# Bioruebe/UniExtract2

Universal Extractor 2 is a tool to extract files from any type of archive or installer.

Repository: https://github.com/Bioruebe/UniExtract2
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/uniextract2
Language: AutoIt
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: extractor, file-analysis, unpacker, decompression
Last push: 2024-07-06T08:32:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4249, "days_push": 788, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4408, forks 387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:48.443759+00:00)

## What it is
Universal Extractor 2 is a Windows application that extracts files from virtually any extractable file type, including standard archives, application installers, disk images, game archives, and multimedia containers. It is an unofficial, extended continuation of the original Universal Extractor by Jared Breland, supporting 500+ file types with batch and scan-only modes.

## Use cases
- extract files from an installer exe
- unpack a game archive
- open disk image files without mounting
- identify the type of an unknown file
- batch extract many archives at once
- extract password-protected archives with a password list

## When to choose
- you need to extract from non-standard formats like installers, disk images, or game archives that archivers can't handle
- you want a free Windows tool with shell context-menu integration and batch extraction
- you need to analyze or detect the type of an unknown file

## When to avoid
- you only work with common archives like zip or rar and prefer a full-featured archiver like 7-Zip
- you need a cross-platform or command-line-only solution
- you require long-term support on non-Windows systems

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: compression, file-system, developer-tools
- domain: files, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows
- tags: archive-extraction, installer-unpacking, file-analysis, autoit, unpacker, desktop

## Member repositories
- Bioruebe/UniExtract2 (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.443759+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:21:04.523587+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Bioruebe/UniExtract2 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:48.443759+00:00, sha 862b207ea208)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.