28 years later, Windows finally supports RAR files

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  • libarchive

    Multi-format archive and compression library

    And well, if you took a second to read the libarchive documentation (supported file formats) you'd find the following bullet point:

  • NanaZip

    The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience

    NanaZip is the recommended archiver these days.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • 7-Zip-zstd

    7-Zip with support for Brotli, Fast-LZMA2, Lizard, LZ4, LZ5 and Zstandard

    Check out https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd

  • Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

    Discontinued A collection of scripts for activating Microsoft products using HWID / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods with a focus on open-source code, less antivirus detection and user-friendliness.

    No they don't lol. Windows is perfectly usable without activating it and it's trivial to force activation. https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

  • opengraph

    A python module to parse the Open Graph Protocol

    Very true. Google's Brotli and Facebook's Open Graph are standards these days everyone uses. They certainly have a lot of controversy, but what they have contributed to open source can't be overlooked or avoided in many cases.

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    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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