Also known as .rar, Roshal Archive, RAR format, RAR file format, RAR (Roshal Archive)
file format family
Key facts
- Filename extension
- .rar, .rev, .r00, .r01
- Internet media type
- application/vnd.rar
- Uniform type identifier uti
- com.rarlab.rar-archive
- Magic number
- 52 61 72 21 1A 07 00 , (RAR 1.5 to 4.0), 52 61 72 21 1A 07 01 00 , (RAR 5+)
- Size limitation
- 2 -1 bytes (almost 8 exbibytes )
- Developed by
- Eugene Roshal
- Initial release
- March 1993 ; 33 years ago ( 1993-03 )
- Type of format
- archive format
- Free format
- No (decompression source code publicly available, but not free software , with restriction that it "cannot be used to develop RAR (WinRAR) compatible archiver")
- Website
- rarlab.com
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- digital container format
- Named after
- Eugene Roshal
- Developer
- Eugene Roshal
- Official website
- www.rarlab.com/rar_file.htm
- Image
- The Unarchiver rar.png
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- file extension
- rar
- media type
- application/vnd.rar
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/unrar
- publication date
- 1993-03-00
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