File archiver with high compression
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WinRAR
Archive manager for Windows
Not rated yetUpdated 2 months agov7.01
WinRAR is distributed by RARLAB (Alexander Roshal). The button opens win-rar.com — we do not host or repackage this program.
About WinRAR
WinRAR is the reference implementation for the RAR format, and that is its main reason to exist: it is the only application that creates RAR and RAR5 archives, including the features other tools cannot produce — recovery records that repair damaged archives, solid compression across a whole archive, and multi-volume splitting with per-volume recovery.
It also handles ZIP, 7z, TAR, GZIP, ISO and the rest for extraction, integrates with the Explorer context menu, and supports AES-256 encryption with encrypted file names.
Licence status: WinRAR is commercial software with a 40-day evaluation period. After that a licence is required. It is widely described as free because the trial keeps working, but that is not the licence — this catalog reports it as paid and links to RARLAB's own download page.
Key features
- Creates RAR and RAR5 archives, including solid compression
- Recovery records that can repair a damaged archive
- Multi-volume archives for splitting large data sets
- Extracts ZIP, 7z, TAR, GZIP, ISO, CAB and more
- AES-256 encryption with optional file-name encryption
- Explorer context-menu integration
Screenshots
Placeholder artwork from the development seed — not captures of the real program.
System requirements
Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 (32-bit and 64-bit)
About 10 MB of free disk space
No additional runtime required
Changelog
- v7.01Jun 15, 2026
Catalog entry updated for WinRAR 7.01. Official release notes are published by RARLAB (Alexander Roshal) at https://www.win-rar.com.
- v7.00May 14, 2026
Previous version tracked by this catalog entry.
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