WinRAR  |
WinRAR 3.90 in Windows 7 |
| Developer(s) | Eugene Roshal, Alexander Roshal |
| Initial release | 1995 |
| Stable release | 3.91 (2009-12-15; 16 days ago) [+/−] |
| Preview release | [+/−] |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Linux (Wine required for GUI), OS/2 |
| Available in | Multilingual (46+ languages) |
| Development status | Current |
| Type | File archiver |
| License | Commercial, Proprietary, Shareware |
| Website | Primary: www.rarlab.com
Secondary: www.win-rar.com |
WinRAR is a popular shareware file archiver and data compression utility developed by Eugene Roshal, and first released around 1995.[1] It is one of the few applications that is able to create RAR archives natively, because the encoding method is held to be proprietary.
Developer
The current developer is Eugene Roshal, while his brother Alexander Roshal is engaged in running the business behind the software.[2]
Features
WinRAR supports the following features:
- Complete support for RAR (WinRAR native conversion format) and ZIP archives, and unpacking of ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, EXE, 7z, and Z archives. Future versions of WinRAR are planned to include 7z creation.[3]
- The ability to create self-extracting and multi-volume (split) archives.
- Data redundancy is provided via recovery records and recovery volumes, allowing reconstruction of damaged archives.
- Support for advanced NTFS file system options and Unicode in file names.
- Optional archive encryption using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) with a 128-bit key.
Version history
Below is a summary of version information. Version 2.00 was released on 6 September 1996.
- Since version 2.90, the new RAR3 archive format is implemented. The new compressed archives cannot be managed by old versions of WinRAR.
- Since version 3.50, WinRAR adds support for interface skins and themes and support Windows XP x64.[4]
- Since version 3.60, WinRAR includes a multithreaded version of the compression algorithm, which improves compression speed on systems with multiple, dual-core, or Hyper-threading-enabled CPUs.
- Since version 3.70, WinRAR features support for Windows Vista.[5]
- Since version 3.80, support for ZIP archives, which contain Unicode file names in UTF-8.[6]
- Since version 3.90, WinRAR adds support Windows x64 natively and support Windows 7.[7]
WinRAR Unplugged
WinRAR Unplugged is a portable version of WinRAR that does not require installation or create dependencies on the host computer.
Cost
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