QlikView plug-in archive
File type: Plugin, addon file
The qar file extension identifies a plug-in archive used by QlikView, a business intelligence application.
A qar file contains the files required by a QlikView plug-in.
Found 2 different file type records with the same qar filename suffix.
File type category:
Plugin, addon file
Date updated: October 16, 2026
QlikView, from Qlik, is business intelligence software for interactive presentations, data manipulation, and data analysis. QlikView plug-ins extend the software with additional interface or visualization functionality.
A qar file is a ZIP archive that packages a QlikView plug-in. It can contain images, scripts, and configuration or other settings used by the plug-in.
QlikView runs on Microsoft Windows. The archive is intended for use by QlikView rather than as a standalone document.
You can use any compression tool that supports ZIP format to view the content of *.qar files.
A qar file is a packaged QlikView plug-in, so there is no way to convert it to another file format. A ZIP utility can extract its contents, but extraction is not a conversion.
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: April 6, 2018
The qar file extension is related to Quartus II, a software tool produced by Altera for analysis and synthesis of HDL designs.
The qar file contains a ZIP archived project.
Use Quartus II to open *.qar project files.
Possibly can be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open qar files:
Multiplatform
Software apps that create qar files:
Multiplatform
Software applications that handle other tasks involving qar files:
Multiplatform
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