Rarewares
RareWares provides downloads of hard-to-find media utilities and software.
About Rarewares
RareWares is a website that has offered hard-to-find software since October 2001. Its downloads section centres on media utilities, and many of the listed tools are pre-compiled for Windows. The news page records dated updates to bundles and tool versions, such as new LAME and Opus builds.
Pricing is not clearly stated.
Key features
- 32-bit and 64-bit Windows builds
- Windows ARM64 build of LAME
- AAC encoder and decoder builds (fdkaac)
- Ogg Vorbis builds (aotuv)
- Opus tools bundle, plus FLAC and SoX builds
Good for
- Says its hosted binaries are public domain or permitted by their authors
- States that it does not use cookies and does not collect personal data
Watch out for
- Some binaries, such as AAC encoders and decoders, may be forbidden in some countries because of patent law
Rarewares at a glance
- Website
- rarewares.org
- Category
- Music & Audio › Music Tools
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web, Windows
- Details verified
- Oct 21, 2026 · Official source
- Open source
- Not stated
- Last checked
- Oct 5, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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