Modern, High-Performance Universal Archive Manager for Linux
Built in 100% Pure Safe Rust with Native Wayland/X11 GUI & Powerful CLI

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Overview

LinRAR is an independent, high-performance, open-source universal archive manager designed specifically for Linux. Built from the ground up in pure Rust, LinRAR provides a fast, secure, and native archiving experience for both desktop users and power users through an intuitive GUI (powered by eframe / egui) and an ergonomic, scriptable CLI.

LinRAR features full format interoperability (RAR4, RAR5, ZIP, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, 7z), built-in recovery records, archive locking, damaged archive repair, multi-threaded hardware benchmarking, built-in heuristic threat scanning with optional ClamAV daemon integration, and custom theme modes (Dark & Light).

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Key Features

1. Comprehensive Archive Management

• Archive Extraction & Creation: Support for .rar, .zip, .tar.gz, .tar.bz2, and .7z.
• Solid Archives: Maximize compression ratio for groups of similar files.
• Recovery Records & Damaged Archive Repair: Protect archives against silent bit rot or byte corruptions and automatically reconstruct damaged archives.
• Archive Locking: Lock archives to prevent accidental deletion, tampering, or modifications.
• Multi-Volume Archives: Automatically split huge files into smaller volumes (-v<size>).
• Archive Comments: Embed UTF-8 comments directly into archives, viewable in a collapsible side pane in the GUI.
• Self-Extracting Archives (SFX): Create standalone executable archives for Linux.
• Archive Format Converter: Convert between archive formats in one click or command.
• Hardware Benchmark: Real-time multi-core CPU and memory compression stress-testing tool.

2. Dual Themes (Dark & Light)

• Dark Theme: Default sleek cyberpunk dark palette designed for low-light environments.
• Light Theme: Crisp, high-contrast light theme engineered for daytime readability and accessibility.
• Instant Switching: Switch themes in real-time via the Theme menu (Dark Theme / Light Theme) without restarting the application.

3. Integrated Security & Virus Scanner

• Dual Engine Architecture:
  • Embedded Heuristics Engine: Instantly inspects archive contents for suspicious anomalies, including double extensions (report.pdf.sh), forbidden Unix executables (.elf, .bin, .so), nested scripts, and directory traversal / Zip Slip exploits (../).
  • ClamAV Integration: Automatically detects and leverages clamscan or ClamAV daemon (clamd) if available on your system for deep signature-based malware detection.
• Real-Time Scanning: Scan archives with Alt+S in the GUI or linrar scan <file> in the CLI.

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Installation

LinRAR provides prebuilt packages for all major Linux distributions on the Releases page.

1. Universal AppImage (All Linux Distributions)

Works on Arch Linux, Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Void, Alpine, and Manjaro with zero setup:

chmod +x LinRAR-*.AppImage
./LinRAR-*.AppImage

2. Debian / Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Pop!_OS (.deb)

sudo dpkg -i linrar_*_amd64.deb

3. Fedora / RHEL / CentOS / openSUSE (.rpm)

sudo dnf install ./linrar-*.rpm
# or for openSUSE:
sudo zypper install ./linrar-*.rpm

4. Portable Standalone Bundle (.tar.gz)

Works on any Linux distribution with a simple one-click user installer:

tar -xzf linrar-*.tar.gz
cd linrar-*
./install.sh

5. Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/fahmikemal/LinRAR.git
cd LinRAR
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

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Usage

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

Launch LinRAR from your desktop application launcher or run:

# Open LinRAR in File Manager mode
linrar

# Open a specific archive directly
linrar payload.rar

GUI Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl + O	Open archive file dialog
Alt + A	Add files to archive
Alt + E	Extract to folder
Alt + T	Test archive integrity
Alt + S	Scan archive for viruses & threats
Alt + R	Repair damaged archive
Alt + Q	Convert archive format
Alt + F	Find files within archive
Alt + B	Launch hardware benchmark
Alt + I	View archive information
Ctrl + R	Generate file report
F2	Rename selected file
Del	Delete selected file

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Command Line Interface (CLI)

LinRAR provides commands matching standard archive tooling:

# Create a new archive
linrar a archive.rar document.txt photos/

# Create a solid archive with recovery record (3%)
linrar a -s -rr3 archive.rar big_data/

# Split into 50MB volumes
linrar a -v50m split_archive.rar large_file.iso

# Extract files to current directory
linrar x archive.rar

# Extract files to a destination directory
linrar x archive.rar /path/to/destination/

# List contents of an archive
linrar l archive.rar

# Test archive integrity
linrar t archive.rar

# Scan archive for viruses & suspicious files
linrar scan archive.rar

# Repair a damaged archive
linrar r corrupted.rar

# Convert archive format (e.g. zip to rar)
linrar q source.zip target.rar

# Run multi-threaded hardware benchmark
linrar b

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Project Structure

linrar/
├── assets/
│   ├── icons/                 # App icons, toolbar icons, and about banner
│   └── linrar_banner_dark.png # High-resolution project banner
├── src/
│   ├── core/                  # Engines (RAR, ZIP, TAR), repair, scanner, benchmark, converter
│   ├── gui/                   # Native GUI application (eframe/egui), dialogs, and themes
│   ├── cli.rs                 # CLI command parsing and handlers
│   ├── types.rs               # Common data structures and archive types
│   ├── lib.rs                 # Core library export
│   └── main.rs                # Executable entry point
├── install.sh                 # One-click desktop installer script
├── linrar.desktop             # Linux XDG desktop entry
├── Cargo.toml                 # Cargo package configuration and dependencies
└── LICENSE                    # MIT License

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License

LinRAR is licensed under the MIT License.
Copyright (c) 2026 LinRAR Team.