# GARbro

> Browse recognized visual-novel resource archives as folders, preview their contents, and extract images or audio with conversion to common formats.

- Type: Tool
- Targets: Game
- Category: Game analysis tools
- Relationship: Foundation tool
- Sources reviewed: 2026-10-16
- Added to the catalog: 2026-10-16
- Original resource: <https://github.com/morkt/GARbro>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/morkt/GARbro/blob/b09ee4570ccb1daf6ac56710ee8934dc0b8baeb0/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/garbro/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/garbro/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/garbro/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Requires Windows and .NET Framework 4.6 or newer; archive browsing and conversion depend on the supported game/format list. Encrypted archives may require credentials or a recognized game selection.
- Latest GitHub release at review remains v1.5.44 (2019-03-31). As checked on 2026-10-20, the reviewed 2023-10-27 commit is still the master head, GitHub’s last recorded push was 2024-07-08, the repository is not archived and the README does not mark it as maintained, superseded or archived.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/morkt/GARbro/blob/b09ee4570ccb1daf6ac56710ee8934dc0b8baeb0/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/morkt/GARbro/releases/tag/v1.5.44>
3. <https://morkt.github.io/GARbro/supported.html>

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## About this entry

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