cabfile

cabfile is a Python library for reading Windows .cab archives.

Install

pip install cabfile

API quick look

• CabFile(source) for listing, reading, and extracting members
• is_cabinet(source) for a fast cabinet check
• probe(source) for cabinet-level summary metadata

CLI

The package includes a ZipFile-style CLI:

cabfile -l archive.cab
cabfile -t archive.cab
cabfile -e archive.cab output_dir

See the repository README for fuller examples and behavior notes.