free, runs in your browser, nothing uploads
Someone sent you a .rar.
Drop it on the page. We open it right here in the tab. You pick the files you want and save them. That's the whole thing.
drop it here
If it's an archive, we open it. If it's loose files, we'll pack them into a zip or tar instead.
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Preview
01.If you'd rather use a focused page
Open a .rar
The one you came here for. Tree view, search, preview, save individual files.
Open something else
Zip, 7z, tar.gz, iso, cab, deb, rpm. Same engine, broader fishing net.
Turn it into a zip
Got a .rar to forward to someone who can't open .rars? Repack as zip and move on.
Make an archive
Zip, tar, or tar.gz. Optional AES-256 password on the zip side.
02.Why this site
Most "online rar extractor" sites want you to upload your file, wait in a queue, then download the result. That's silly. Your browser can already do the unpacking. We compiled libarchive to WebAssembly and put it behind a drop target. The whole site is about 400 KB and runs offline once it's loaded.
Local
Your file stays in the tab. Open the page, kill your wifi, and the tools still work. Try it.
Nothing to install
No download, no signup, no nag screen. You're already where you need to be.
Bring whatever
Rar v4, v5, encrypted, split into parts. Zip, 7z, tar, gz, bz2, xz, cab, iso, ar, deb, rpm, cpio. If libarchive reads it, this reads it.
Big files are fine
The ceiling is your tab's memory, which on a recent laptop is comfortably a few gigabytes. Tiny phone, mileage varies.
03.FAQ
Do I have to install anything?
No. You're using it right now. Drop the file on the page above.
Does my file actually stay on my computer?
Yes. Open the page, turn off your wifi, then try a file. Still works. That's the test.
Old .rars (v4) and new ones (v5)?
Both. So are the encrypted ones if you type the password before hitting open.
Split RARs?
Yeah. Grab all the .partN.rar files at once (shift-click in the picker, or drop them together). We sort them and stitch them in memory.
How big can the file be?
Roughly your tab's available memory. A few hundred MB is totally fine on a laptop. Multi-gig archives sometimes work, sometimes don't. Phones can hit the wall earlier.
Why is this free?
The site has no servers, so it costs me almost nothing to run. There's an ad slot or two. No accounts, no upsell.
Mobile?
Works. Decompressing is just slower on a phone because the CPU is slower. It's not us.