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popularity
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maintenance
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community
Sustainable

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GitHub Stars: 246
Forks: 54
Contributors: 20

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Release Date: Apr 3, 2024
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License

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Maintenance

Inactive

Commit Frequency

Open Issues: 5
Open PR: 0
Last Release: 9 months ago
Last Commit: 9 months ago

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Community

Sustainable

Readme: Yes
Contributing.md: No
Code of Conduct: No
Contributors: 20
Funding: No

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Package

Python Versions Compatibility: >=3.6

Age: 13 years
Latest Release: 9 months ago
Dependencies: N/A
Versions: 12
Maintainers: 1
Wheels: OS Independent

Readme

rarfile - RAR archive reader for Python

This is Python module for RAR archive reading. The interface follows the style of zipfile. Licensed under ISC license.

Features:

Supports both RAR3 and RAR5 format archives.
Supports multi volume archives.
Supports Unicode filenames.
Supports password-protected archives.
Supports archive and file comments.
Archive parsing and non-compressed files are handled in pure Python code.
Compressed files are extracted by executing external tool: unrar (preferred), unar, 7zip or bsdtar.
Works with Python 3.6+.

Backends:

Backend	Status	Notes
unrar	Supported	Recommended: full format support. Non-free software, but free to use.
unar	Supported	Not usable on Windows: last build is from 2013 (v1.8.1) that does support output to stdout. Does not support RAR2 locked files. Does not support RAR5 Blake2 hash checking.
7zip	Supported	RAR support not available on Debian/Ubuntu repos.
p7zip	Supported	Unmaintained? Requires `p7zip-rar` package on Debian/Ubuntu.
bsdtar	Supported	Not recommended: limited RAR format support. Does not support multi-volume archives. Does not support solid archives. Does not support password-protected archives. Does not support RARVM-based compression filters.
unrar-free	Supported	Supports output to stdout (v0.2.0). Based on libarchive so similar format support as `bsdtar` but supports multi-volume (v0.3.0).

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What is rarfile?

RAR archive reader for Python. Visit Snyk Advisor to see a full health score report for rarfile, including popularity, security, maintenance & community analysis.

Is rarfile popular?

The python package rarfile receives a total of 149,492 weekly downloads. As such, rarfile popularity was classified as a popular. Visit the popularity section on Snyk Advisor to see the full health analysis.

Is rarfile well maintained?

We found indications that rarfile is an Inactive project. See the full package health analysis to learn more about the package maintenance status.

Is rarfile safe to use?

The python package rarfile was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use. See the full health analysis review.

Last updated on 23 December-2024, at 23:07 (UTC).

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