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Extract TAR

Open TAR, TAR.GZ, TGZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ and GZ files

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TAR, TAR.GZ, TGZ, TAR.BZ2, TAR.XZ or GZ, up to 1 GB.

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How to extract TAR and TAR.GZ files

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    Open the archive

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    Browse the folders

    See every file and folder with its size.

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    Save single files, or everything as a ZIP.

Extract TAR and GZ Files: what to know

TAR (tape archive) is the standard way to bundle files on Linux and macOS. A plain .tar only collects files and folders into one file; it is almost always compressed as well, giving .tar.gz or .tgz (gzip), .tar.bz2 (bzip2) and .tar.xz (xz). Source code releases, server backups and data exports often come in these formats, and this page opens all of them in your browser.

TAR, TAR.GZ and plain GZ files are read by a small built-in reader that handles the POSIX ustar format, GNU long file names and pax headers, so long and non-English names come through intact. TAR.BZ2 and TAR.XZ are decompressed by libarchive running as WebAssembly. Nothing is uploaded, and paths that point outside the archive folder are cleaned up before you save anything.

A .gz file that isn't a TAR holds a single compressed file; it opens as that one file, using the original name stored inside when there is one. Because a browser download can only carry file contents, Unix permissions, owners and symbolic or hard links aren't recreated.

Popular uses

  • Opening a source code tarball to read one file
  • Getting files out of a Linux server backup on Windows
  • Unpacking compressed log files (.log.gz) to read them
  • Inspecting data exports shipped as .tar.gz

Tips for the best result

  • TAR.GZ files have to be decompressed in full to be listed, so a very large one takes a moment to open.
  • Executable permissions aren't kept: run chmod +x on scripts after extracting them on Linux or macOS.
  • A .tgz file is the same as .tar.gz with a shorter name.
  • If a .gz turns out to contain a TAR, its files are listed automatically.

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