Download and install the latest version of Filestar.
Right click on one or more Arc file(s) on your desktop and select Convert with Filestar.
Type extract in the search box.
Press Extract.
Or let an AI agent do it: filestarcli -i file.arc -c "extract" (how).
Let your AI agent extract SEA ARC Archive
Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents can do this on your computer with Filestar. Your files stay on your machine.
Install Filestar and add it to your agents:
npm install -g filestar
filestarcli agent install
Then ask your agent:
“Use Filestar to extract SEA ARC Archive in my Downloads folder”
Or run it yourself:
filestarcli -i file.arc -c "extract"
Runs on your computer, so your files stay on it. Works on Windows, macOS and Linux. 50 free conversions with the npm install, no account needed.
Can my AI agent extract SEA ARC Archive?
Yes. Install the Filestar CLI with npm install -g filestar and your agent can run filestarcli -i file.arc -c "extract" on your computer, so your files stay on it.
An ARC archive is a compressed file archive from the MS-DOS and bulletin-board era, made by SEA's ARC program; unrelated to Norton backup files that also use .arc.
