchives

.gz

Available

Decompress one stream. The output name comes from the uploaded filename, not the embedded GZIP filename.Open tool

TAR.ZST / TZSTArchives

.tar.zst .tar.zstd .tzst

Available

List, extract or create Zstandard-compressed TAR. The TAR entry/path, 256 MiB expansion and 1,000:1 ratio limits apply. No dictionaries; decoder window at most 64 MiB.Open tool

ZstandardArchives

.zst .zstd

Available

Decompress one standard Zstandard frame without a dictionary, up to 256 MiB expanded and 1,000:1 ratio. Decoder window at most 64 MiB; skippable-only and concatenated frames are rejected. Output name comes from the uploaded filename.Open tool

BrotliArchives

.br

Available

Decompress one Brotli stream, up to 256 MiB expanded and 1,000:1 ratio. The format has no magic signature; the decoder validates the stream. Output name comes from the uploaded filename. No Brotli encoding.Open tool

Available means a supported operation exists. It does not imply lossless editing of every feature. Engine builds can change codec availability.

RAR archives support.

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