Command-line tool

par2

brew/par2

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Parchive: Parity Archive Volume Set for data recovery

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install par2cmdline

macOS

brew install par2

Linux

brew install par2

Create a parity archive with a set percentage level of redundancy

par2 create -r1..100 -- path/to/file

Create a parity archive with a chosen number of volume files (in addition to the index file)

par2 create -n1..32768 -- path/to/file

Verify a file with a parity archive

par2 verify -- path/to/file.par2

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