What's the best freeware RAR tool?

[Caveman]

Or is it RAR/UNRAR?

 

[KoolDrew]

I use Alzip as it was in the sticky and I have not had any problems with it. It supports a lot of different file formats.

 

[ShadowBlade]

winrar, it doesnt force you to stop using it after the 30-day evalutation period

 

[Schadenfroh]

The freeware, opensource, bloatfree 7-Zip maybe what you are looking for.

Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

One of the many great freeware applications from the community at sourceforge.net

 

[Gooberlx2]

I like 7-zip, except that it doesn't support drag&drop. The other one I use is ZipGenius which seems to work very well also.

 

[theAnimal]

Tugzip is a freeware compression utility which can create RAR files. (As well as many other formats)

 

[Fenixgoon]

winrar

 

[david46675]

i like winrar, its quick and easy

 

[pelikan]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
The freeware, opensource, bloatfree 7-Zip maybe what you are looking for.

Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB

One of the many great freeware applications from the community at sourceforge.net

 

[billywiggins]

IZArc

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
winrar, it doesnt force you to stop using it after the 30-day evalutation period

Tas.

 

[wexsmith]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I like 7-zip, except that it doesn't support drag&drop. The other one I use is ZipGenius which seems to work very well also.

I'll 2nd ZipGenius. It's just as intuitive as WinZip, looks similar and supports a ton of different formats, including zip, rar and ace.

 

[SirBrass]

Originally posted by: ShadowBlade
winrar, it doesnt force you to stop using it after the 30-day evalutation period

Agreed. Great tool. I use it for ALL my compression needs, even for .zip files.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I like 7-zip, except that it doesn't support drag&drop.

it does now!

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Changes:
- Drag and Drop support
- 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay

 

[akubi]

7-zip or zipgenius, take your pick. 7-zip's gui is a little crude imo

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I like 7-zip, except that it doesn't support drag&drop.

it does now!

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Changes:
- Drag and Drop support
- 7-Zip File Manager now can copy files from one archive to another
- Some bugs were fixed
- New localizations: Extremaduran, Malay

That was my only grip with 7Zip, excellent news!!