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| 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+) [1] |
| Size limitation | 263-1 bytes (almost 8 exbibytes) |
| Developed by | Eugene Roshal |
| Initial release | March 1993[2] |
| 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") [3] |
| Website | rarlab.com |
RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error correction and file spanning.[4] It was developed in 1993 by Russian software engineer Eugene Roshal and the software is licensed by win.rar GmbH.[4] The name RAR stands for Roshal Archive.
- ^ RAR 5.0 technote
- ^ "Interview by correspondence" (in Russian). 1997–2002. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ^ Roshal, Alexander. "UnRAR License". Fedora Project wiki. Red Hat. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ a b win.rar GmbH. "RAR and WinRAR END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA)". RARLAB.
The author and holder of the copyright of the software is Alexander L. Roshal. [...] Neither RAR binary code, WinRAR binary code, UnRAR source or UnRAR binary code may be used or reverse engineered to re-create the RAR compression algorithm, which is proprietary, without written permission.