The Unarchiver
The Unarchiver is the world’s favorite RAR opener for Mac. Unlike Mac’s native tool it’s sleeker and supports all known archive types.
Takes seconds
to install
Install right away. Set it as the default archive opener in two clicks.
No license,
it’s free
A people’s app. Free of charge, free from extra purchases.
Foreign characters?
No problem.
The Unarchiver reads any archive, even non-Latin ones.
Find your archive type
With The Unarchiver you can extract files from the following archive formats.
Common Archives
Zip |
Full
Zip Full support for the normal zip format, with additional support for AES encryption, Zip64 extensions for large files, Mac OS extensions of many different kinds, and several unusual compression methods. Can also extract .EXE self-extracting files using Zip. |
Zipx |
Full
Zipx Full support for the new compression modes introduced by WinZip. |
RAR |
Full
RAR Including encryption and multiple volumes. Can also extract .EXE self-extracting files using RAR. |
7z |
Full
7z All common compression methods are supported. Also supports Unix extensions. |
Tar |
Full
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Gzip |
Full
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Bzip2 |
Full
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LZMA, XZ |
Full
LZMA, XZ Both the old "LZMA-alone" format, usually named .lzma, and the new .xz format. |
CAB |
Full
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MSI |
Full
MSI This format is also used by many other Microsoft formats, meanings that you can use The Unarchiver to extract internal data from DOC and PPT files, and others. There is probably no reason to do this, but you can. |
NSIS |
Extensive
NSIS Supports many different versions, starting from version 1.1o |
EXE |
Some
EXE Many kinds of .exe self-extracting formats are supported. However, if you find one that is not, please post an issue on the bug tracker. |
ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, CDI |
Extensive
ISO, BIN, MDF, NRG, CDI Most common disc images can be unpacked, both normal and raw. |
Split files |
Basic
Split files Can join files named .001, .002 that do not use any extra wrapper format. |
Older Types
StuffIt |
No encryption
StuffIt Can unpack all files I've been able to locate. |
StuffIt X |
Partial
StuffIt X Can unpack many files, some more obscure features are still unsupported. JPEG compression is also unsupported. |
DiskDoubler |
Almost full
DiskDoubler Only lacks some old compression methods, because I have not been able to locate any files using these. If you have some that do not work, please post them here. |
Compact Pro |
No encryption
|
PackIt |
Full
|
Cpio |
Full
|
Compress (.Z) |
Full
|
ARJ |
No multi-part
|
ARC, PAK |
Full
ARC, PAK Full support for all algorithms, including proprietary ones from PAK. Encryption only works in command-line utilities. |
Ace |
Only old files
Ace No support for Ace 2.0 and up (WinAce). |
Zoo |
Full
|
LZH |
Full
|
ADF |
FFS
ADF Can extract files from Amiga disk images using the regular FFS file system. |
DMS |
FFS
DMS Can extract files from compressed Amiga disk images using the regular FFS file system. |
LZX |
Full
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PowerPacker |
Full
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LBR |
Full
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Squeeze |
Full
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Crunch |
Full
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Exotic Formats
XAR |
FFS
XAR Suggested replacement for Tar on Unix. Used in some newer .pkg files on macOS. |
RPM |
Full
RPM Linux package format. |
Deb |
Full
Deb Linux package format. |
Ar |
Full
Ar Unix library format. |
ALZip |
No encryption
ALZip Archive format which is mainly popular in South Korea. Support for all known compression methods, including Bzip2, Deflate and obfuscated Deflate. |
WARC |
Full
WARC Internet Archive Web Archive. Request and response headers also included in metadata. |
NSA, SAR |
Partial
NSA, SAR Game data file. Can unpack all files I've found. If you have ones that do not unpack, please post an issue. |
NDS |
Full
NDS Nintendo DS ROM image, which can contain a file system. |
SWF |
Images and audio
SWF Extracts images, sounds and music from Flash files. |
Bitmap images
Extracts bitmap images from PDF files. Especially useful for scanned PDFs. |
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Don't take our word for it
Industry experts talk about The Unarchiver
The Unarchiver
The only unarchiving tool you will ever need
The Unarchiver stays out of your way, but will handle any archive you can imagine including weird and rare archives.
macOS 10.9 and higher, 15 MB
Free
4.3.8, 16 May 2024
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