WinRAR can decompress a wide range of common formats, including RAR, ARJ, LZH, GZip, UUE, CAB, TAR, ISO, Z, 7-Zip, and BZIP2. The key difference between the two is that WinRAR has a graphic interface, whereas RAR can only run directly from the command line. But they offer software called RAR for Mac and Linux. WinRAR only works on the Windows platform – XP and later, including 11.